Author(s): Manya Whitaker and Eric Anthony Grollman
Series: Routledge Research in Higher Education
Year: 0
Language: English
Pages: 186
Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Copyright......Page 5
Dedication......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Foreword......Page 11
Preface......Page 15
Acknowledgments......Page 18
1 Introduction......Page 20
Part I Resisting Convention: Counternarratives to Conventional Norms and Practices in the Academy......Page 24
2 Leading as a Chicana Feminist in a Predominantly White Institution......Page 26
3 What Looks Like Bravery in the Academy: Reflections of an African-American Woman Engineer......Page 37
4 Being Brave in the Ivory Towers as “Zape-tah-hol-ah” (Sticks with Bow)......Page 44
5 “Working the Cracks” in Academia and Beyond: Cultivating “Race” and Social Justice Convergence Spaces, Networks, and Liberation Capital for Social Transformation in the Neoliberal University......Page 52
6 Resisting Sexual Harassment in Academia......Page 62
7 Un-Disciplined: A Conversation Between Two Sisters Who Left Graduate School......Page 70
8 “You’re Doing What?!?”: Leaving Academia to Answer the Call......Page 77
Part II Collective Resistance: Counternarratives to the Ethos of Individualistic Meritocracy in the Academy......Page 86
9 Love Note......Page 88
10 La Colectiva: Peer Mentoring on the Path to Thrival......Page 89
11 Fiery Mind, Full Heart, Brave Soul: A Model for Women of Color to Thrive in Historically White Colleges and Universities......Page 98
12 Courageous Xicanas: Living Legacies of Comadrazgo in the Academy......Page 110
13 “We Got You”: What Raising Up the Next Generation of Scholar-Activists Has Taught Me......Page 117
14 On the Wings of Communal Bravery......Page 126
Part III Embodied Resistance: Counternarratives to Hegemonic Identities in the Academy......Page 134
15 A Letter for Auntie Lorde......Page 136
16 On Being Powerfully Vulnerable and Why I Love My Black Woman’s Tears......Page 137
17 Vulnerability: The New Brave......Page 143
18 Undocumented in the Ivory Tower......Page 149
19 A Latinx Testimonio of Motherhood in Academia......Page 156
20 On Desiderata......Page 165
Afterword......Page 167
List of Contributors......Page 172
Index......Page 179
