Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color. Through personal narratives and qualitative empirical studies, more than 40 authors expose the daunting challenges faced by academic women of color as they navigate the often hostile terrain of higher education, including hiring, promotion, tenure, and relations with students, colleagues, and administrators. The narratives are filled with wit, wisdom, and concrete recommendations, and provide a window into the struggles of professional women in a racially stratified but increasingly multicultural America.
Author(s): Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs, Yolanda Flores Niemann, Carmen G. González, Angela P. Harris
Edition: 1.
Publisher: Utah State University Press
Year: 2012
Language: English
Pages: 586
City: Boulder
Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Foreword - Bettina Aptheker......Page 12
Introduction - Angela P. Harris and Carmen G. González......Page 16
Part I: General Campus Climate......Page 30
Introduction - Brenda J. Allen......Page 32
1. Facing Down the Spooks - Angela Mae Kupenda......Page 35
2. Waking Up to Privilege: Intersectionality and Opportunity - Stephanie A. Shields......Page 44
3. A Prostitute, a Servant, and a Customer-Service Representative: A Latina in Academia - Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo......Page 55
4. Black/Out: The White Face of Multiculturalism and the Violence of the Canadian Academic Imperial Project - Delia D. Douglas......Page 65
5. They Forgot Mammy Had a Brain - Sherrée Wilson......Page 80
6. Present and Unequal: A Third-Wave Approach to Voice Parallel Experiences in Managing Oppression and Bias inthe Academy - Kimberly R. Moffitt, Heather E. Harris, and Diane A. Forbes Berthoud
......Page 93
7. Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging - Linda Trinh Võ......Page 108
Part II: Faculty/Student Relationships......Page 126
Introduction - John F. Dovidio......Page 128
8. Visibly Invisible: The Burden of Race and Gender for Female Students of Color Striving for an Academic Career in the Sciences - Deirdre M. Bowen......Page 131
9. Stepping in and Stepping out: Examining the Way Anticipatory Career Socialization Impacts Identity Negotiation of African American Women in Academia - Cerise L. Glenn......Page 148
10. Silence of the Lambs - Angela Onwuachi-Willig......Page 157
11. On Being Special - Serena Easton......Page 167
12. Are Student Teaching Evaluations Holding Back Women and Minorities?: The Perils of “Doing” Gender and Race in the Classroom - Sylvia R. Lazos......Page 179
13. Notes toward Racial and Gender Justice Ally Practice in Legal Academia - Dean Spade......Page 201
14. Where’s the Violence? The Promise and Perils of Teaching Women of Color Studies - Grace Chang......Page 213
Part III: Networks of Allies......Page 234
Introduction - Nancy Cantor......Page 236
15. Working across Racial Lines in a Not-So-Post-Racial World - Margalynne J. Armstrong and Stephanie M. Wildman......Page 239
16. Native Women Maintaining Their Culture in the White Academy - Michelle M. Jacob......Page 257
17. Dis/Jointed Appointments: Solidarity amidst Inequity, Tokenism, and Marginalization - Michelle A. Holling, May C. Fu, and Roe Bubar......Page 265
18. What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Life Teachings from Multiracial Feminism - Kari Lerum......Page 281
19. Sharing Our Gifts - Beth A. Boyd......Page 292
Part IV: Social Class in Academia......Page 298
Introduction - Samuel H. Smith......Page 300
20. Igualadas - Francisca de la Riva-Holly......Page 302
21. The Port Hueneme of My Mind: The Geography of Working-Class Consciousness in One Academic Career - Constance G. Anthony......Page 315
22. On Community in the Midst of Hierarchy (and Hierarchy in the Midst of Community) - Ruth Gordon......Page 328
Part V: Tenure and Promotion......Page 346
Introduction - Deena J. González......Page 348
23. The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe - Yolanda Flores Niemann......Page 351
24. Lessons from a Portrait: Keep Calm and Carry On - Adrien Katherine Wing......Page 371
25. “No hay mal que por bien no venga”: A Journey to Healing as a Latina, Lesbian Law Professor - Elvia R. Arriola......Page 387
26. La Lucha: Latinas Surviving Political Science - Jessica Lavariega Monfo......Page 408
27. Free at Last! No More Performance Anxieties in theAcademy ’cause Stepin Fetchit Has Left the Building - Mary-Antoinette Smith......Page 423
28. African American Women in the Academy: Quelling the Myth of Presumed Incompetence - Sherri L. Wallace, Sharon E. Moore, Linda L. Wilson, and Brenda G. Hart
......Page 436
29. The Experiences of an Academic “Misfit” - Kelly Ervin......Page 454
30. Lessons from the Experiences of Women of Color Workingin Academia - Yolanda Flores Niemann......Page 461
Afterword - Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs......Page 516
References......Page 520
Contributors......Page 556
Index......Page 570
