Experiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I Thee WedEletra S. Gilchrist Rowman & Littlefield, 2011 - 250 pagina's Experiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I Thee Wed, edited by Eletra S. Gilchrist, explores the unique lived experiences of single African-American women professors. Gilchrist's contributors are comprised of never-before-married and doctorate degree-holding African-American women professors. The authors and research participants speak candidly about their experiences, exploring a myriad of topics including dating costs and rewards, relationship challenges, work/life balance, multiple intersecting identities, negative perceptions, and identity negotiation. This volume is designed by and for an academic audience. It addresses the dating and mating complexities of the population under study by combining autoethnographic accounts with empirical research and theoretical concepts. As one of the few works to address the intricate interpersonal dynamics surrounding African-American women in the professorate from a scholarly perspective, Eletra S. Gilchrist's Experiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I Thee Wed seeks to not only dispel myths and stereotypes, but serve as an instructional tool for other professor hopefuls. |
Inhoudsopgave
Demands of the Professoriate Balancing Pedagogical and Relational Pursuits | 55 |
MultiLayered Relational Challenges of Single AfricanAmerican Women Professors | 117 |
Identity Negotiation Perceptions of Single AfricanAmerican Women Professors | 173 |
Epilogue | 237 |
Overige edities - Alles bekijken
Experiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I ... Eletra S. Gilchrist Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2013 |
Veelvoorkomende woorden en zinsdelen
academic African African-American female African-American women professors American women analysis autoethnography Beauboeuf-Lafontant behavior Black female professors Black feminist Black lesbians career challenges chapter Christian Collins commitment conflict context cultural dating and mating dating experiences discussion doctoral degrees doctoral students Equity Theory expectations experiences of Black experiences of single explore faculty members feel find gender roles goals HBCU heterosexual higher education Hill Harper identity images impact influence interpersonal interracial dating interviews intimidated issues Journal learned lesbian lives marriage married mentors mother negative perceptions negotiate Nightline one’s parents participants perceived Ph.D potential predominantly White profes professional women PWIs questions race racial racism reflect Retrieved riences romantic relationships sexism single African-American women single Black women social social exchange theory Social learning theory someone standpoint theory stereotypes Strong Black Woman students and faculty suggests themes tion understanding University work-life balance