Academe has made little progress in hiring and advancing faculty of
color. Through the narratives of full professors of color, this
book aims to make visible their journeys — beset with lack of
criteria transparency, marginalization, discouragement, and
discrimination on the way to success — to provide insights for
junior and mid-level scholars as they negotiate their pathways to
full professorship. This book offers readers a unique, micro-and
macroscopic window into the lived experiences of individuals who
represent a multitude of social, ethnic and cultural identities,
disciplinary domains, academic and professional credentials, and
socialization experiences. They share their doubts and fears as
they began their applications, the contradictory advice they
received, who they consulted for guidance, some of the indelible
costs of the experience and, when they encountered it, how they
dealt with initial rejection. In describing their persistence and
success, the contributors reflect on the rewards of the position
and the opportunities it offers to play influential decision-making
roles and become agents of change, shifting institutional culture,
values, and practices. Beyond filling a gap in the literature and
research on, and promotion to, this position, this book uniquely
addresses the experiences of women and men faculty of color,
raising broad implications for how higher education recruits,
evaluates, and rewards faculty work, as well as the broader context
of racial and social institutional goals and outcomes. This book is
intended for several audiences. First, for faculty of color who
aspire to the rank of full professor. Second, for faculty in
general, including allies who work tirelessly for social justice,
to dismantle white supremacy, racism, sexism, and the range of
discriminatory practices Third, for administrators in senior
leadership positions to make them aware of the inequitable path to
full professorship and the gross underrepresentation of faculty of
color at that rank whose experiences and expertise are now more
than ever needed as student demographics are changing.
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