Stories from the Front of the Room (eBook)

Michelle Harris is a sociologist who directs the Institute for Global Indigeneity. She is also a Professor in the Department of Africana Studies at the University at Albany, SUNY. Harris has written on acculturation and stress among immigrant Americans and how racial discrimination affects the mental health and well-being of blacks in the United States. Her most recent scholarship explores the politics of indigenous identity.Sherrill L. Sellers is a Professor and Associate Dean in the College of Education, Health & Society at Miami University in Oxford OH. She studies the mental and physical health consequences of social inequalities; intersections of race, genetics, and health; and aging and the life course.Orly Clerge is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Sociology and Africana Studies at Tufts University in Medford, MA. She is broadly interested in the areas of race and ethnicity, immigration and migration, urban sociology and social demography.Frederick W. Gooding, Jr. is an Assistant Professor within the Ethnic Studies Program at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff, AZ. A trained historian, Gooding most effectively analyzes contemporary mainstream media with a careful eye for persistent patterns along racial lines that appear benign but indeed have problematic historical roots.

AcknowledgmentsIntroduction to the volumeOrly Clerge, Frederick Gooding, Jr., Michelle Harris, Sherrill L. SellersPART I: Colleagues Part I Introduction: highlights of research literature on colleagues and faculty of colorChapter 1: Dear Fellow Underrepresented Junior Faculty Members Pamela Harris & Alicia Prieto LangaricaChapter 2: Dear Colleagues Matthew OwareChapter 3: Dear Mentor AnonymousChapter 4: Dear Colleague JeffriAnne WilderChapter 5: Dear Nicole (A Note to Nicole on Becoming Tax-free) Tamika CareyChapter 6: To My Esteemed Colleagues and Inquisitive Students Carlotta A. BerryChapter 7: Mentor Essay: Standing Firm upon Unsteady GroundAlford Young PART II: Students Part II Introduction: Research exploring bias in student ratings of teachersChapter 8: An Open Letter to the Black Woman in the Front Row Jennifer SimsChapter 9: Dear Black and Racialized StudentsDelores MullingsChapter 10: Dear Fellow Front of the Room AcademiciansKhadijah MillerChapter 11: In Solidarity, Dear StudentVivian Ng Chapter 12: Mentor Essays: Don’t Forget to Reflect on and Fight Your Own Biases Mary Pattillo PART III: Tenure Part III Introduction: literature on teaching, research and serviceChapter 13: Love & Labor in Academia: Dear Faculty Members Who Mentor Doctoral Students of ColorAmeena Ghaffar-KucherChapter 14: Dear Friends and ColleaguesJose SantosChapter 15: Being in the Room: Dear ColleaguesSonja LanehartChapter 16: Liberation and the Denial of an Academic Career: Dear Colleagues AnonymousChapter 17: Mentor Essay: TenureJuan Battle PART IV: Administration Part IV Introduction: Literature on administrative contexts with focus on recruitment and retentionChapter 18: Dear University Hiring Committees and Administrators Amanishakete AniChapter 19: Racing It in Academia: Dear Director of the School of Social Work Patrina DuhaneyChapter 20: Dear Lex Teresa GilliamsChapter 21: Dear Unsupported Faculty “Teaching in Color” Chavella PittmanChapter 22: Dear Chief Diversity Officers: Pedigree or Ph.D.? Or, "You Can't Handle the Truth." David HernándezChapter 23: Mentor Essay:Reflections on Higher Ed AdministrationHarvey Charles PART V: ClimatePART IV Introduction: Major themes in the research on faculty of color and campus climateChapter 24: Good Muslims and White Academics: Dear Directors Uzma JamilChapter 25: Hello, Black Women’s Lives (Don’t) Matter in the Academy Lani V. JonesChapter 26: Dear Junior Scholar Danne E. DavisChapter 27: A Letter from the Ivory Tower Andrea G. HunterChapter 28: Mentor Essay: The TalkEduardo Bonilla-Silva AfterwordAbout the editorsAbout the contributorsIndex