Black Feminist Epistemology, Research, and Praxis

Christa J. Porter is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs at Kent State University, USA. V. Thandi Sulé is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Oakland University, USA. Natasha N. Croom is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Clemson University, USA.

Series Editor’s Introduction

Frank A. Bonner II

Foreword: "Speak Your Names"

Venus E. Evans-Winters






Applying Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis: An Introduction
Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom



SECTION I

Historical overview: Situating (Counter)Stories in the Academy




Twenty Years Later … The Narrative for Black Women Remains the Same, or Does It?
Reitumetse O. Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo






Reimagining Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Reflecting on the Contemporary and Evolving Conceptual Framework of One Black Faculty Woman’s Academic Life
Sheila T. Gregory






Maids of Academe in Historically White Institutions: Revisited Against the Backdrop of ‘Black Lives Matter’
Debra A. Harley






The Black Woman is God: Cultivating the Power of a Disruptive Presence
Emerald Templeton

SECTION II

Utility of Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis




What Black Cyberfeminism Teaches Us About Black Women on College Campuses
Shawna Patterson-Stephens and Nadrea R. Njoku




Uprooting the Prevalence of Misogynoir in Counselor Education
Olivia T. Ngadjui






Intersectionality Methodology and the Black Women Committed to 'Write-Us' Resistance
Chayla Haynes, Saran Stewart, Evette L. Allen Moore, Nicole M. Joseph, and Lori D. Patton






Advancing African Dance as a Practice of Freedom
Shani Collins and Truth Hunter






Spirit Murder: Black Women’s Realities in the Academy
Ebony J. Aya






Sista Circles with SistUH Scholars: Socializing Black Women Doctoral Students
Tiffany J. Davis and April L. Peters

SECTION III

Black Feminist Praxis Enacted: Journeying Toward Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion




#BlackInTheIvory: Utilizing Twitter to Explore Black Womxn's Experiences in the Academy
Christina Wright Fields and Katrina M. Overby






Repurposing My Status as an Outsider Within: A Black Feminist Scholar-Pracademic’s Journey to Becoming an Invested Indifferent
Nicole M. West






Navigating a Womanist Caring Framework: Centering Womanist Geographies within Social Foundations for Black Academic Survival
Taryrn T. C. Brown and E. Nichole Murray






Black Feminist Thought from Theory to Praxis: "This is MY LIFE"
Tiffany L. Steele






How Positionality and Intersectionality Impact Black Women’s Faculty Teaching Narratives: Grounded Histories
Rhonda C. Hylton

SECTION IV

Canary in the Coal Mine: Journeying from Associate to Academic Administrator and Full Professor




Supporting Black Womyn Associate Professors to the Full Professorship
Stacey D. Garrett and Natasha N. Croom






Black Women in Academic Leadership: Reflections of One Department Chair's Journey in Engineering
Meseret F. Hailu and Monica F. Cox






In Conversation: Engaging (with) the Narratives of Two Black Women Full Professor Leaders

Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom

Enact, Discard, and Transform: Black Women’s Agentic Epistemology

V. Thandi Sulé

Afterword

Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom

About the Editors

About the Contributors