Examines the experience of Black scholarship and faculty in predominantly White academic spaces. While research has emphasized the importance of a diverse faculty, higher education has done little to bring this goal to fruition. The hidden politics at play during the traditional tenure and promotion process represent a significant obstacle to the advancement of Black faculty. While research productivity is the cornerstone to a successful tenure and promotion case at most universities and colleges, Black faculty are more likely to be tasked with extra service activities, which constrains time for research. Many Black faculty are also community-conscious scholars dedicated to conducting research to help uplift their communities, which may not be seen as credible or as valuable in the tenure and promotion process. Edited by Robert T. Palmer, Alonzo M. Flowers III, and Sosanya Jones, Black Scholarship in a White Academy offers important perspectives on how Black faculty and their scholarship have been historically devalued within the academy, particularly in predominantly White academic spaces. Using anti-Blackness theory as a framework, contributors discuss how White hegemony operates to undervalue and obstruct Black scholarship and faculty. Covering such diverse topics as navigating the tenure process, building Black spaces for inclusion, and exploring the intersection of Blackness and disability in higher education, this book presents ways Black faculty can navigate and challenge systemic racism and racist toxicity within their institutions. Contributors: Fred A. Bonner II, NiCole T. Buchanan, Sheron Fraser-Burgess, Beverly-Jean M. Daniel, Kristie Dotson, Antonio L. Ellis, Edward C. Fletcher Jr., Alonzo M. Flowers III, Donna Y. Ford, H. Bernard Hall, Erik M. Hines, Martinque K. Jones, Sosanya Jones, Nicole Johnson, Chad E. Kee, aretha f. marbley, James L. Moore III, Robert T. Palmer, Stella L. Smith, Isis H. Settles, Terrell L. Strayhorn, Katrina Struloeff, Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Larry J. Walker, Brian L. Wright
Robert T. Palmer (WASHINGTON, DC) is a professor and chair in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University. He is the coeditor of Understanding the Work of Student Affairs Professionals at Minority Serving Institutions: Effective Practice, Policy, and Training. Alonzo M. Flowers III (SAN ANTONIO, TX) is an associate professor and chair in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at the University of Texas at San Antonio. He is the coauthor of The African American Student's Guide to STEM Careers. Sosanya Jones (WASHINGTON, DC) is an associate professor in the Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies at Howard University. She is the coauthor of Performance Funding for Higher Education.
Acknowledgments Introduction: Framing the Context: Situating Black Tenure-Track Faculty in the Academy and Unpacking the Theoretical Anchor of Anti-Blackness, by Robert T. Palmer, Alonzo M. Flowers III, Sosanya M. Jones, Nicole Johnson, and Katrina Struloeff Section 1: An-depth examination of Anti-Blackness in the Evaluation of Higher Education Scholarship 1. White Hegemonic Practices to Undervalue Black Scholarship within Higher Education Through the Lens of Anti-Blackness Theory, by Chad E. Kee 2. Black Epistemologies Matter: Challenging Anti-Blackness in the Predominantly White Publishing World of the Academy, by Erik M. Hines, Donna Y. Ford, Jame L. Moore III, Edward C. Fletcher Jr., and Brian L. Wright 3. What Black Social Scientists Want to Say to Reviewer #1: What Black Social Scientists Want to Say to Reviewer #1, by Terrell L. Strayhorn 4. We Goin' Ultra Black? Real Rap About Hip-hop Pedagogy in Higher Education, by H. Bernard Hall Section 2: Using Aspects of Anti-Blackness to Interrogate Racism on Campuses of Institutions of Higher Education 5. Epistemic Exclusion: A Form of Scholarly Devaluation That is a Barrier to the Inclusion of Black Faculty, by Martinque K. Jones, Isis H. Settles, NiCole T. Buchanan, and Kristie Dotson 6. Building Black Spaces for Black Epistemological Inclusion, by Blanca Vega 7. Facing Racial Microaggressions in the Academy: Sustaining Oneself through a Womanist Consciousness, by Sheron Fraser-Burgess 8. Let Me Tell You How to Teach: Students as Purveyors of Racial Violence against Black Faculty in Canadian Institutions of Higher Learning, by Beverly-Jean M. Daniel Section 3: Anti-Blackness and Pathways to Success in the Academy for Black Faculty 9. Exploring Black Faculty Narratives Through Three Theoretical Frameworks, by Fred Bonner, Stella L. Smith, and Aretha F. Marbley 10. Navigating the Tenure Track, Anti-CRT Rhetoric, and Red State America, by Larry J. Walker 11. A Double Minority in Higher Education: The Intersection of Blackness and a Stuttering Disability on the Tenure-Track, by Antonio L Ellis Concluding: Recentering the Emergent Themes to the Framing of Anti-Blackness: Implications for Research and Practice, by Alonzo M. Flowers III, Sosanya M. Jones, Robert T. Palmer, Katrina Struloeff, and Nicole Johnson Biography of Editors Biography of Authors Index
Examines the experience of Black scholarship and faculty in predominantly White academic spaces.
