The Ivory Tower

Kimetta R. Hairston, PhD, is the associate vice president for regional centers and online programs at Bowie State University. She received her PhD in curriculum and instruction with an interdisciplinary certificate in diversity and disability studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is an American Council on Education Fellow (2018-2019), mother, grandmother, and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc. Tawannah G. Allen, EdD, is an associate professor of educational leadership studies in the Stout School of Education at High Point University. Her research focuses on women in leadership and the educational experiences of youths of color in K-12 public schools. She has served as a district level K-12 administrator, is a licensed speech-language pathologist, and earned her doctorate of education in leadership studies at The University of North Carolina.

Foreword Linda C. Tillman Acknowledgments Introduction: Empowering Women of Color in Academia Kimetta R. Hairston and Tawannah G. Allen Part I: Beginning the Journey in Academia Chapter 1. Watching and Waiting to Exhale: Affirming Black Women in Academia Ayanna M. Lynch, Kim Brittingham Barnett, and Makeba T. Green Chapter 2. From Underdog to Accomplished: Persevering through Unexpected Challenges Nina Jacks Chapter 3. Resilience: A Prideful Term of Perseverance and Descriptor of Unspoken Challenges Endured Bianca Nixon, Diamond Melendez, and Comfort Boateng Chapter 4. "Voluntold": A Framework for Contextualizing Black Women's Negative Experiences in the Academy Marie Parfait-Davis Part II: Advancing Through Chapter 5. The Work We Must Do: Toward an Understanding of How Early Career Black Women Faculty Navigate Their Place in Higher Education Miyoshi Juergensen and Tamela C. Thomas Chapter 6. Lost and Found: A Tale of Two Black Women Seeking Solidarity within Academia Erica-Brittany Horhn and Sharon Lassiter Chapter 7. From Clinical to Tenure-Track Faculty: Scholarly Reflections of Teaching and Learning Joy Kennedy Part III: Mentorship or Sponsorship Chapter 8. Engineer or Test Pilot: Naming and Claiming a Successful Mentoring Relationship Yolanda F. Holt Chapter 9. The Importance of Developing Effective Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Academia: The Perspectives of Two Women of Color in STEM Angela D. Broadnax and Veronica A. Segarra Chapter 10. Bringing in Afrocentric Values to Mentor African American Students Annie Ruth Leslie Chapter 11. Latina Identity and Belonging in Academia Mariela A. Rodriguez Part IV: Thriving...Not Just Surviving Chapter 12. I Ain't Sorry: Establishing Boundaries in the Pursuit of Wholeness with JOY Brandi Hinnant-Crawford Chapter 13. No Crystal Stair: Black Women Reaching Landings and Turning Corners in Library and Information Science (LIS) Shamella Cromartie and Shaundra Walker Chapter 14. Triple Threat: Thriving as a Black Woman Mathematician Dandrielle Lewis Chapter 15. Getting Published: A Black Woman's Journey to Tenure and Promotion Dionne V. McLaughlin Afterword Aminta H. Breaux About the Editors and Contributors