Dismantling Institutional Whiteness

M. Cristina Alcalde is vice president for Institutional Diversity and Inclusion and a professor of global and intercultural studies at Miami University. As a scholar-practitioner, her areas of focus include racialization, gender and gender violence, migration, and exclusion and belonging. She has spoken and published widely on these topics, including five books and over thirty articles and book chapters. Mangala Subramaniam is a professor of sociology, serves as chair and director of the Susan Bulkeley Butler Center for Leadership Excellence at Purdue University, and is the current state codirector of the American Council on Education (ACE) Women's Network of Indiana. Her research is in the areas of gender (and intersections with race, class, nationality), social movements, and higher education. In her current administrative role, she focuses on providing opportunities to enhance leadership skills and professional development for faculty. She has published over forty articles and book chapters in addition to four books, and her work has been highlighted in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Inside Higher Ed, and Higher Education Digest.

Acknowledgments Introduction: Gendering and Racializing Contemporary Leadership in Higher Education, by M. Cristina Alcalde and Mangala Subramaniam 1. "As a Campus Community, We Stand With . . .": Leadership Responsibility in Addressing Racism on University Campuses, by Mangala Subramaniam And Zeba Kokan 2. Making Noise and Good, Necessary Trouble: Dilemmas of "Deaning While Black", by Carolyn R. Hodges and Olga M. Welch 3. Aligning Narratives, Aligning Priorities: Untangling the Emotional and Administrative Labor of Advising in Liberal Arts Colleges, by Jennifer Santos Esperanza 4. On the Perils and Opportunities of Institutionalizing Diversity: A Collaborative Perspective from Academic Unit-Based Diversity Officers, by M. Cristina Alcalde and Carmen Henne-Ochoa 5. Vale la pena: Faculty Leadership and Social Justice in Troubling Times, by Tanya Gonzalez 6. Disruptive and Transformational Leadership in the Ivory Tower: Opportunities for Inclusion, Equity, and Institutional Success, by Pamela M. Leggett-Robinson and Pamela E. Scott-Johnson Afterword: Strategies and Lessons for Changing the Leadership Landscape in Higher Education, by Mangala Subramaniam and M. Cristina Alcalde Contributors Index