Contents
Acknowledgments
Foreword - Bettina Aptheker
Introduction - Angela P. Harris and Carmen G. González
Part I: General Campus Climate
Introduction - Brenda J. Allen
1. Facing Down the Spooks - Angela Mae Kupenda
2. Waking Up to Privilege: Intersectionality and Opportunity - Stephanie A. Shields
3. A Prostitute, a Servant, and a Customer-Service Representative: A Latina in Academia - Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo
4. Black/Out: The White Face of Multiculturalism and the Violence of the Canadian Academic Imperial Project - Delia D. Douglas
5. They Forgot Mammy Had a Brain - Sherrée Wilson
6. Present and Unequal: A Third-Wave Approach to Voice Parallel Experiences in Managing Oppression and Bias inthe Academy - Kimberly R. Moffitt, Heather E. Harris, and Diane A. Forbes Berthoud
7. Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging - Linda Trinh Võ
Part II: Faculty/Student Relationships
Introduction - John F. Dovidio
8. Visibly Invisible: The Burden of Race and Gender for Female Students of Color Striving for an Academic Career in the Sciences - Deirdre M. Bowen
9. Stepping in and Stepping out: Examining the Way Anticipatory Career Socialization Impacts Identity Negotiation of African American Women in Academia - Cerise L. Glenn
10. Silence of the Lambs - Angela Onwuachi-Willig
11. On Being Special - Serena Easton
12. Are Student Teaching Evaluations Holding Back Women and Minorities?: The Perils of “Doing” Gender and Race in the Classroom - Sylvia R. Lazos
13. Notes toward Racial and Gender Justice Ally Practice in Legal Academia - Dean Spade
14. Where’s the Violence? The Promise and Perils of Teaching Women of Color Studies - Grace Chang
Part III: Networks of Allies
Introduction - Nancy Cantor
15. Working across Racial Lines in a Not-So-Post-Racial World - Margalynne J. Armstrong and Stephanie M. Wildman
16. Native Women Maintaining Their Culture in the White Academy - Michelle M. Jacob
17. Dis/Jointed Appointments: Solidarity amidst Inequity, Tokenism, and Marginalization - Michelle A. Holling, May C. Fu, and Roe Bubar
18. What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Life Teachings from Multiracial Feminism - Kari Lerum
19. Sharing Our Gifts - Beth A. Boyd
Part IV: Social Class in Academia
Introduction - Samuel H. Smith
20. Igualadas - Francisca de la Riva-Holly
21. The Port Hueneme of My Mind: The Geography of Working-Class Consciousness in One Academic Career - Constance G. Anthony
22. On Community in the Midst of Hierarchy (and Hierarchy in the Midst of Community) - Ruth Gordon
Part V: Tenure and Promotion
Introduction - Deena J. González
23. The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe - Yolanda Flores Niemann
24. Lessons from a Portrait: Keep Calm and Carry On - Adrien Katherine Wing
25. “No hay mal que por bien no venga”: A Journey to Healing as a Latina, Lesbian Law Professor - Elvia R. Arriola
26. La Lucha: Latinas Surviving Political Science - Jessica Lavariega Monfo
27. Free at Last! No More Performance Anxieties in theAcademy ’cause Stepin Fetchit Has Left the Building - Mary-Antoinette Smith
28. African American Women in the Academy: Quelling the Myth of Presumed Incompetence - Sherri L. Wallace, Sharon E. Moore, Linda L. Wilson, and Brenda G. Hart
29. The Experiences of an Academic “Misfit” - Kelly Ervin
30. Lessons from the Experiences of Women of Color Workingin Academia - Yolanda Flores Niemann
Afterword - Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
References
Contributors
Index