Toxic Ivory Towers
Rutgers University Press (Verlag)
978-0-8135-9298-5 (ISBN)
Toxic Ivory Towers seeks to document the professional work experiences of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in U.S. higher education, and simultaneously address the social and economic inequalities in their life course trajectory. Ruth Enid Zambrana finds that despite the changing demographics of the nation, the percentages of Black and Hispanic faculty have increased only slightly, while the percentages obtaining tenure and earning promotion to full professor have remained relatively stagnant. Toxic Ivory Towers is the first book to take a look at the institutional factors impacting the ability of URM faculty to be successful at their jobs, and to flourish in academia. The book captures not only how various dimensions of identity inequality are expressed in the academy and how these social statuses influence the health and well-being of URM faculty, but also how institutional policies and practices can be used to transform the culture of an institution to increase rates of retention and promotion so URM faculty can thrive.
Ruth Enid Zambrana is professor of women’s studies and director of the Consortium on Race, Gender, and Ethnicity at the University of Maryland, College Park. She is the author, editor, or coeditor of several books, including Emerging Intersections: Race, Class, and Gender in Theory, Policy, and Practice (Rutgers University Press).
Contents
1 Where is the Diversity? The Importance of the Domestic Talent Pool in Elite Higher Education Institutions
2 The History and Importance of Inclusion of Historically Underrepresented Faculty in the Academy
3 The Academy as a Site of Intellectual Determinism
4 Mentoring: Institutions Applying a Solution without Acknowledging the Problem
5 Unwelcoming Climates: The Costs of Balancing Belonging and Inequality
6 Work-Family Balance: The Quandary of URM Professionals
7 The Intersection of Hiring, Appointment, Tenure and Promotion: Is it Possible to Survive and Thrive?
8 Workplace Stress: Impact on Well-being and Academic Career Path
9 Does Gender Matter?
10 Creating a Sense of Belonging for URMS in the Academy
Acknowledgments
Notes
About the Author
Erscheinungsdatum | 19.09.2018 |
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Zusatzinfo | 3 figures, 16 tables, 1 chart, 1 text box |
Verlagsort | New Brunswick NJ |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 152 x 229 mm |
Gewicht | 635 g |
Themenwelt | Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Kulturgeschichte |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Psychologie ► Sozialpsychologie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Makrosoziologie | |
Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Personalwesen | |
ISBN-10 | 0-8135-9298-4 / 0813592984 |
ISBN-13 | 978-0-8135-9298-5 / 9780813592985 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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