The Black Academic's Guide Tenure-Without Losing Your Soul

Rockquemore, Kerry Ann

ISBN 10: 1588265889 / ISBN 13: 9781588265883

Verlag: Lynne Rienner Pub, 2008

Item in good condition. Textbooks may not include supplemental items i.e. CDs, access codes etc. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 00100224178

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For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority in a department, navigating the tenure minefield can be a particularly harrowing process. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy go beyond standard professional resources to serve up practical advice for black faculty intent on playing - and winning - the tenure game.Addressing head-on how power and the thorny politics of race converge in the academy, ""The Black Academic's Guide"" is full of invaluable tips and hard-earned wisdom. It is an essential handbook that will help black faculty survive and thrive in academia without losing their voices, or their integrity.It goes beyond standard professional resources to serve up practical advice for black faculty intent on playing - and winning - the tenure game.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Kerry Ann Rockquemore is associate professor of sociology and African American studies and founding director of the Under-Represented Faculty Mentoring Program at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Tracey Laszloffy is a coach and therapist for black and Latino faculty at predominately white institutions. The two cofounded www.BlackAcademic.com, a website for minority scholars.

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Titel: The Black Academic's Guide Tenure-Without ...
Verlag: Lynne Rienner Pub
Erscheinungsdatum: 2008
Einband: Softcover
Zustand: Good