Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor of Sociology at Boston College, is the Founder and Director of the National Association of Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE). Denise Leckenby is a teaching fellow at Boston College and has worked for NAWCHE.

This book deserves a place in the library of any Catholic institution of higher education both as living history and as a rebuke and reminder.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Border Work, Living Experience, and Social JusticePart 2 Feminist Border Work: Tensions and ContradictionsChapter 3 What Doesn't Kill You Will Make You Strong: Black Women and Catholic CollegesChapter 4 Cultural Barriers Facing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual StudiesChapter 5 Navigating Bi-Cultural WatersPart 6 Living Experiences: Identity, Empowerment, and ActionChapter 7 Women in God's Country: Teaching Gender Studies at Saint Michael's CollegeChapter 8 Living the Experiences of a Feminist Faculty Member at a Catholic InstitutionChapter 9 Walking on a Wire and Weaving a Safety-Net: Women's Studies and Campus Administrative OfficesChapter 10 No Sleep for the Lions: Women's Leadership in Catholic Higher EducationPart 11 Social Justice: The Ideal, the Reality, and the QuestChapter 12 The IP (Impostor Phenomenon) and Women in TheologyChapter 13 Ex Corde: Constraint or Window of Opportunity?Chapter 14 Mission and Ministry of American Catholic Colleges and Universities for the Next Century: Vocation and Dialogic Models for Social JusticeChapter 15 Conclusion: Strife and Synthesis: Women and Women's Studies in Catholic Higher Education

Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor of Sociology at Boston College, is the Founder and Director of the National Association of Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE). Denise Leckenby is a teaching fellow at Boston College and has worked for NAWCHE.

This book deserves a place in the library of any Catholic institution of higher education both as living history and as a rebuke and reminder.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Border Work, Living Experience, and Social JusticePart 2 Feminist Border Work: Tensions and ContradictionsChapter 3 What Doesn't Kill You Will Make You Strong: Black Women and Catholic CollegesChapter 4 Cultural Barriers Facing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual StudiesChapter 5 Navigating Bi-Cultural WatersPart 6 Living Experiences: Identity, Empowerment, and ActionChapter 7 Women in God's Country: Teaching Gender Studies at Saint Michael's CollegeChapter 8 Living the Experiences of a Feminist Faculty Member at a Catholic InstitutionChapter 9 Walking on a Wire and Weaving a Safety-Net: Women's Studies and Campus Administrative OfficesChapter 10 No Sleep for the Lions: Women's Leadership in Catholic Higher EducationPart 11 Social Justice: The Ideal, the Reality, and the QuestChapter 12 The IP (Impostor Phenomenon) and Women in TheologyChapter 13 Ex Corde: Constraint or Window of Opportunity?Chapter 14 Mission and Ministry of American Catholic Colleges and Universities for the Next Century: Vocation and Dialogic Models for Social JusticeChapter 15 Conclusion: Strife and Synthesis: Women and Women's Studies in Catholic Higher Education

Sharlene Hesse-Biber, Professor of Sociology at Boston College, is the Founder and Director of the National Association of Women in Catholic Higher Education (NAWCHE). Denise Leckenby is a teaching fellow at Boston College and has worked for NAWCHE.

This book deserves a place in the library of any Catholic institution of higher education both as living history and as a rebuke and reminder.

• Chapter 1 Introduction: Border Work, Living Experience, and Social JusticePart 2 Feminist Border Work: Tensions and ContradictionsChapter 3 What Doesn't Kill You Will Make You Strong: Black Women and Catholic CollegesChapter 4 Cultural Barriers Facing Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual StudiesChapter 5 Navigating Bi-Cultural WatersPart 6 Living Experiences: Identity, Empowerment, and ActionChapter 7 Women in God's Country: Teaching Gender Studies at Saint Michael's CollegeChapter 8 Living the Experiences of a Feminist Faculty Member at a Catholic InstitutionChapter 9 Walking on a Wire and Weaving a Safety-Net: Women's Studies and Campus Administrative OfficesChapter 10 No Sleep for the Lions: Women's Leadership in Catholic Higher EducationPart 11 Social Justice: The Ideal, the Reality, and the QuestChapter 12 The IP (Impostor Phenomenon) and Women in TheologyChapter 13 Ex Corde: Constraint or Window of Opportunity?Chapter 14 Mission and Ministry of American Catholic Colleges and Universities for the Next Century: Vocation and Dialogic Models for Social JusticeChapter 15 Conclusion: Strife and Synthesis: Women and Women's Studies in Catholic Higher Education