Black Feminist Epistemology, Research, and Praxis

Christa J. Porter is an Associate Professor of Higher Education Administration and Student Affairs at Kent State University, USA.V. Thandi Sulé is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Oakland University, USA.Natasha N. Croom is an Associate Professor of Higher Education and Student Affairs at Clemson University, USA.

In [this book] you will see/feel/hear Black women scholars (as educators, mentors, advocates, sisters, daughters, and mothers) take up space, and concomitantly, refuse space….Throughout this text [Black women academicians] boldly engage in narrative inquiry, storytelling, poetry, and prose as cultural productions that serve to speak against dominant narratives that attempt to render Black women intellectual activists invisible and erase [them] from the historical record.--From the Foreword by Venus E. Evans-Winters, former Professor of Education at Illinois State University, USA, founder of Planet Venus, and creator of the Write Like A Scholar program.

• Series Editor’s IntroductionFrank A. Bonner IIForeword: "Speak Your Names"Venus E. Evans-Winters Applying Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis: An IntroductionChrista J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom SECTION I Historical overview: Situating (Counter)Stories in the Academy Twenty Years Later … The Narrative for Black Women Remains the Same, or Does It? Reitumetse O. Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo Reimagining Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Reflecting on the Contemporary and Evolving Conceptual Framework of One Black Faculty Woman’s Academic LifeSheila T. Gregory Maids of Academe in Historically White Institutions: Revisited Against the Backdrop of ‘Black Lives Matter’Debra A. Harley The Black Woman is God: Cultivating the Power of a Disruptive PresenceEmerald Templeton SECTION II Utility of Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis What Black Cyberfeminism Teaches Us About Black Women on College CampusesShawna Patterson-Stephens and Nadrea R. Njoku Uprooting the Prevalence of Misogynoir in Counselor EducationOlivia T. Ngadjui Intersectionality Methodology and the Black Women Committed to 'Write-Us' ResistanceChayla Haynes, Saran Stewart, Evette L. Allen Moore, Nicole M. Joseph, and Lori D. Patton Advancing African Dance as a Practice of FreedomShani Collins and Truth Hunter Spirit Murder: Black Women’s Realities in the AcademyEbony J. Aya Sista Circles with SistUH Scholars: Socializing Black Women Doctoral StudentsTiffany J. Davis and April L. PetersSECTION IIIBlack Feminist Praxis Enacted: Journeying Toward Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion #BlackInTheIvory: Utilizing Twitter to Explore Black Womxn's Experiences in the AcademyChristina Wright Fields and Katrina M. Overby Repurposing My Status as an Outsider Within: A Black Feminist Scholar-Pracademic’s Journey to Becoming an Invested Indifferent Nicole M. West Navigating a Womanist Caring Framework: Centering Womanist Geographies within Social Foundations for Black Academic SurvivalTaryrn T. C. Brown and E. Nichole Murray Black Feminist Thought from Theory to Praxis: "This is MY LIFE"Tiffany L. Steele How Positionality and Intersectionality Impact Black Women’s Faculty Teaching Narratives: Grounded HistoriesRhonda C. HyltonSECTION IV Canary in the Coal Mine: Journeying from Associate to Academic Administrator and Full Professor Supporting Black Womyn Associate Professors to the Full ProfessorshipStacey D. Garrett and Natasha N. Croom Black Women in Academic Leadership: Reflections of One Department Chair's Journey in EngineeringMeseret F. Hailu and Monica F. Cox In Conversation: Engaging (with) the Narratives of Two Black Women Full Professor LeadersChrista J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom Enact, Discard, and Transform: Black Women’s Agentic Epistemology V. Thandi SuléAfterword Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom About the Editors About the Contributors