Ivory Tower

Kimetta R. Hairston, PhD, isthe associate vice president for regional centers and online programs at Bowie State University. She received her PhD in curriculum and instruction with an interdisciplinary certificate in diversity and disability studies from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. She is an American Council on Education Fellow (2018-2019), mother, grandmother, and member of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.Tawannah G. Allen, EdD, is an associate professor of educational leadership studies in the Stout School of Education at High Point University. Her research focuses on women in leadership and the educational experiences of youths of color in K-12 public schools. She has served as a district level K-12 administrator, is a licensed speech-language pathologist, and earned her doctorate of education in leadership studies at The University of North Carolina.

The Ivory Tower: Perspectives of Women of Color in Higher Education creates needed space for Women of Color in the academy. This rich compilation of experiences is for us and about us and should be required reading for women considering careers in higher education.

• ForewordLinda C. TillmanAcknowledgmentsIntroduction: Empowering Women of Color in AcademiaKimetta R. Hairston and Tawannah G. AllenPart I: Beginning the Journey in AcademiaChapter 1. Watching and Waiting to Exhale: Affirming Black Women in AcademiaAyanna M. Lynch, Kim Brittingham Barnett, and Makeba T. GreenChapter 2. From Underdog to Accomplished: Persevering through Unexpected ChallengesNina JacksChapter 3. Resilience: A Prideful Term of Perseverance and Descriptor of Unspoken Challenges EnduredBianca Nixon, Diamond Melendez, and Comfort BoatengChapter 4. “Voluntold”: A Framework for Contextualizing Black Women’s Negative Experiences in the AcademyMarie Parfait-DavisPart II: Advancing ThroughChapter 5. The Work We Must Do: Toward an Understanding of How Early Career Black Women Faculty Navigate Their Place in Higher EducationMiyoshi Juergensen and Tamela C. ThomasChapter 6. Lost and Found: A Tale of Two Black Women Seeking Solidarity within AcademiaErica-Brittany Horhn and Sharon LassiterChapter 7. From Clinical to Tenure-Track Faculty: Scholarly Reflections of Teaching and LearningJoy KennedyPart III: Mentorship or SponsorshipChapter 8. Engineer or Test Pilot: Naming and Claiming a Successful Mentoring RelationshipYolanda F. HoltChapter 9. The Importance of Developing Effective Mentor-Mentee Relationships in Academia: The Perspectives of Two Women of Color in STEMAngela D. Broadnax and Verónica A. SegarraChapter 10. Bringing in Afrocentric Values to Mentor African American StudentsAnnie Ruth LeslieChapter 11. Latina Identity and Belonging in AcademiaMariela A. RodríguezPart IV: Thriving…Not Just SurvivingChapter 12. I Ain’t Sorry: Establishing Boundaries in the Pursuit of Wholeness with JOYBrandi Hinnant-CrawfordChapter 13. No Crystal Stair: Black Women Reaching Landings and Turning Corners in Library and Information Science (LIS)Shamella Cromartie and Shaundra WalkerChapter 14. Triple Threat: Thriving as a Black Woman MathematicianDandrielle LewisChapter 15. Getting Published: A Black Woman’s Journey to Tenure and PromotionDionne V. McLaughlinAfterwordAminta H. BreauxAbout the Editors and Contributors