Overcoming Adversity in Academia
Stories from Generation X Faculty
Published on 4. December 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
272 pages
978-0-7618-6139-3 (ISBN)
Description
This collection of essays written by seventeen Generation X academics passionately, provocatively, and eloquently demonstrates the personal issues, conflicts, and triumphs that are definitive of this generation. These essays define the voice of an often overlooked and ignored demographic.
Reviews / Votes
While some contributions are stronger than others, as a whole the book achieves its purpose through the insightful and honest author self-reflections. . . .As a whole, the book presents an appropriate and necessary diversity of experiences [such as] race, gender, sexual orientation, discipline. While some chapters were stronger than others, it was a worthwhile book to read and would be a valuable addition to a post-secondary library. * Reflective Teaching *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Lanham, MD
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Thickness: 16 mm
Weight
388 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7618-6139-3 (9780761861393)
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12/2013
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Person
Elwood Watson is professor of history, African American studies, and gender studies at East Tennessee State University. He has edited or co-edited six anthologies. He is also the author and co-author of several academic scholarly articles. His book Outsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy after Brown v. Board was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2008.
Content
Preface
Elwood Watson
1. Only Human: My Experience in Higher Education
Martha Diede
2. Confessions of a Bakke Baby: Race, Academia, and the "Joshua Generation"
Terrance Tucker
3. Taking Chances: Gay, Male and Feminist in the Academy
Daniel Farr
4. Tenured To Contingent: Life Choices and the Academic Career
Annemarie Hamlin
5. The Evolution of Tolerance: Growing Up as a White Southerner in the Aftermath of Desegregation
Andria J. Woodell
6. Reflections on Navigating Invisibility and the Consequences of Being Black and Gay in the Academy
Darryl Holloman
7. Reflections Upon One Experience Leading To a Career in Academia
Douglas Mikutel
8. Living Beyond The Dream Deferred: An Auto-Ethnography of My Experiences in the Academy
Antonio C. Cuyler
9. In Search of the Abyss: Negotiating Xtra-Academic Potential
David Prescott-Steed
10. Team Mollick: Our Two-For-One Academic Journey
Kathleen and George Mollick
11. My Ongoing Journey: A Black Generation X Professor's Story In Appalachia
Elwood Watson
12. Leaving the Popular Culture Classroom: Why I'd Rather Keep My Fandom to Myself...
Kristi Key
13. Doogie Howser, Ph.D. in Identity Crisis
Zachary Snider
14. Changing the State of Tomorrow Today: One Generation Xer's Journey to End Racism and White Supremacy in the Academy and Beyond
Aimee Glocke
15. Hopefully Drifting
Lance Alexis
16. The Aftermath of Admission
Jenny R. Sadre-Orafai
17. Notes From An In-Betweener
Daryl A. Carter
Contributors
Index
Elwood Watson
1. Only Human: My Experience in Higher Education
Martha Diede
2. Confessions of a Bakke Baby: Race, Academia, and the "Joshua Generation"
Terrance Tucker
3. Taking Chances: Gay, Male and Feminist in the Academy
Daniel Farr
4. Tenured To Contingent: Life Choices and the Academic Career
Annemarie Hamlin
5. The Evolution of Tolerance: Growing Up as a White Southerner in the Aftermath of Desegregation
Andria J. Woodell
6. Reflections on Navigating Invisibility and the Consequences of Being Black and Gay in the Academy
Darryl Holloman
7. Reflections Upon One Experience Leading To a Career in Academia
Douglas Mikutel
8. Living Beyond The Dream Deferred: An Auto-Ethnography of My Experiences in the Academy
Antonio C. Cuyler
9. In Search of the Abyss: Negotiating Xtra-Academic Potential
David Prescott-Steed
10. Team Mollick: Our Two-For-One Academic Journey
Kathleen and George Mollick
11. My Ongoing Journey: A Black Generation X Professor's Story In Appalachia
Elwood Watson
12. Leaving the Popular Culture Classroom: Why I'd Rather Keep My Fandom to Myself...
Kristi Key
13. Doogie Howser, Ph.D. in Identity Crisis
Zachary Snider
14. Changing the State of Tomorrow Today: One Generation Xer's Journey to End Racism and White Supremacy in the Academy and Beyond
Aimee Glocke
15. Hopefully Drifting
Lance Alexis
16. The Aftermath of Admission
Jenny R. Sadre-Orafai
17. Notes From An In-Betweener
Daryl A. Carter
Contributors
Index