Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty: Narratives that Humanize the Academy

Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty provides innovative perspectives and personal narratives to help early career underrepresented and marginalized faculty navigate the professoriate and thrive. It discusses issues such as workplace hostility, finding community, work-life balance, and crafting a scholarly identity, offering little-known tips for survival and success.

Format: Hardback
Length: 180 pages
Publication date: 13 February 2024
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty is a groundbreaking book that departs from traditional faculty success literature by offering innovative perspectives to early career faculty members on navigating the professoriate effectively. It humanizes their lived experiences by acknowledging the unspoken and provides a platform for them to share their insights and learnings about surviving, thriving, navigating, and succeeding as underrepresented and marginalized faculty members.

The book employs interdisciplinary methods, including creative artistic expression, testimonials, and personal narratives, to convey these experiences. Chapter authors share their personal stories and lessons learned, offering valuable advice on topics such as navigating workplace hostility, building community beyond the academy, achieving work-life balance, and developing a scholarly identity. They also provide lesser-known tips and strategies for surviving and thriving in the professoriate while growing into thriving minoritized and underrepresented scholars.

One of the unique aspects of this book is its exploration of personal and institutional factors that are often overlooked in other career success books. It helps faculty members and institutional leaders understand how they can individually and collectively create systems that invite and recognize humanity while ensuring successful career pathways for marginalized folks with doctoral degrees. The book challenges the dominant narratives and biases that perpetuate inequality and discrimination in academia and provides a roadmap for creating a more inclusive and equitable academic environment.

Overall, Creating Space for Ourselves as Minoritized and Marginalized Faculty is a must-read for early career faculty members, as well as institutional leaders who are committed to promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in academia. It offers valuable insights, practical advice, and a call to action for creating a more inclusive and supportive academic community for all marginalized scholars.

Weight: 517g
Dimension: 229 x 152 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781032504995