Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgments......Page 10
Foreword - Bettina Aptheker......Page 12
Introduction - Angela P. Harris and Carmen G. González......Page 16
Part I: General Campus Climate......Page 30
Introduction - Brenda J. Allen......Page 32
1. Facing Down the Spooks - Angela Mae Kupenda......Page 35
2. Waking Up to Privilege: Intersectionality and Opportunity - Stephanie A. Shields......Page 44
3. A Prostitute, a Servant, and a Customer-Service Representative: A Latina in Academia - Carmen R. Lugo-Lugo......Page 55
4. Black/Out: The White Face of Multiculturalism and the Violence of the Canadian Academic Imperial Project - Delia D. Douglas......Page 65
5. They Forgot Mammy Had a Brain - Sherrée Wilson......Page 80
6. Present and Unequal: A Third-Wave Approach to Voice Parallel Experiences in Managing Oppression and Bias inthe Academy - Kimberly R. Moffitt, Heather E. Harris, and Diane A. Forbes Berthoud
......Page 93
7. Navigating the Academic Terrain: The Racial and Gender Politics of Elusive Belonging - Linda Trinh Võ......Page 108
Part II: Faculty/Student Relationships......Page 126
Introduction - John F. Dovidio......Page 128
8. Visibly Invisible: The Burden of Race and Gender for Female Students of Color Striving for an Academic Career in the Sciences - Deirdre M. Bowen......Page 131
9. Stepping in and Stepping out: Examining the Way Anticipatory Career Socialization Impacts Identity Negotiation of African American Women in Academia - Cerise L. Glenn......Page 148
10. Silence of the Lambs - Angela Onwuachi-Willig......Page 157
11. On Being Special - Serena Easton......Page 167
12. Are Student Teaching Evaluations Holding Back Women and Minorities?: The Perils of “Doing” Gender and Race in the Classroom - Sylvia R. Lazos......Page 179
13. Notes toward Racial and Gender Justice Ally Practice in Legal Academia - Dean Spade......Page 201
14. Where’s the Violence? The Promise and Perils of Teaching Women of Color Studies - Grace Chang......Page 213
Part III: Networks of Allies......Page 234
Introduction - Nancy Cantor......Page 236
15. Working across Racial Lines in a Not-So-Post-Racial World - Margalynne J. Armstrong and Stephanie M. Wildman......Page 239
16. Native Women Maintaining Their Culture in the White Academy - Michelle M. Jacob......Page 257
17. Dis/Jointed Appointments: Solidarity amidst Inequity, Tokenism, and Marginalization - Michelle A. Holling, May C. Fu, and Roe Bubar......Page 265
18. What’s Love Got to Do with It?: Life Teachings from Multiracial Feminism - Kari Lerum......Page 281
19. Sharing Our Gifts - Beth A. Boyd......Page 292
Part IV: Social Class in Academia......Page 298
Introduction - Samuel H. Smith......Page 300
20. Igualadas - Francisca de la Riva-Holly......Page 302
21. The Port Hueneme of My Mind: The Geography of Working-Class Consciousness in One Academic Career - Constance G. Anthony......Page 315
22. On Community in the Midst of Hierarchy (and Hierarchy in the Midst of Community) - Ruth Gordon......Page 328
Part V: Tenure and Promotion......Page 346
Introduction - Deena J. González......Page 348
23. The Making of a Token: A Case Study of Stereotype Threat, Stigma, Racism, and Tokenism in Academe - Yolanda Flores Niemann......Page 351
24. Lessons from a Portrait: Keep Calm and Carry On - Adrien Katherine Wing......Page 371
25. “No hay mal que por bien no venga”: A Journey to Healing as a Latina, Lesbian Law Professor - Elvia R. Arriola......Page 387
26. La Lucha: Latinas Surviving Political Science - Jessica Lavariega Monfo......Page 408
27. Free at Last! No More Performance Anxieties in theAcademy ’cause Stepin Fetchit Has Left the Building - Mary-Antoinette Smith......Page 423
28. African American Women in the Academy: Quelling the Myth of Presumed Incompetence - Sherri L. Wallace, Sharon E. Moore, Linda L. Wilson, and Brenda G. Hart
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29. The Experiences of an Academic “Misfit” - Kelly Ervin......Page 454
30. Lessons from the Experiences of Women of Color Workingin Academia - Yolanda Flores Niemann......Page 461
Afterword - Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs......Page 516
References......Page 520
Contributors......Page 556
Index......Page 570