Succeeding in an Academic Career A Guide for Faculty of Color

Subjects:

• Education » Multicultural Education
• Education » Higher Education

Reviews:

• Succeeding in an Academic Career: A Guide for Faculty of Color is a much-needed book, and makes an important contribution to the knowledge base surrounding academic careers for faculty of color....this book is a must read for ALL faculty and graduate students aspiring to an academic career.
  —Journal of College Student Development September/October 2001
• This useful and readable collection includes a foreword, by cultural anthropologist Yolanda Moses, and an index.
  —Multicultural Review

• Endorsement From Daryl G. Smith
  Professor of Education and Psychology
  Claremont Graduate University: Succeeding in an Academic Career: A Guide for Faculty of Color, is a wonderful resource for the field of higher education....Provides a seamless and engaging journey through the faculty experience. It is well written, scholarly, persuasive and compelling.
• Endorsement From Samuel L. Myers, Jr.
  Roy Wilkins Professor of Human Relations and Social Justice
  Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  University of Minnesota: Just at the point when support for affirmative action and direct efforts to increase diversity in higher education seems to be at its lowest, Professor Mildred Garcia has put together a highly readable and engaging collection of essays by and about faculty of color negotiating the travails of the academic jungle....The tools provided by this carefully crafted volume are essential for the success of faculty of color as researchers, scholars, teachers and community leaders....The highly personal and extremely revealing essays in this volume provide a vitally needed road map for maintaining diversity in the academy.
• Endorsement From Carol Geary Schneider
  President
  Association of American Colleges and Universities: For any academic institution that cares about retaining and nurturing faculty of color, this book is illuminating. It should be required reading for every academic administrator who should, in turn, purchase copies for every department chair. For faculty, of color, it may keep you in the profession--and will certainly help you thrive there despite the persistent residue of racial asymmetries that continue to encumber our college campuses.

Table of Contents:

• Foreword by Yolanda Moses
• Introduction by Mildred García
• Weighing the Options: Where Do I Want to Work? by Mildred García
• Office Politics and Department Culture by Evelyn Hu DeHart
• Developing Support Networks and Seeking Answers to Questions by Sharon Fries-Britt
• Balancing Research, Teaching, and Service: A Mentoring Perspective by Amaury Nora
• Involvement with Students: How Much Can I Give? by Christopher Brown
• Finding Resources for My Academic Interests by Janet Petrovich
• Professional Organizations and Networking by Mildred Gar'cia
• Defining Success: Promotion and Tenure--Planning for Each Career Stage and Beyond by Carolyn Sotello Turner
• Academics of the Heart: Maintaining Body, Soul, and Spirit by Laura Rendon