Table of Contents
Dedication
Foreword
(Dr. Mildred C. Joyner)
Preface
Chapter 1. The Racial Divide: Theoretical Perspectives
(Charnetta Gadling-Cole, PhD, Chair and Masters of Social Work Program Director, Department of Social Work and Child Life, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wisconsin, US and others)
Chapter 2. The Affirmation Queen: Resisting Their Expectations of the Black Woman in the Academy
(Tiffany Lane, PhD, Associate Professor and BSW Coordinator, School of Social Work, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, North Carolina, US)
Chapter 3. Challenges in Academia for African American Women
(Donna D. Gibson, PhD, Middle Tennessee State University, Murfreesboro, Tennessee, US)
Chapter 4. Journey to Academia
(Tina Marie Glover, PhD, TM Glover and Counseling Services)
Chapter 5. Establishing Professional Pathways: Considerations for African American Women in Social Work Education
(Kesslyn Brade Stennis, PhD, Kathy Goodridge-Purnell, PhD, Virletta Bryant, PhD, Alecia Taylor, Christa Gilliam, PhD, and Elaine Bynum, Executive Director, Dr. Dorothy I. Height Center for Social Justice, Coppin State University, Baltimore, Maryland, US, and others)
Chapter 6. Motherhood and Academic Careers: Challenges Faced by African American Women in Academia Marriage, Parenthood, and the Tenure Clock
(Breshell Nevels, PhD, Assistant Professor and MSW Program Director, Ethelyn R. Strong School of Social Work, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, US)
Chapter 7. My Life in Higher Education: Tales from the Darkside (and Lightside)
(Val Livingston, PhD, Assistant Professor and MSW Admissions Director, Norfolk State University, Norfolk, Virginia, US)
Chapter 8. I Paid to be The Boss
(Catherine Regina Gayle, Associate Professor of Social Work, Chair of the Department of Social Work, Savannah State University, Savannah, Georgia, US)
Chapter 9. The Journey Continues
(Charnetta Gadling-Cole, PhD, Chair and MSW Program Coordinator, Department of Social Work and Child Life, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wisconsin, US and others)
About the Authors
Index