The Truly Diverse Faculty: New Dialogues in American Higher Education

PART I: UNIVERSITY STRUCTURES AND THE PROFESSIONAL LIVES OF JUNIOR FACULTY OF COLOR 1. Constructed Strugglers: The Impact of Diversity Narratives on Junior Faculty of Color; Ernesto J. Martínez and Stephanie A. Fryberg Comment: Valuing the World, Valuing Diversity; Nancy Cantor and Kal Alston 2. Models of Success in the Academy; Victoria Plaut Comment; Kecia Thomas 3. Junior Faculty of Color in the Corporate University: Implications of Neoliberalism and Neoconservatism on Research, Teaching and Service; Nana Osei-Kofi Comment: Which Way Forward? The Corporate University as a Site of Contradiction; Michael Hames-García PART II: NEGOTIATING A NON-DIVERSE ACADEMY 4. On Being the Solo Faculty Member of Color: Research Evidence from Field and Laboratory Studies; Denise Sekaquaptewa Comment; Robert N. Shelton 5. Whiteness as Request; Phillip Atiba Goff Comment; Daniel Little 6. Mammy No More/Mammy Forever: The Stakes and Costs of Teaching Our Colleagues; Tiffany Willough-Herard Comment: Sister-Administrators in the Neoliberal Academy: Reflections of a Feminist-of-Color; Chandra Talpade Mohanty PART III: SPEAKING TO THE PIPELINE: EARLY MENTORSHIP, PREPARATION, AND PROFESSIONAL BARRIERS 7. Trusting Vulnerability: Mentoring Graduate Students of Color; John Riofrio Comment; James A. Larimore 8. Lanterns and Street Signs: Effective Mentoring for Greater Equity in the Academy; Monisha Bajaj Comment: Mentoring for Institutional Gain; Luis Fraga 9. Breaking Through the Associate Professor Glass Ceiling; Mari Castañeda and Michael Hames-García Comment: Slowing Down the Line; Carol Stabile