This edited volume documents the unique experiences of women of color in higher education administration.

Autorentext

Menah Pratt-Clarke received her PhD and JD from Vanderbilt University. She is Vice President for Strategic Affairs, Vice Provost for Inclusion and Diversity, and Professor of Education at Virginia Tech. Johanna B. Maes received her PhD from Colorado State University and is a faculty member for the Leadership Residential Academic Program/Ethnic Living and Learning Community at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Inhalt

Julianne Malveaux: Foreword - Acknowledgments - Part I: Setting the Stage - Menah Pratt-Clarke/Johanna B. Maes: Introduction to Journeys of Social Justice: Women of Color Presidents in the Academy - Menah Pratt-Clarke: Reflections from Below the Plantation Roof - Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs: The Adobe Ceiling over the Yellow Brick Road - Irma McClaurin/Victoria Chou/Valerie Lee: The Labyrinth Path of Administration: From Full Professor to Senior Administrator - Part II: On the Stage - Paula Allen-Meares: A View from the Helm: A Black Woman's Reflection on Her Chancellorship - Menah Pratt-Clarke/Jasmine Parker: Reflections about African American Female Leadership in the Academy - Phyllis M. Wise: Re-envisioning the Academy for Women of Color - Menah Pratt-Clarke: Reflections about Asian American Female Leadership in the Academy - Cassandra Manuelito-Kerkvliet (Diné): My Climb to the Highest Rung - Menah Pratt-Clarke/Johanna B. Maes/Melissa Leal/Tanaya Winder : Reflections about Native American Female Leadership in the Academy - Nancy "Rusty" Barceló: Journeys into Leadership: A View from the President's Chair - Waded Cruzado: Thriving as Administrators at America's Land Grant Universities - Johanna B. Maes: Reflections about Latina/Chicana Leadership in the Academy - Menah Pratt-Clarke/Johanna B. Maes: Closing Reflections - Contributor's Biographies.