The Politics of Survival in Academia Narratives of Inequity, Resilience, and Success

by Jacobs, Lila; Cintrón, José; Canton, Cecil E.; Spindler, George D.; Chun, Maria; Cowan, Eugenia; Delgado-Gaitan, Concha; Loo, Chalsa M.; Kiang, Peter Nien-chu; Spindler, George; Torres, Myriam N.; Zou, Yali

• ISBN13: 9780742523692
• ISBN10: 0742523691
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-11-19
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

This volume presents the personal accounts of African American, Asian American, and Latino faculty who describe in their narratives of struggles the challenges they faced in order to become bona fide members of the United States Academy. These narrative

Table of Contents

Foreword	ix
George D. Spindler
Preface	xi
Acknowledgements	xv
Introduction	xvii
Jose Cintron
Lila Jacobs
Cecil E. Canton
Redefining the Self: From AFDC to Ph.D.	1	(14)
Lila Jacobs
From Slaveship to Scholarship: A Narrative of the Political and Social Transformation of an African American Educator	15	(18)
Cecil E. Canton
Hanging In: The Journey to Good Enough	33	(24)
Eugenia D. Cowan
Disabling Institutions	57	(20)
Concha Delgado-Gaitan
Reflecting on the Games of Academia: A View from ``the Porch''	77	(18)
Myriam N. Torres
Academic Adversity and Faculty Warriors: Prevailing amidst Trauma	95	(30)
Chalsa M. Loo
Maria Chun
A Chinese American Woman's Struggle for Success and Self-Discovery in the Academy	125	(16)
Yali Zou
Transnational Linkages in Asian American Studies as Sources and Strategies for Teaching and Curricular Change	141	(14)
Peter Nien-chu Kiang
References	155	(8)
Index	163	(6)
About the Contributors	169