Affirmed Action Essays on the Academic and Social Lives of White Faculty Members at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

by Foster, Lenoar; Guyden, Janet A.; Miller, Andrea L.; Anderson, Toni P.; Bales, Fred; Delamotte, Roy C.; Frank, Frederick P.; Frankle, Barbara Stein; Henzy, Karl; Jur, Barbara A.; Lancaster, Juliana S.; Redinger, Matthew A.; Rozman, Stephen L.; Sibulkin, A

• ISBN13: 9780847694600
• ISBN10: 0847694607
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-11-03
• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

Summary

Here for the first time is a wide-ranging collection of essays by white faculty who explore the unique goals, successes, and challenges they encounter in choosing the unusual position of the other in a higher education environment dedicated first and foremost to the empowerment of Black Americans.

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Acknowledgments	xv
Introduction
White Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Historical Framework	1	(16)
Janet A. Guyden
Lenoar Foster
Andrea L. Miller
Part 1. Teaching and Learning at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Making Connections: A White Professor at a Historically Black University	17	(6)
Karl Henzy
You Just Wouldn't Understand	23	(14)
Matthew A. Redinger
Communicating and Learning the Right Message	37	(14)
Fred Bales
The `Science' and `Art' of Teaching and Learning at Xavier University of Louisiana	51	(10)
Mark A. Thomson
HBCUs as a Context for Instruction and Research with a Multicultural Perspective	61	(10)
Amy E. Sibulkin
Is Mathematics a Cultural Artifact?	71	(10)
Barbara A. Jur
Part 2. Academic Careers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Exploration and Identity: Thirty Years of Transformation at HBCUs	81	(12)
Barbara Stein Frankle
Breaking through Stereotypes in Mississippi	93	(30)
Stephen L. Rozman
The Academic Road Less Traveled: Challenges and Opportunities	123	(18)
Jesse Silverglate
Taking up a Professorial Line at FAMU	141	(16)
Frederick P. Frank
Life from Another Heart	157	(8)
Roy C. DeLamotte
Part 3. Transformed and Transforming at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Building Conversations of Respect: The Voice of White Faculty at Black Colleges	165	(10)
Toni P. Anderson
Juliana S. Lancaster
Educating As Moral Responsibility	175	(8)
Karen Sides-Gonzales
Faculty Diversity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Context, Scope, and Meaning	183	(14)
Lenoar Foster
Andrea L. Miller
Janet A. Guyden
Appendix
Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States	193	(4)
About the Editors	197	(2)
About the Contributors	199