The SOULS of Black Faculty and Staff in the American Academy : Principles for Transformation and Retention

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910751392703321
• Autore: Alex-Assensoh Yvette M
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cham : , : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2023; ©2023
• ISBN: 9783031392290
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (247 pages)
• Disciplina: 378.1208996073
• Soggetti: Afro-nord-americans; Professors universitaris; Llibres electrònics; Estats Units d'Amèrica
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Acknowledgments -- Disclaimer -- Contents -- About the Author -- Introduction -- The Inspiration -- The Transformative Power of the Academy -- The Difference That "SOULS" Makes -- Overview of the Book -- Farewell Again -- Passage One: Institutional Responsiveness in the Absence of SOULS -- Passage Two: Safety in the Academy -- Passage Three: Organizational Accountability -- Passage Four: Unvarnished Truth Telling in the Academy -- Passage Five: Love and Spirituality in the Academy-A Change Is Gonna Come -- How to Make the Most of This Book -- References -- Farewell Again -- Passage One: Institutional Responses and the Lack of SOULS -- Institutional Silence -- Symbolic and Surface Responses -- Interest Convergence Responses -- Rethinking -- Equity-Ready Institutional Design -- References -- Exodus and the Day of Reckoning -- The Board Meeting -- The Cleanup Woman -- Passage Two: Safety in the Academy -- History of Violence and State-Sanctioned Terror -- Socioeconomic Injury and Harm -- Stigma, Psychological Safety and Stress -- References -- Saving Our Children -- Protection from Academic Bullying -- The Joys and Impact of Mentoring Students -- Beyond Mentoring: How My Chair Actively Sponsored and Supported ; Me -- Plans to Combat and Fight Racism in Our Children's Lives -- What's in a Name: Bureaucracy or Racism -- Choosing My Children's Safety over Tenure -- References -- An Act of Self-Preservation -- The Road to TU -- The Stress of Mistaken and Stigmatized Identities -- Fear and Intimidation in the Classroom -- Racialized Trauma -- My Encounters with TU's Campus Police -- Antidiscrimination at TU -- References -- Students Catalyzing Change -- Our Shared Responsibility -- Passage Three: Organizational Accountability -- References -- The Heart Transplant -- Tenure and Promotion -- Service -- References -- What About the Students?.; Misguided Paradigms and Schemas -- The Unimaginable -- References -- Culpability -- Passage Four: Unvarnished Truth Telling -- References -- "No Tea, No Shade" -- Free Speech Is Not Free -- Where Are the Data? -- We Can't Afford to Keep Them -- References -- Towering University, Goddam -- TU Is Committed to Africana Studies -- TU will Provide Funding to Support Program Development and Ongoing Maintenance -- There Is Widespread Support for the Establishment of an Africana Studies Program at Towering University -- Unvarnished Truth-Telling as a Foundational Tool in the American Academy -- References -- Call and Response -- Passage Five: Love and Spirituality -- References -- A Change Is Gonna Come -- Out of the Ashes -- The Road to Love and Spirituality -- Here is What Students, Faculty and Administrators Have Said About L.A.C.E.™ -- References -- From Farewell Again to SOULS Celebration -- Reference -- Implications, Resources and Exemplars -- Passage One: Institutional Responsiveness Without SOULS -- Passage Two: Safety -- Passage Three: Organizational Accountability -- Passage Four: Unvarnished Truth Telling -- Passage Five: Love and Spirituality -- Index.