04877nam 2200673Ia 450 991045247040332120200520144314.01-299-35649-40-7391-7088-0(CKB)2550000001016653(EBL)1155226(SSID)ssj0000860235(PQKBManifestationID)12306057(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860235(PQKBWorkID)10895906(PQKB)10195081(MiAaPQ)EBC1155226(Au-PeEL)EBL1155226(CaPaEBR)ebr10678324(CaONFJC)MIL466899(OCoLC)855968950(EXLCZ)99255000000101665320110729d2011 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrExperiences of single African-American women professors[electronic resource] with this Ph.D., I thee wed /edited by Eletra S. GilchristLanham, Md. Lexington Booksc20111 online resource (265 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7391-7087-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.EXPERIENCES OF SINGLE AFRICAN-AMERICAN WOMEN PROFESSORS; Contents; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Precursors to the Nonmarital Status of African-American Women Professors; SEXY: The First Reason I Married My Ph.D.; 1. Black, Educated, and Female: A Perspective on Contemporary Courtship and the Professoriate; 2. This House is Not a Home: Parents' Rhetoric and Perceptions of Marriage among Single African-American Women Academics from Single and Two-Parent Households; 3. "Acting Like a Lady and Doing Me": Rejecting the "Strong Black Woman" Stereotype, Sexism, and SettlingDemands of the Professoriate: Balancing Pedagogical and Relational PursuitsSELF-CONSCIOUS: The Second Reason I Married My Ph.D.; 4. The Myth and Mismatch of Balance: Black Female Professors' Constructions of Balance, Integration, and Negotiation of Work and Life; 5. Jumping the Broom: Challenges of Relational and Academic Pursuits; 6. It Costs to be the Boss: Negotiating the Rewards and Costs of Marriage when Professional Obligations are Great; Multi-Layered Relational Challenges of Single African-American Women Professors; SANCTIFIED: The Third Reason I Married My Ph.D.7. "I'm in the Middle of Nowhere!": The Dating Experiences of Black, Female Doctoral Students and Faculty at Predominantly White Environments8. Spirituality, Singleness, and Scholarship: Single Black Women Ph.D.s and the Christian HBCU; 9. Breaking the Silence: An Autoethnography of a Single, Black, Lesbian's Interpersonal Relationships at an HBCU; Identity Negotiation: Perceptions of Single African-American Women Professors; SASSY: The Fourth Reason I Married My Ph.D.10. Neither an "Old Maid" nor a "Miss Independent": Deflating the Negative Perceptions of Single African-American Women Professors11. Searching for the New Black Woman: One Single, African-American Professor's Experience with the Strong Black Woman Myth; 12. You Can Have a Man OR a Career: Professional and Personal Identity Negotiation of Aspiring African-American Female Professors; SINGLE: The Fifth Reason I Married My Ph.D.; Epilogue; Index; About the Editor; About the ContributorsExperiences of Single African-American Women Professors: With this Ph.D., I Thee Wed, edited by Eletra S. Gilchrist, explores the unique lived experiences of single African-American women professors. Gilchrist's contributors are comprised of never-before-married and doctorate degree-holding African-American women professors. The authors and research participants speak candidly about their experiences, exploring a myriad of topics including dating costs and rewards, relationship challenges, work/life balance, multiple intersecting identities, negative perceptions, and identity negotiation.African American women college teachersSocial conditionsAfrican AmericansMarriageSingle womenUnited StatesMate selectionUnited StatesUniversities and collegesUnited StatesSociological aspectsElectronic books.African American women college teachersSocial conditions.African AmericansMarriage.Single womenMate selectionUniversities and collegesSociological aspects.378.1/208996073Gilchrist Eletra S.1978-859163MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910452470403321Experiences of single African-American women professors1917570UNINA