LEADER 04877nam 2200673Ia 450 001 9910452470403321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-299-35649-4 010 $a0-7391-7088-0 035 $a(CKB)2550000001016653 035 $a(EBL)1155226 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000860235 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12306057 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000860235 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10895906 035 $a(PQKB)10195081 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1155226 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1155226 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10678324 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL466899 035 $a(OCoLC)855968950 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001016653 100 $a20110729d2011 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 00$aExperiences of single African-American women professors$b[electronic resource] $ewith this Ph.D., I thee wed /$fedited by Eletra S. Gilchrist 210 $aLanham, Md. $cLexington Books$dc2011 215 $a1 online resource (265 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7391-7087-2 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aEXPERIENCES 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 Settling 327 $aDemands 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. 327 $a7. "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. 327 $a10. 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 Contributors 330 $aExperiences 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. 606 $aAfrican American women college teachers$xSocial conditions 606 $aAfrican Americans$xMarriage 606 $aSingle women$zUnited States 606 $aMate selection$zUnited States 606 $aUniversities and colleges$zUnited States$xSociological aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aAfrican American women college teachers$xSocial conditions. 615 0$aAfrican Americans$xMarriage. 615 0$aSingle women 615 0$aMate selection 615 0$aUniversities and colleges$xSociological aspects. 676 $a378.1/208996073 701 $aGilchrist$b Eletra S.$f1978-$0859163 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910452470403321 996 $aExperiences of single African-American women professors$91917570 997 $aUNINA