These terms will be used interchangeably throughout the study and reference age, ethnicity, culture, race, gender, marital status, sexual identity, social status, and maternal status.
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Nobody Knows the Troubles That I See: Perceptions of African American Women Professors Regarding Their Lived Experiences in the Academy
Dianne Reed (University of St. Thomas, USA), Charlotte Fontenot (Walden University, USA), Bernnell Peltier-Glaze (Texas Southern University, USA), Mack T. Hines (Fairfield University, USA), Carol Hightower Parker (Texas Southern University, USA), and Kathryn Washington (Lamar University, USA)
Copyright: © 2022
|Pages: 43
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-9774-3.ch007
Abstract
The purpose of this research study was to describe the lived experiences of seven African American women professors as they navigated the path to leadership positions in higher education. In this chapter, the authors described the lived experiences of seven African American women professors in the academy. Specifically, the African American women professors described in their own words supports and barriers they faced as they navigated their paths toward tenure, promotion, and leadership positions in the academy. A phenomenological research design was employed to capture the essence of the participants' stories and to fully understand their common experiences. The findings indicate that African American women professors experience the same microaggressions that they experienced more than 50 years ago.