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Book SynopsisHere 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.
Trade Review...reveals through graceful and lively prose an important yet often overlooked dimension of HBCUs—their significant contributions to the national dialogue on diversity in higher education. These essays are spirited, inspiring and passionate. -- Dr. Michael T. Nettles, University of Michigan
Honest and riveting testimonies on the adaptation of white faculty members as minorities in historically black universities and colleges. This collection shows that respect is an essential component in effective student-teacher relations as well as in effective race relations. -- Charles V. Willie, Charles William Eliot Professor Emeritus, Harvard Graduate School of Education
At a time when the higher education landscape is undergoing rapid transformations and the role of the black college is being passionately debated, Foster, Guyden and Miller provide a poignant, praiseworthy, and pioneering intervention. Here is a work that lays to rest once and for all the dominant stereotype that historically black colleges are monolithic. Creatively working with the tradition of heuristic research, the editors frame a compelling cohort of original essays. Drawing on the actual voices of white faculty, Affirmed Action gives us an important handle on the common experiences of underrepresented and marginalized academics and their struggles to be included. -- M. Christopher Brown, II, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Table of ContentsChapter 1 Preface Chapter 2 Introduction: White Faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: A Historical Framework Part 3 Teaching and Learning at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Chapter 4 Making Connections: A White Professor at a Historically Black University Chapter 5 You Just Wouldn’t Understand Chapter 6 Communicating and Learning the Right Message Chapter 7 The ‘Science’ and ‘Art’ of Teaching and Learning at Xavier University of Louisiana Chapter 8 HBCUs as a Context for Instruction and Research with a Multicultural Perspective Chapter 9 Is Mathematics a Cultural Artifact? Part 10 Academic Careers at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Chapter 11 Exploration and Identity: Thirty Years of Transformation at HBCUs Chapter 12 Breaking Through Stereotypes in Mississippi Chapter 13 The Academic Road Less Traveled: Challenges and Opportunities Chapter 14 Taking-up a Professional Line at FAMU Chapter 15 Life from Another Heart Part 16 Transformed and Transforming at Historically Black Colleges and Universities Chapter 17 Building Conversations of Respect: The Voice of White Faculty at Black Colleges Chapter 18 Educating as Moral Responsibility Chapter 19 Faculty Diversity at Historically Black Colleges and Universities: Context, Scope, and Meaning Chapter 20 Appendix: Historically Black Colleges and Universities in the United States Chapter 21 About the Editors Chapter 22 About the Contributors
