{"product_id":"overcoming-adversity-in-academia-9780761861393","title":"Overcoming Adversity in Academia","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of essays written by seventeen Generation X academics passionately, provocatively, and eloquently demonstrates the personal issues, conflicts, and triumphs that are definitive of this generation. These essays define the voice of an often overlooked and ignored demographic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile some contributions are stronger than others, as a whole the book achieves its purpose through the insightful and honest author self-reflections. . . .As a whole, the book presents an appropriate and necessary diversity of experiences [such as] race, gender, sexual orientation, discipline. While some  chapters were stronger than others, it was a worthwhile book to read and would be a valuable addition to a post-secondary library. * Reflective Teaching *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePreface Elwood Watson  1. Only Human: My Experience in Higher Education\t\t\t\t Martha Diede \t  2. Confessions of a Bakke Baby: Race, Academia, and the “Joshua Generation” Terrance Tucker  3. Taking Chances: Gay, Male and Feminist in the Academy Daniel Farr   4. Tenured To Contingent: Life Choices and the Academic Career  Annemarie Hamlin  5. The Evolution of Tolerance: Growing Up as a White Southerner in the Aftermath of Desegregation Andria J. Woodell  6. Reflections on Navigating Invisibility and the Consequences of Being Black and Gay in the Academy  Darryl Holloman  7. Reflections Upon One Experience Leading To a Career in Academia Douglas Mikutel  8. Living Beyond The Dream Deferred: An Auto-Ethnography of My Experiences in the Academy Antonio C. Cuyler  9. In Search of the Abyss: Negotiating Xtra-Academic Potential David Prescott-Steed  10. Team Mollick: Our Two-For-One Academic Journey Kathleen and George Mollick  11. My Ongoing Journey: A Black Generation X Professor’s Story In Appalachia Elwood Watson  12. Leaving the Popular Culture Classroom: Why I’d Rather Keep My Fandom to Myself... Kristi Key   13. Doogie Howser, Ph.D. in Identity Crisis Zachary Snider  14. Changing the State of Tomorrow Today: One Generation Xer’s Journey to End Racism and White Supremacy in the Academy and Beyond Aimee Glocke  15. Hopefully Drifting Lance Alexis  16. The Aftermath of Admission Jenny R.  Sadre-Orafai  17. Notes From An In-Betweener  Daryl A. Carter  Contributors  Index","brand":"University Press of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51037875339607,"sku":"9780761861393","price":73.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780761861393.jpg?v=1750937960","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/overcoming-adversity-in-academia-9780761861393","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}