Counternarratives from Women of Color Academics Bravery, Vulnerability, and Resistance

Cover......Page 1 Title......Page 4 Copyright......Page 5 Dedication......Page 6 Contents......Page 7 Foreword......Page 11 Preface......Page 15 Acknowledgments......Page 18 1 Introduction......Page 20 Part I Resisting Convention: Counternarratives to Conventional Norms and Practices in the Academy......Page 24 2 Leading as a Chicana Feminist in a Predominantly White Institution......Page 26 3 What Looks Like Bravery in the Academy: Reflections of an African-American Woman Engineer......Page 37 4 Being Brave in the Ivory Towers as “Zape-tah-hol-ah” (Sticks with Bow)......Page 44 5 “Working the Cracks” in Academia and Beyond: Cultivating “Race” and Social Justice Convergence Spaces, Networks, and Liberation Capital for Social Transformation in the Neoliberal University......Page 52 6 Resisting Sexual Harassment in Academia......Page 62 7 Un-Disciplined: A Conversation Between Two Sisters Who Left Graduate School......Page 70 8 “You’re Doing What?!?”: Leaving Academia to Answer the Call......Page 77 Part II Collective Resistance: Counternarratives to the Ethos of Individualistic Meritocracy in the Academy......Page 86 9 Love Note......Page 88 10 La Colectiva: Peer Mentoring on the Path to Thrival......Page 89 11 Fiery Mind, Full Heart, Brave Soul: A Model for Women of Color to Thrive in Historically White Colleges and Universities......Page 98 12 Courageous Xicanas: Living Legacies of Comadrazgo in the Academy......Page 110 13 “We Got You”: What Raising Up the Next Generation of Scholar-Activists Has Taught Me......Page 117 14 On the Wings of Communal Bravery......Page 126 Part III Embodied Resistance: Counternarratives to Hegemonic Identities in the Academy......Page 134 15 A Letter for Auntie Lorde......Page 136 16 On Being Powerfully Vulnerable and Why I Love My Black Woman’s Tears......Page 137 17 Vulnerability: The New Brave......Page 143 18 Undocumented in the Ivory Tower......Page 149 19 A Latinx Testimonio of Motherhood in Academia......Page 156 20 On Desiderata......Page 165 Afterword......Page 167 List of Contributors......Page 172 Index......Page 179