The "double-whammy" of being black and a woman in higher education leadership
Logan S.R.; Dudley H.S.
2020
Research Anthology on Instilling Social Justice in the Classroom
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10.4018/978-1-7998-7706-6.ch087
The purpose of this chapter is to inform readers and to expand their understandings about specific challenges and solutions that are associated with the leadership of Black women in higher education. In particular, this chapter will present the views and experiences of two African American females, one being a new department chair at a small liberal arts college and the other being a new community college dean, committed to social justice and servant leadership. Using critical race theory, Black feminist perspectives, and intersectionality, the authors seek to document their investigation of society and culture through the sharing of their own lived experiences. Through their auto-ethnographies, the authors also answer the call to discuss how racial and gendered identities inform leadership development in order to challenge hegemonic discourses in higher education leadership. © 2021, IGI Global.
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