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This book uses shared experiences of women in academia to enrich the existing body of work on women and academic leadership with a focus on enhanced communication strategies. The focused and sustained leadership development discussed in this book can greatly benefit both experienced and inexperienced women in academia.
List of contents
Chapter 1: At Long Lost: Women Presidents Communicating Leadership at HBCUs
Jayne Cubbage
Chapter 2: "You Ain't Neva Lied!": Isolation and the Meaning of Friendship for Two Sistahs in Leadership at HBCUs
Nicole Files-Thompson and L. Simone Byrd
Chapter 3: Black Diamonds: African-American Women Executives Embody Transformational Leadership at Community Colleges
Karima A. Haynes
Chapter 4: The Impact of Maternity Leave Advice within the Academy on Work-Life Balance of Women Faculty and Administrators
Pavitra Kavya and Michael W. Kramer
Chapter 5: When External Networks Bolster Internal Prestige: Establishing and Sustaining Support Systems for Black Women in the Academy
Sheryl Kennedy Haydel and Shearon Roberts
Chapter 6: Cultivating Feminist Reflexivity and Resilience in Leadership Communication
Stephanie Norander
Chapter 7: Communicating Lead(her)ship in the Academy: Navigating a Sea of Organizational Patriarchy
Laura C. Prividera and John W. Howard III
Chapter 8: No Gentlemen's Agreement Here: Higher Education Reflections on Being Womanist and the Dialectics Present in an African-American Woman's Administrative Journey
Jeanetta D. Sims
Chapter 9: Enacting a Feminist Ecological Ethos of Leadership at a Christian Liberal Arts College
Sarah Stone Watt
Chapter 10: Contemplating Leadership: Struggles, Transformations, Transcendence
Mary Wildner-Bassett
About the author
Edited by Jayne Cubbage - Contributions by L. Simone Byrd; Jayne Cubbage; Dr. Nicole Files-Thompson; Karima A. Haynes; John W. Howard III; Pavitra Kavya; Sheryl Kennedy Haydel; Michael W. Kramer; Stephanie Norander; Laura C. Prividera; Shearon Roberts; Je
