Journeys of Black Women in Academe - Shared Lessons, Experiences, and Insights

Journeys of Black Women in Academe provides lessons that are instructive to faculty and administrators across race and gender boundaries relative to the successes and challenges that African American women continue to experience in academia.

About the author

Brenda L. Walker is a Professor in the Exceptional Student Education Program at the University of South Florida, USA, and an attorney. Dr. Walker has been an educator and researcher in the academy for the past 32 years. She is currently Director of the University of South Florida's Call Me MiSTER initiative to recruit men, and more recently women, to teach in urban and high-poverty elementary and middle schools. She is the Principal Investigator on Project RISES, an out-of-school suspension research study. She has published numerous journal articles, book chapters, and a co-authored textbook. Dr. Walker has mentored a host of doctoral students and faculty nationally on graduate program completion and tenure and promotion, respectively.

Product details

• Assisted by: Brenda L Walker (Editor), Brenda L. Walker (Editor), Brenda L. (University of South Florida Walker (Editor)
• Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.06.2024
• EAN: 9781835492697
• ISBN: 978-1-83549-269-7
• No. of pages: 200
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 13 mm
• Weight: 435 g
• Series: Diversity in Higher Education
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Education > Education system; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories