Reexamining Racism, Sexism, and Identity Taxation in the Academy

This book explores the diversity-related labour that marginalized faculty, students, and staff are expected to perform because of their social identities - identity taxation. It compiles new research on cultural and identity taxation to highlight how systemic racism and patriarchy perpetuate identity taxation in 21st century US academe.

List of contents

Introduction: Reexamining Racism, Sexism, and Identity Taxation in the Academy 1. Cultural Taxation or "Tax Credit"? Understanding the Nuances of Ethnoracially Minoritized Student Labour in Higher Education 2. Institutional Penalty: Mentoring, Service, Perceived Discrimination, and Its Impacts on the Health and Academic Careers of Latino Faculty 3. Black Women in White Academe: A Qualitative Analysis of Heightened Inclusion Tax 4. How Women of Colour Engineering Faculty Respond to Wage Disparities 5. "Diversity is a Corporate Plan": Racialized Equity Labour among University Employees 6. On Marginality, Socialization, and Lessons Learned for the Future of Faculty Diversity

About the author

Tiffany D. Joseph is Associate Professor of Sociology and International Affairs at Northeastern University, USA. Her research examines race and migration, immigration and health policy, and marginalized faculty's experiences in academia. She is the author of Race on the Move: Brazilian Migrants and the Global Reconstruction of Race.

Laura E. Hirshfield is the Dr. Georges Bordage Medical Education Faculty Scholar and Associate Professor of Medical Education & Sociology at the University of Illinois College of Medicine, USA. Her research investigates the impact of identity (especially gender, race, and gender identity) on the ways that individuals navigate academic and medical contexts.

Product details

• Authors: Tiffany D. (Northeastern University Joseph
• Assisted by: Laura E. Hirshfield (Editor), Tiffany D. Joseph (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 30.01.2025
• EAN: 9781032587592
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3258759-2
• No. of pages: 150
• Series: Ethnic and Racial Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); USA, Ethnic Studies, Sociology, Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, EDUCATION / Professional Development, EDUCATION / Educational Policy & Reform / General, EDUCATION / Philosophy, Theory & Social Aspects, EDUCATION / Aims & Objectives, teacher training, United States of America, USA, Educational strategies & policy, Moral and social purpose of education, Moral & social purpose of education, Educational strategies and policy, EDUCATION / Teacher Training & Certification, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General