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- Title
Navigating as an African American Female Scholar: Catalysts and Barriers in Predominantly White Academia.
- Authors
Baxley, Traci Palmer
- Abstract
As a teacher-scholar, this autoethnography is an account of my personal journey in higher education at a predominantly White university. I recount childhood experiences that led me to critical incidents experienced as a doctoral student and tenuretrack professor that served as both institutional barriers encountered and catalysts for growth. I examine the manner in which I was able to navigate within the borders they created for me as an African American woman and emerging scholar. The counter-narratives are grounded in critical race theory, guided by womanist epistemology, while offering insight into the ways in which marginalization is perpetuated in academia and how space was created to redefine and reclaim the self within these borders. My hope is that this article will bring more exposure to the voice of the African American in White academia and to add to the open dialogue that is needed with members from the central dominant group.
- Subjects
AFRICAN American women scholars; HIGHER education; DOCTORAL students; CRITICAL race theory; WOMANIST theology; WHITE people; ETHNOLOGY
- Publication
International Journal of Critical Pedagogy, 2012, Vol 4, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
2157-1074
- Publication type
Article