The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure--without Losing Your Soul

Download or read book The Black Academic's Guide to Winning Tenure--without Losing Your Soul written by Kerry Rockquemore and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For an African American scholar, who may be the lone minority in a department, navigating the tenure minefield can be a particularly harrowing process. Kerry Ann Rockquemore and Tracey Laszloffy go beyond standard professional resources to serve up practical advice for black faculty intent on playing, and winning, the tenure game." "Addressing head-on how power and the thorny politics of race converge in the academy, The Black Academic's Guide is full of invaluable tips and hard-earned wisdom. It is an essential handbook that will help black faculty survive and thrive in academia without losing their voices or their integrity." --Book Jacket.