This collection of essays written by seventeen Generation X academics passionately, provocatively, and eloquently demonstrates the personal issues, conflicts, and triumphs that are definitive of this generation. These essays define the voice of an often overlooked and ignored demographic.
This collection of essays written by seventeen Generation X academics passionately, provocatively, and eloquently demonstrates the personal issues, conflicts, and triumphs that are definitive of this generation. These essays define the voice of an often overlooked and ignored demographic.
Elwood Watson is professor of history, African American studies, and gender studies at East Tennessee State University. He has edited or co-edited six anthologies. He is also the author and co-author of several academic scholarly articles. His book Outsiders Within: Black Women in the Legal Academy after Brown v. Board was published by Rowman & Littlefield Publishers in 2008.
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Preface Elwood Watson 1. Only Human: My Experience in Higher Education Martha Diede 2. Confessions of a Bakke Baby: Race, Academia, and the "Joshua Generation" Terrance Tucker 3. Taking Chances: Gay, Male and Feminist in the Academy Daniel Farr 4. Tenured To Contingent: Life Choices and the Academic Career Annemarie Hamlin 5. The Evolution of Tolerance: Growing Up as a White Southerner in the Aftermath of Desegregation Andria J. Woodell 6. Reflections on Navigating Invisibility and the Consequences of Being Black and Gay in the Academy Darryl Holloman 7. Reflections Upon One Experience Leading To a Career in Academia Douglas Mikutel 8. Living Beyond The Dream Deferred: An Auto-Ethnography of My Experiences in the Academy Antonio C. Cuyler 9. In Search of the Abyss: Negotiating Xtra-Academic Potential David Prescott-Steed 10. Team Mollick: Our Two-For-One Academic Journey Kathleen and George Mollick 11. My Ongoing Journey: A Black Generation X Professor's Story In Appalachia Elwood Watson 12. Leaving the Popular Culture Classroom: Why I'd Rather Keep My Fandom to Myself... Kristi Key 13. Doogie Howser, Ph.D. in Identity Crisis Zachary Snider 14. Changing the State of Tomorrow Today: One Generation Xer's Journey to End Racism and White Supremacy in the Academy and Beyond Aimee Glocke 15. Hopefully Drifting Lance Alexis 16. The Aftermath of Admission Jenny R. Sadre-Orafai 17. Notes From An In-Betweener Daryl A. Carter Contributors Index
Preface Elwood Watson 1. Only Human: My Experience in Higher Education Martha Diede 2. Confessions of a Bakke Baby: Race, Academia, and the "Joshua Generation" Terrance Tucker 3. Taking Chances: Gay, Male and Feminist in the Academy Daniel Farr 4. Tenured To Contingent: Life Choices and the Academic Career Annemarie Hamlin 5. The Evolution of Tolerance: Growing Up as a White Southerner in the Aftermath of Desegregation Andria J. Woodell 6. Reflections on Navigating Invisibility and the Consequences of Being Black and Gay in the Academy Darryl Holloman 7. Reflections Upon One Experience Leading To a Career in Academia Douglas Mikutel 8. Living Beyond The Dream Deferred: An Auto-Ethnography of My Experiences in the Academy Antonio C. Cuyler 9. In Search of the Abyss: Negotiating Xtra-Academic Potential David Prescott-Steed 10. Team Mollick: Our Two-For-One Academic Journey Kathleen and George Mollick 11. My Ongoing Journey: A Black Generation X Professor's Story In Appalachia Elwood Watson 12. Leaving the Popular Culture Classroom: Why I'd Rather Keep My Fandom to Myself... Kristi Key 13. Doogie Howser, Ph.D. in Identity Crisis Zachary Snider 14. Changing the State of Tomorrow Today: One Generation Xer's Journey to End Racism and White Supremacy in the Academy and Beyond Aimee Glocke 15. Hopefully Drifting Lance Alexis 16. The Aftermath of Admission Jenny R. Sadre-Orafai 17. Notes From An In-Betweener Daryl A. Carter Contributors Index
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