Creating a Faculty Activism Commons for Social Justice (eBook, ePUB)

Finding Hope in the Messy Truth
Redaktion: Case, Kim A.; Warner, Leah R.

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

This timely book shines a light on social justice activism within higher education, calling for a conceptual space of faculty activism to share and build on the work of others who came before.

Written by expert social justice academics, this volume provides a collection of honest, critically reflective personal narratives by those who are leading systemic change within their institutions. The faculty authors share openly about their experiences, motivations, challenges, alliances, hopelessness, hopefulness, and what they wish they had known from the start. Topics include addressing systemic racism, changing discriminatory academic policies, establishing resources for historically marginalized students, advocating for a more diverse faculty and staff, educating the campus about bias, among others. This book empowers social justice academics to navigate the complexities of institutional procedures, recognize invisible walls that slow progress, and curate coalitions for systemic change.

Uniquely addressing the joys and challenges of creating systemic change, the book will be essential reading for faculty involved in social justice activism within their universities and colleges. The book will also be relevant for all those in the fields of social justice, community engagement, critical higher education, psychology, and sociology.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis eBooks
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Februar 2025
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781040306215
• Artikelnr.: 72647304

Autorenporträt

Kim A. Case, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Virginia Commonwealth University. She investigates the systemic impact of workplace dominant cultural norms and practices on how academics navigate job demands with particular attention to health, performance, and retention outcomes. Her faculty development podcast and consulting (www.drkimcase.com) supports social justice academics tackling topics such as job crafting, values alignment, and invisible labor. Leah R. Warner, Ph.D., is a Professor of Psychology at Ramapo College of New Jersey. Her interdisciplinary scholarship concerns integrating intersectionality into psychological research and teaching strategies for addressing controversial social issues within U.S. sociopolitical contexts. She has received the Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues Teaching Innovation and Action Teaching Awards, is a SPSSI fellow, and serves on the editorial boards of Sex Roles and Psychology of Women Quarterly.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction An Invitation to The Faculty Activism Commons: Strength
Through Truth-Telling and Vulnerability 2. Navigating Performative Activism
and Invisibility: I Can't Believe What You Say Because I See What You Do 3.
Shifting and Persisting in the Face of Failure: Learning from what did not
work 4. "Himpathy", Apathy, and Ageism: The Formal Complaint as a Necessary
Form of Activism 5. Unpacking Toxic Social Justice Cannibalism: The Call is
Coming from Inside the House 6. More Than a Name: Centering Students in a
Faculty-Student Activism Collaboration 7. Reflections on our Departmental
Journey to Collective Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Action 8. The
Squeaky Wheel gets the Required Diversity Course and Faculty Certification
9. Building a Professional On-campus Organization to Support Women and
Mothers 10. Entrenched or In the Trenches: Institutionalized Hijacking of
Faculty Engaged in Campus Activism 11. Faculty Versus Administrator
Anti-Racist Activism: How Much Progress Justifies the Struggle? 12.
Aligning Financial Aid and Academic Standing Policies to Support Racially
and Economically Minoritized Students 13. Transforming Structures of
Whiteness: The Joys and Pains of Reimagining University Leadership 14.
Advancing Collegewide Accessibility: Making Lasting Change Despite High
Turnover