Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty: Perspectives and Lessons from Higher Education

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Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty examines the challenges faced by diverse faculty members in colleges and universities. Highlighting the experiences of faculty of color―including African American, Asian American, Hispanic American, and Indigenous populations―in higher education across a range of institutional types, chapter authors employ an autoethnographic approach to the telling of their stories. Chapters illustrate on-the-ground experiences, elucidating the struggles and triumphs of faculty of color as they navigate the historically White setting of higher education, and provide actionable strategies to help faculty and administrators combat these issues. This book gives voice to faculty struggles and arms graduate students, faculty, and administrators committed to diversity in higher education with the specific tools needed to reduce Racial Battle Fatigue (RBF) and make lasting and impactful change. Cover Half Title Series Page Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Editors Contributors Diverse Faculty in the Academy: Series Editor Introduction Foreword Preface Chapter 1 The Battle of Racial Battle Fatigue This Book … Nicholas: Experiencing White Spaces in a Minority-Serving Institution Daisy: Witnessing Racial Battle Fatigue but Not Experiencing It Personally Salient Themes Found in This Book References Part I The Racialized Experiences of African Americans in U.S. Higher Education Chapter 2 Double Consciousness and Racial Battle Fatigue at a Community College: A Peculiar Sensation Double Consciousness Resistance and Disassociation Due to Trauma John Henryism Actionable Strategies Conclusion Notes References Chapter 3 Teaching While Black: My Experience as a Faculty Member at a Predominantly White Institution Introduction Critical Race Theory in Education Discussion and Implications Actionable Strategies Conclusion References Chapter 4 I Feel No Ways Tired: The Exhaustion from Battling the Pathology of Whiteness Introduction Racial Battle Fatigue: Same Struggle, Different Faces Implications for Practice Actionable Strategies Final Thoughts Note References Part II The Racialized Experiences of Asian Americans in U.S. Higher Education Chapter 5 Navigating Weird Comments, Stereotypes, and Microaggressions as Southeast Asian American Faculty at a Predominantly White Community College Introduction Weird Comments and Microaggressions We Have Experienced as Asian American Males The Model Minority Stereotype and the “Invisible Minority” Invisible Labor The “Asian Privilege” Article Actionable Strategies Notes References Chapter 6 When You Name a Problem, You Become the Problem: (En)Countering Whiteness at a Small, Liberal Arts College as a South Asian American Tenured Professor Introduction Institutional Context My Story Individual and Institutional Responses Actionable Strategies Recommendations for Faculty of Color and Native Faculty at Historically and Predominantly White Institutions Notes References Chapter 7 Ignored, Pacified, and Deflected: Racial Battle Fatigue for an Asian American Non-Tenure Track Professor Introduction Critical Autoethnography Experiences in the Academy Methods Analysis Results Discussion Actionable Strategies Conclusion Notes References Part III The Racialized Experiences of Latinx in U.S. Higher Education Chapter 8 Intersectional Competence within a Diverse Latinx Community: Conceptualizing Differences at a Hispanic Serving Institution Introduction RBF in the Westernized University Afro-Latinidad within University-Based Teacher Education Programs Actionable Strategies Conclusion Notes References Chapter 9 “Counterspaces” and Mentorship as Resources for Immigrant Faculty of Color Facing Racial Battle Fatigue Introduction Actionable Strategies Note Research on Racial and Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations References Chapter 10 At the Intersection of Gender and Race: Stories from the Academic Career of a Recovering Sociologist Introduction Life after Tenure Actionable Strategies References Part IV The Politicized Experiences of Native Americans in U.S. Higher Education Chapter 11 Tribal College American Indian Faculty Perspectives on Sub-Oppression, Racial Microaggression Introduction Actionable Strategies References Chapter 12 Research and Resistance: Reasons for Indigenous Research Methodologies Introduction Setting up Methodological Understandings Indigenous Epistemologies Indigenous Methodologies Situating Indigenous Methodologies in Higher Education Actionable Strategies Note References Chapter 13 Recommendations to Support Indigenous Faculty Introduction Racial Battle Fatigue Experiences Expectation to Liberate Institutional Abuse of Our Diversity as Indigenous People Expectation of Indigenous Faculty to Continue to Assimilate Actionable Strategies Note References Part V The Racialized Experiences of People of Color in Diversity-Related Faculty Fellow Positions and Non-Tenure-Track Positions in U.S. Higher Education Chapter 14 The Convenient, Invisible, Token-Diversity Hire: A Black Woman’s Experience in Academia The Knight Federal Court Case and That Pesky “Blinking Light” Near Piedmont, Alabama Jousting with Janitors and Other Indignities: Two Personal Stories Actionable Strategies Conclusion Notes References Chapter 15 Experiencing Ellison’s “Battle Royal” in Higher Education Application 1: “To Whom It May Concern, The Battle Royal” Application 2: “To Whom It May Concern, Keep This Nigger-Boy Running” Application 3: “To Whom It May Concern, Keep This Nigger-Boy Running” Application 4: “Flashlights of Ink” Actionable Strategies To Whom It May Concern, Burning Bridges to the Ring Notes References Chapter 16 Ivory Tower Respectability and el Estado de Estar Harta Introduction Racial Battle Fatigue from the Frontlines of the Educational Pipeline Latinx Educators and RBF Warriors The State and Consequence of Racial Battle Fatigue Actionable Strategies Notes References Afterword: Paying Professional Taxes – Academic Labor Cost for Faculty of Color and Indigenous Faculty Racial Battle Fatigue The White Racial Frame Dignity Conclusion References Index