BLACK ACADEMIC

Professional Development Resources for
Graduate Students and New Faculty

WRITING RESOURCES:  

Websites, Online Writing Groups and Coaching:

BlackAcademic.com -- Monthly Writing Challenges

The Academic Ladder -- Online Writing Clubs

Successful Academic -- Dissertation Coaching and New Faculty Coaching

Writing Retreats:

Sonja Foss -- Scholar's Retreat (aka "dissertation bootcamp")

Sister's of the Academy -- Research Writing Symposium

Organizations: 

National Black Graduate Student Association

Preparing Future Faculty Program

Sisters of the Academy

TEACHING RESOURCES:

hooks, bell (1994). Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedom. New York: Routledge.

McGlynn, Angela (2001). Successful Beginnings for College Teaching: Engaging Your Students from the First Day. Madison: Atwood Publications.

McKeachie, Wilbert and Marilla Svinicki (2005). McKeachie's Teaching Tips: Strategies, Research, and Theory for College and University Teachers (12th edition). New York: Houghton Mifflin.

 

RESOURCES FOR NEW FACULTY:

Boice, Robert. 2000. Advice for New Faculty Members. New York: Allyn and Bacon.

Brent, Rebecca and Richard M. Felder (1998). "The New Faculty Member" Chemical Engineering Education, 32(3), 46-47.

Christopher Lucas and John W. Murry (2002). New Faculty: A Practical Guide for Academic Beginners. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Online Resources:

The Chronicle of Higher Education's Discussion Forums

The Chronicle of Higher Education's annual supplement: DIVERSITY IN ACADEME

New Report from ACE: The Chief Diversity Officer: A Primer for College and University Presidents

Alex-Assensoh, Yvette. 2003. “Race in the Academy: Moving Beyond Diversity and Toward the Incorporation of Faculty of Color in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities,” Journal of Black Studies, 34: 5-11. 

Antonio, Anthony. 2002. "Faculty of Color Reconsidered," Journal of Higher Education, 73(5), 582–602.

Benjamin, Lois (Ed.). 1997. Black Women in the Academy: Promises and Perils. University of Florida Press. 

Berry, Theodora and Nathalie Mizelle. 2006. From Oppression to Grace: Women of Color and Their Dilemmas Within the Academy. New York: Stylus.

Cooper, Tuesday. 2006. The Sista' Network: African-American Women Faculty Successfully Negotiating the Road to Tenure. Bolton, MA: Anker Press. 

Cornelius, Llewellyn J., Moore, Sharon E., Gray, Muriel. 1997. "The ABCs of Tenure: What All African-American Faculty Should Know," The Western Journal of Black Studies, 21(3): 150-155.

Dixon-Reeves, Regina. 2003. “Mentoring as a Precursor to Incorporation: An Assessment of the Mentoring Experience of Recently Minted Ph.D.s” Journal of Black Studies, 34: 12-27. 

Fenelon, James. 2003. “Race, Research, and Tenure: Institutional Credibility and the Incorporation of African, Latino, and American Indian Faculty.” Journal of Black Studies, 34: 87-100.

Fields, Cheryl D. 1996. “A Morale Dilemma: Black Professors on White Campuses.” Black Issues in Higher Education, 13(17):22. 

Massey, E. Walter. 1993. "Why the Shortage of Black Professors?: Careers in Academia Not Encouraged." The Journal of Blacks In Higher Education. Autumn: 25-34.

Moody, JoAnn. 2004. Faculty Diversity: Problems and Solutions. New York: Routledge. 

Moses, Yolanda T. 1989. Black Women in Academe: Issues and Strategies Association of American Colleges.

Phillip, Mary-Christine. 1994. "Breaking the Silence: Black Women Academics Meet." Black Issues in Higher Education. 10 (25):14. 

Sotello, Caroline & Samuel Myers. 2000. Faculty of Color in Academe: Bittersweet Success. Boston: Allyn and Bacon.

Tillman, Linda. 2001. "Mentoring African American Faculty in Predominantly White Institutions." Research in Higher Education, 42(3): 295-325. 

Turner, Caroline. 2003. "Incorporation and Marginalization in the Academy." Journal of Black Studies, 34(1), 112–125.

Weems, Robert. 2003. “The Incorporation of Black Faculty at Predominantly White Institutions: A Historical and Contemporary Perspective.” Journal of Black Studies, 34: 101-111.

Organizations: 

National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education