Strategies for Support

Black Women Faculty Career Advancement at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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ID18995486
AuthorsAndrea Del Priore (0000-0002-5888-2654, Westfield State University, MA, USA, corresponding author)
Year2022
Volume53
Issue1
Pages19-44
Publication date2022-01-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Black Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00219347211047878
OpenAlexW3202044545
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited22

Although there is an abundance of scholarship about the challenges presented to Black women faculty at Predominantly White Institutions, the career advancement of Black women faculty at Historically Black Colleges and Universities has gone largely unnoticed. Considering Historically Black Colleges and Universities are where Black women faculty achieve tenure in the highest percentages, this study took a non-deficit perspective and investigated what supports are used by Black women faculty both internal to the institution and externally. The sites of this study were 43 HBCUs with 25% or more of tenured faculty comprised of Black women. Faculty rank and discipline were considered when comparing the survey data. Some supports include networks, family, religion, collaboration, and other strategies. This study provides a preliminary step in studying what supports Black women find most useful in navigating their faculty careers

Black female · Black women · Higher education · Historically black colleges and universities · Institution · Medical education · Pedagogy · Political science · Scholarship · Social science · Sociology · White (mutation) · Critical Race Theory in Education · Gender Studies · Higher Education Research Studies · Medicine · Mentoring and Academic Development

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