Black Feminist Epistemology Research and Praxis

<p>While there has been an increase of Black women faculty in higher education institutions, the academy writ large continues to exploit, discriminate, and uphold institutionalized gendered racism through its policies and practices. Black women have navigated, negotiated, and learned how to thrive from their respective standpoints and epistemologies, traversing the academy in ways that counter typical narratives of success and advancement. This edited volume bridges together foundational and contemporary intergenerational, interdisciplinary voices to elucidate Black feminist epistemologies and praxis. Chapter authors highlight relevant research, methodologies, and theoretical or conceptual frameworks; share experiences as doctoral students, current faculty, and academic administrators; and offer lessons learned and strategies to influence systemic and institutional change for and with Black women.</p> <p>Series Editor’s Introduction</p><p>Frank A. Bonner II</p><p>Foreword: "Speak Your Names"</p><p>Venus E. Evans-Winters </p><ol> <p> </p> <li>Applying Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis: An Introduction</li> <i> </i><p>Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom </p> <p> </p> <b> </b><p>SECTION I </p> <p>Historical overview: Situating (Counter)Stories in the Academy</p> <p> </p> <li>Twenty Years Later … The Narrative for Black Women Remains the Same, or Does It? </li> <i> </i><p>Reitumetse O. Mabokela and Yeukai A. Mlambo</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Reimagining Black Feminist Epistemology and Praxis: Reflecting on the Contemporary and Evolving Conceptual Framework of One Black Faculty Woman’s Academic Life</li> <i> </i><p>Sheila T. Gregory </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Maids of Academe in Historically White Institutions: Revisited Against the Backdrop of ‘Black Lives Matter’</li> <i> </i><p>Debra A. Harley </p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>The Black Woman is God: Cultivating the Power of a Disruptive Presence</li> <i> </i><p>Emerald Templeton </p> <b> </b><p>SECTION II </p> <p>Utility of Black Feminist Epistemologies, Research, and Praxis</p> <p> </p> <li>What Black Cyberfeminism Teaches Us About Black Women on College Campuses</li> <i> </i><p>Shawna Patterson-Stephens and Nadrea R. Njoku</p> <p> </p> <li>Uprooting the Prevalence of Misogynoir in Counselor Education</li> <i> </i><p>Olivia T. Ngadjui</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Intersectionality Methodology and the Black Women Committed to 'Write-Us' Resistance</li> <i> </i><p>Chayla Haynes, Saran Stewart, Evette L. Allen Moore, Nicole M. Joseph, and Lori D. Patton</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Advancing African Dance as a Practice of Freedom</li> <i> </i><p>Shani Collins and Truth Hunter</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Spirit Murder: Black Women’s Realities in the Academy</li> <i> </i><p>Ebony J. Aya</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Sista Circles with SistUH Scholars: Socializing Black Women Doctoral Students</li> <i> </i><p>Tiffany J. Davis and April L. Peters</p> <b> </b><p>SECTION III</p> <p>Black Feminist Praxis Enacted: Journeying Toward Reappointment, Tenure, and Promotion</p> <p> </p> <li>#BlackInTheIvory: Utilizing Twitter to Explore Black Womxn's Experiences in the Academy</li> <i> </i><p>Christina Wright Fields and Katrina M. Overby</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Repurposing My Status as an Outsider Within: A Black Feminist Scholar-Pracademic’s Journey to Becoming an Invested Indifferent </li> <i> </i><p>Nicole M. West</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Navigating a Womanist Caring Framework: Centering Womanist Geographies within Social Foundations for Black Academic Survival</li> <i> </i><p>Taryrn T. C. Brown and E. Nichole Murray</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Black Feminist Thought from Theory to Praxis: "This is MY LIFE"</li> <i> </i><p>Tiffany L. Steele</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>How Positionality and Intersectionality Impact Black Women’s Faculty Teaching Narratives: Grounded Histories</li> <i> </i><p>Rhonda C. Hylton</p> <b> </b><p>SECTION IV </p> <p>Canary in the Coal Mine: Journeying from Associate to Academic Administrator and Full Professor</p> <p> </p> <li>Supporting Black Womyn Associate Professors to the Full Professorship</li> <i> </i><p>Stacey D. Garrett and Natasha N. Croom</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>Black Women in Academic Leadership: Reflections of One Department Chair's Journey in Engineering</li> <i> </i><p>Meseret F. Hailu and Monica F. Cox</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <li>In Conversation: Engaging (with) the Narratives of Two Black Women Full Professor Leaders</li> </ol><p>Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom </p><p>Enact, Discard, and Transform: Black Women’s Agentic Epistemology </p><p>V. Thandi Sulé</p><p>Afterword </p><p>Christa J. Porter, V. Thandi Sulé, and Natasha N. Croom </p><p>About the Editors </p><p>About the Contributors </p>