Bounding Greed

<p class=ql-align-justify>Building on the work of Guillaume (2021) the collection of autoethnographies and testimonios in this book highlight positive coping mechanisms strategies and healthy boundaries that early middle and late-career Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities have deployed to negotiate home and work. </p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify>As beautifully stated by Aeriel A. Ashlee whose story you will find in chapter two: It is not a formula a blueprint to copy or a recipe to repeat; however we hope that the stories about relying on faith family mentors culture and community presented in the following chapters will support Faculty of Color in their own well-being and work-life integration efforts. Certainly work-life balance or integration is not the solution to deeply entrenched systemic issues in higher education; however research in the area of work-life balance/integration has affirmed the need for post-secondary institutions to place significant importance on the topic of work-life in particular the need for increased support at both the department and institutional levels (Denson et al. 2018). Thus it is also our hope that this book will serve as a resource for educational leaders in the area of faculty development as well as academic administrators whose role is to recruit retain and evaluate Faculty of Color at comprehensive universities. </p><p> </p>