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Reaching the mountaintop of the academy : personal narratives, advice, and strategies from Black distinguished and endowed professors
- Title
- Reaching the mountaintop of the academy : personal narratives, advice, and strategies from Black distinguished and endowed professors / edited by Gail L. Thompson, Fred A. Bonner II, Chance W. Lewis.
- Publication
- Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
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- Additional Authors
- Description
- ix, 152 pages; 24 cm
- Series Statement
- Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement
- Uniform Title
- Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Contents
- Introduction : African Americans' Ongoing Thirst for Knowledge / Gail L. Thompson -- The Race is Not Given : My Scholarly Personal Narrative on the Journey to Endowed Chair / Fred A. Bonner II -- Overcoming the "You're Too Young for a Distinguished Professorship and Endowed Chair" : Phenomenon: Naysayers vs. Destiny! / Chance W. Lewis -- Knowledge, Wisdom, and Favor : Losing Some Battles, but Winning the War / Norvella P. Carter -- Success Through Chance, Opportunity, and Preparedness / Veronica Evans Lewis -- Reaching Distinction Through Striking a Balance / Marilyn E. Strutchens -- W.E.B. and Me : The Soul of a Black Academic / Gloria Ladson-Billings -- From Steel Cities to Ivory Towers / Floyd D. Beachum -- Faith, Hard Work, and Persistence : How a Child Who Grew Up on Welfare Became an Endowed Professor / Gail L. Thompson -- This Girl is on Fire ... and So is the Kitchen! : The Real Balance of WifeMommy/Scholar / Allyson L. Watson -- Pressing Toward Equity for Black Children : A Tenacious Journey / H. Richard Milner IV -- Epilogue : African American Distinguished and Endowed Professors Paving the Path for the Next Generation : An Epilogue / Chance W. Lewis and Fred A. Bonner II.
- Call Number
- Sc E 16-383
- ISBN
- 9781681233192
- 1681233193
- 9781681233208
- 1681233207
- 9781681233215 (canceled/invalid)
- LCCN
- 2015037007
- OCLC
- 933386035
- Title
- Reaching the mountaintop of the academy : personal narratives, advice, and strategies from Black distinguished and endowed professors / edited by Gail L. Thompson, Fred A. Bonner II, Chance W. Lewis.
- Publisher
- Charlotte, NC : Information Age Publishing, Inc., [2016]
- Type of Content
- text
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Series
- Contemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievementContemporary perspectives on access, equity, and achievement.
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Added Author
- Thompson, Gail L., 1957- editor.Bonner, Fred A., editor.Lewis, Chance W. (Chance Wayne), 1972- editor.
- Research Call Number
- Sc E 16-383