The Black Professoriat Negotiating a Habitable Space in the Academy

«This book is a courageous and challenging work that examines the variety of ways highly talented and qualified Black professors cope with the 'white normative gaze' and still endure. Don't miss it!» (Cornel West, Professor, Princeton University)

Sandra Jackson is Professor of Women and Gender Studies and Director of the Center for African and Black Diaspora at DePaul University. Her areas of interest include feminist theorizing, women’s autobiography, girls’ studies, young adult literature and representations of gender, science fiction, utopian and dystopian literature and film, and gender and higher education. Dr. Jackson is widely published.
Richard Greggory Johnson III, Phi Beta Kappa, is Associate Professor in the Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Program and faculty in the Masters of Public Administration Program at the University of Vermont. He is widely published and serves as an executive editor for Peter Lang’s Black Studies and Critical Thinking series. Dr. Johnson is a life member of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity.