Foreword by Kerry Ann Rockquemore
1) Introduction
Michelle Madsen Camacho, Elwood Watson, and Dwayne A. Mack
Part I: Practical Advice for Finding Success in the Academic Job Market
2) The Pitfalls and Pleasures of the Academic Job Market
Michelle Madsen Camacho
3) Navigating Professional Conferences: Essential and Effective Job Seeking Strategies
Nadine Finigan-Carr and Natasha A. Brown
4) On the Phone, On Campus, On the Market: Demystifying the Academic Interview Process
Greg Prieto
5) When your Race and Ethnicity Shows Up in the Interview: Identifying Search Committee Expectations of Token Hires During the Interview Process
Fawn-Amber Montoya & Jared Montoya
6) Negotiating a Job Offer in Academia: ‘Lean In’ or Lay Low?
Rebecca Martinez
7) Transitioning Strategies from Graduate School to Early Career Faculty
Tom Otieno
Part II: Identity, Fit, Collegiality, and Secrets for Thriving in the Ivory Tower
8) Future Academics of Color in Dialogue: A Candid Q&A on Adjusting to the Cultural, Social and Professional Rigor of Academia
Miroslava Chávez-García, Mayra Avitia & Jorge N. Leal
9) Mentoring Junior Faculty of Color: Succeeding at Historically White Colleges and Universities
Torin Dru Alexander
10) 15 Missteps that Can Derail Faculty Early in a Career: What Graduate Students Need to Know About the Push and Pull of Academia
Elwood Watson
11) Staying Awake and Walking all Night: First Generation, Working Class, and Multiracial Latina/o Immigrants Building a Compass to Navigate Academia
Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas and Hector Y. Adames
Part III: Work-Life Balance: Strategies for Transitioning from Graduate School to the Classroom
12) LGBTQ Faculty of Color in and Out of the Classroom: Unhinging the Closet Door
Enrique Morales-Diaz
13) Transitions to Academic Life for Women of Color: Still Waiting to Exhale
Linda Alexander
14) Developing Your Teaching Craft: Observations from the Classroom
Derrick R. Brooms
15) Practical Strategies for Achieving a Work-Life Balance: Fired Up? Ready to Go!
Dwayne A. Mack
16) If at First You Don’t Succeed: Motivation for Finding the Best Institutional Fit
Sandra E. Weissinger