1st Edition

Becoming a Diversity Leader on Campus Navigating Identity and Situational Pressures

248 Pages

by Routledge

248 Pages

by Routledge

248 Pages

by Routledge

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Illuminating the emerging importance of the diversity leader on college campuses, this book offers perspectives and narratives from diversity leaders at institutions of higher education. Becoming a Diversity Leader on Campus unpacks the tension of how diversity leadership is shaped by external factors and pressures that confront colleges and universities, as well as by the unique... Read more

Part One: Understanding

1. Diversity Leadership in Higher Education: Theoretical and Conceptual Considerations
Eugene T. Parker III

2. Empowering Diversity Leaders: Reflecting on the Chief Diversity Officer Role
Raul A. Leon

Part Two: Becoming

3. Becoming a Senior Diversity Administrator: You Don’t Get To Have All of Me
Brighid Dwyer and LaTanya N. Buck

4. Becoming a Diversity and Inclusion Leader Was Not the Original Plan
steven p bryant

5. Lead Self First: Leadership and Social Justice Self-Actualization from Within the System
Kelli A. Perkins and Rafael A. Rodriguez　

Part Three: Doing

6. Doing Diversity: Steps Toward the Impossible
Jennifer Hamer, Annie McBride, Kierstin McMichael and Precious Porras

7. Navigating Social Location and Identity as Transformative Praxis for Higher Education Diversity Administrators: Which Hat Do I Wear Now?
Bennyce E. Hamilton and Kelley C. Kimple

8. Taking It Personally: The Personal is Political is Professional for Women of Color Diversity Leaders
Allison C. Roman, Precious Porras, Willette A. Capers, Bulaong Ramiz and Shantel Martinez

9. Navigating Call-Out Culture: An Approach for Campus Transformation and Diversity Leader Resilience
Tony N. Tyler and Erin Lain