1st Edition
Contesting the Terrain of the Ivory Tower Spiritual Leadership of African American Women in the Academy
By Rochelle Garner
Copyright 2004
148 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
152 Pages
by
Routledge
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This study examines the leadership of three African-American women administrators in higher education, and how they have used their spirituality as a lens to lead in the academy. The central questions in this case study include: How do African-American women make meaning of their spiritual selves in their everyday leadership practices? How does their spirituality influence their work and the type... Read more
1. When and Where We Enter the Academy: Telling (Her) Story 2. Surveying the Literature 3. Methodology 4. Flat-Footed Truths: Telling Black Women's Lives 5. The Soul of My Sisters: Talkin' and Testifyin' 6. Still Lifting as We Climb 7. Our Spiritual Strivings
Biography
Rochelle Garner is Assistant Professor of Educational Leadership in the College of Education and Human Services at Wright State University.
