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1 online resource (197 p.) |
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Cover Page -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Foreword: A Letter from Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita, Spelman College and Bennett College -- Introduction: A Letter from the Three Dr. Stephanies: On the Path to Wellness, Academic Sisterhood, and Focus -- Department Chair Job Description -- Part I: Letters from the Chair -- 1. A Chair's Epistle: Finding the Color Purple and Your Leadership Identity in a Field of Email -- 2. From Freedom to Liberty: I Am Not My Skin -- 3. Sisterhood Beyond Scholarship: Advice to a New Sister-Director |
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4. Leadership at the Community College: Supporting and Celebrating the Diversity of Community -- 5. "Holding Sheshelf Together": Citizenship of Feelings and Living Your Sacred Self -- 6. Dear Dean: Some Suggestions for Mentoring Black Women in the Academy -- Part II: Letters from Upper Administration -- 7. How and When I Enter: Pearls of Wisdom for Courageous Leadership in the Academy -- 8. Lift as We Climb and When We Get There, Mentor Others -- 9. Hear My Prayer: Embrace the Possibilities of Leadership with Humility -- 10. Pulling the Table to My Chair at EMU |
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Afterword: A Letter from Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Co-Chair of Chair at the Table Project, Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries, Vanderbilt University -- Contributor Bios -- Index |
| Summary |
A wellspring of wisdom from Black women leaders in higher education for the next generation |
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Description based upon print version of record |
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Women in higher education -- United States
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African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects -- United States
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African American women teachers -- United States
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Educational leadership -- United States
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African American women teachers.
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African Americans -- Education (Higher) -- Social aspects.
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Educational leadership.
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Women in higher education.
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United States.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Adams, Stephanie G. (Stephanie Glenn)
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Evans, Stephanie Y.
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Shonekan, Stephanie.
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Cole, Johnnetta B.
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Gilbert, Tiffany
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Jowers-Barber, Sandra
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Henderson, Carol
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Jeffries, Eunice
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Jordan-Zachery, Julia S
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Langley, April C. E
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| ISBN |
0814350755 |
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9780814350751 |
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