R.A.C.E. Mentoring Through Social Media: Black and Hispanic Scholars Share Their Journey in the Academy(HC)

ISBN-13: 9781681237046 Publisher: Information Age Publishing, Inc. Publication date: 11/30/2016 Pages: 322 Product dimensions: 6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.75(d) A volume in Contemporary Perspectives on Access, Equity, and Achievement The Ivory Tower is and can often be a lonely place for faculty of color. Social injustices run deep and are entrenched within academia. Faculty of color (FOC), more specifically Black and Hispanic, often lament about the ‘Black/Brown’ tax that frequently takes its toll both personally and professionally, and pushes them out of the academy. Similar to trends in P‐12 settings, educators of color in postsecondary contexts represent less than 10% of the profession. In essence, we are an anomaly and the implications of this are clear and dire, as evidenced by persistent achievement, access, and expectation gaps within the academy. Scholars of color (SOC), at all stages, but particularly during doctoral training, frequently struggle to not just survive, but to thrive