Developing Women Leaders in the Academy through Enhanced Communication Strategies

Jayne Cubbage is assistant professor in the Department of Communications at Bowie State University.

• Chapter 1: At Long Lost: Women Presidents Communicating Leadership at HBCUsJayne CubbageChapter 2: “You Ain’t Neva Lied!”: Isolation and the Meaning of Friendship for Two Sistahs in Leadership at HBCUsNicole Files-Thompson and L. Simone ByrdChapter 3: Black Diamonds: African-American Women Executives Embody Transformational Leadership at Community CollegesKarima A. HaynesChapter 4: The Impact of Maternity Leave Advice within the Academy on Work-Life Balance of Women Faculty and AdministratorsPavitra Kavya and Michael W. KramerChapter 5: When External Networks Bolster Internal Prestige: Establishing and Sustaining Support Systems for Black Women in the AcademySheryl Kennedy Haydel and Shearon RobertsChapter 6: Cultivating Feminist Reflexivity and Resilience in Leadership CommunicationStephanie NoranderChapter 7: Communicating Lead(her)ship in the Academy: Navigating a Sea of Organizational Patriarchy Laura C. Prividera and John W. Howard IIIChapter 8: No Gentlemen’s Agreement Here: Higher Education Reflections on Being Womanist and the Dialectics Present in an African-American Woman’s Administrative JourneyJeanetta D. SimsChapter 9: Enacting a Feminist Ecological Ethos of Leadership at a Christian Liberal Arts CollegeSarah Stone WattChapter 10: Contemplating Leadership: Struggles, Transformations, TranscendenceMary Wildner-Bassett