Until Every Woman Is Free

Christina L. Dobbs is Associate Professor in the Department of Teaching and Learning at Boston University, Wheelock College of Education and Human Development. She is also Program Director for the English Education for Equity and Justice programChristine Montecillo Leider is Assistant Professor of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell, USA.

• Foreword, by Sherry L. DeckmanChapter 1: Creating Space to Be: Identity-Affirming Femtoring to Transform Academia, by Betina Hsieh and Alejandra PriedeResponse to Chapter 1, by LaShawnda N. Fields and Dominique HortonChapter 2: Internalized Racism: Symptoms and Survival, by LaShawnda N. Fields and Dominique HortonResponse to Chapter 2, by Patricia A. EdwardsChapter 3: Navigating U.S. Academia as Transnational Women from the Global South: A Duoethnographic Inquiry, by Ying Xiong and Suneeta ThomasResponse to Chapter 3, by Betina Hsieh and Alejandra PriedeChapter 4: Weaving Collective Past, Present, and Future as SEAA Women in the Academy, by Jacqueline Mac, Malisa Lee, Phitsamay Uy, and Varaxy YiResponse to Chapter 4, by Ying Xiong and Suneeta ThomasChapter 5: My Journey as a Black Woman Academic: Navigating and Thriving in Diverse Settings, by Patricia A. EdwardsResponse to Chapter 5, by Pipier Smith-Mumford and Harriette ScottChapter 6: Not Your Accessory: Exploring Asian American Women Faculty’s Invisibility in Academia, by Grace S. Kim and Yuki OkuboResponse to Chapter 6, by Diep Nguyen and Trish Morita-MullaneyChapter 7: Making a Home in Higher Education: Don’t Forget Your Family, by Eleonora Villegas-Reimers and Stephanie Cox SuárezResponse to Chapter 7, by Trish Morita-Mullaney and Diep NguyenChapter 8: The Hills We Climb and Getting There Whole: Recognizing Multiple Pathways to the Mountain Top and the Strategies to Call-in or Call-Out the WSC, by Pipier Smith-Mumford and Harriette ScottResponse to Chapter 8, by Roshaunda L. Breeden and Jemilia S. DavisChapter 9: The Lapdog Syndrome 2.0: Asian Women in Academic Servitude, by Trish Morita-Mullaney and Diep NguyenResponse to Chapter 9, by Jacqueline Mac, Malisa Lee, Phitsamay Uy, and Varaxy YiChapter 10: “They Did Not Imagine Us Here, but We’re Thriving”: A Duoethnography of Black Women Centering Joy, Hope, and Optimism as Early Career Faculty, by Roshaunda L. Breeden and Jemilia S. DavisResponse to Chapter 10, by Stephanie Cox Suárez and Eleonora Villegas-ReimersConclusion: Even If It’s Only for Us: Duoethnography as Iteration, Persistence and Existence, by Christina L. Dobbs and Christine Montecillo LeiderAbout the ContributorsIndex

Until Every Woman Is Free is an act of resistance, a testament of care, and a necessary contribution to the ongoing fight for equity and belonging in the academy. Engaging duoethnography as both method and metaphor, this volume channels the power of relational inquiry to amplify the voices of women scholars of color. What emerges is something deeply communal, richly intersectional, and defiantly hopeful. Dobbs and Leider have curated a space for truth telling, dreaming, and solidarity that stretches beyond the page. This is a book to be read slowly, held closely, and returned to often. For those navigating the academy’s sharp edges and for those committed to transforming it, this volume offers not only company, but a call to action. After all, none of us are free until every woman is free.