What to Expect and How to Respond

Earl Wright II is Professor of Africana Studies at the University of Cincinnati and the author of groundbreaking works on the contributions of W. E. B. Du Bois and the Atlanta Sociological Laboratory to American sociology. He is also the past president of the Association of Black Sociologists and Mid-South Sociological Association.Thomas C. Calhoun is Associate Vice President for Academic and Student Affairs and Professor of Sociology at Jackson State University and he has published extensively in the area of deviance. He is the recipient of the Aida Tomeh Outstanding Teaching Award and J. Milton Yinger Distinguished Career Award from the North Central Sociological Association; the A. Wade Smith Outstanding Teaching Award and the James E. Blackwell Distinguished Career Award from the Association of Black Sociologists; and is past president of the Association of Black Sociologists, Mid-South Sociological Association and North Central Sociological Association.

• Table of ContentsPrefaceAcknowledgments Part One: Navigating the Academic PipelineChapter 1: Cuentos and Testimonios: Professional Socialization into AcademiaAlma L. Zaragoza-PettyChapter 2: Hanging by a Thread: International Students Reaching for the American DreamCristina S. Stephens and Elena GheorghiuChapter 3: Gritty Tales of Tenure Track Job Seekers in Higher EducationThomas HochschildPart Two: Now That You Have the JobChapter 4: Paperwork, Meetings, and Program Review: The Challenges of University Teaching in the 21st CenturyDeborah L. Smith and Brian J. SmithChapter 5: Honeymooning Alone: On the Challenges of Dual–Career Long–Distance Academic CouplesBreanne FahsChapter 6: Who Publishes in Leading Sociology Journals (1965-2010)?Robert Perrucci, Mangala Subramaniam and Carolyn C. PerrucciPart Three: Challenges in AcademiaChapter 7: The Tyranny of the Majority: A Case Study of Intellectual Exclusion in SociologyJoseph MichalskiChapter 8: Two Professors and Their Stories from a Tiny CollegeHamon Ha-am and MalintzinChapter 9: Down the Rabbit Hole: Racism and Microaggressions at a Public New England UniversityShanette M. Harris and Donald CunnigenPart Four: Survival Techniques in AcademiaChapter 10: We are all Huskies: Constructing a Collective Memory after the Tragedy at Northern Illinois UniversityBobbi A. KnappChapter 11: Horror Stories from the Hallowed Halls of Academia: How Six Women Lived to Tell the TaleClaire H. Procopio, Helen Tate, Kristina Horn Sheeler, Krista Hoffmann-Longtin, Sarah Feldner, and Karrin Vasby AndersonChapter 12: Turning Nightmares to Victories: Handling Promotion and Tenure HorrorsLin Huff-Corzine and Melvin RogersAbout the EditorsAbout the ContributorsIndex

The collection of essays assembled in What to Expect and How to Respond offers clear insight into the world of higher education as experienced from the vantage point of minority faculty and administrators, at various stages of their careers. Each compelling narrative emphasizes overcoming challenges and obstacles in “tense” and oftentimes “traumatic” environments. This unique text provides readers with a lens to deconstruct events and ways to build resilience within institutions in which they could otherwise feel defenseless.