Table of Contents
Editor’s Introduction
Guest Editors' Introduction: "We've Been Lovers on a Mission"
Stephanie Y. Evans
essays
All Eyez on Me: On Being Black, Female, and a First-Gen Leader in the Academy
Carol E. Henderson
A Real-World Discourse on Intellectual Identity, Thought Leadership, and the Black Woman Academic Chair
Katherine Bankole-Medina
Naming Our Own and Claiming Black Womanhood: The Spelman College Protest of 1976
Richard D. Benson II
The Black Woman Chair in a Burning Building
Michelle R. Dunlap
Reflections of a Former Department Chair: A Path to University Service and Leadership Skills
Janice L. Sumler-Edmond
Chairing as Self-Care: Strategies for Combatting the Cultural Identity Taxation Trap for Black Women Chairs
Donna J. Nicol
Being One of the Chosen: Making Space for Students at the Table
Tara T. Green
The Job I Never Wanted Was Exactly What I Needed
Stephanie G. Adams
We Do Not Have to Be White or Men to Lead: Redefining and Assessing Black Women's Leadership
Theresa Ann Rajack-Talley
Further Reading on Black Women and Leadership
Contributors