The ivory tower: perspectives of women of color in higher education

Introduction: empowering women of color in academia / Kimetta R. Hairston and Tawannah G. Allen

Beginning the journey in academia. Watching and waiting to exhale: affirming Black women in academia / Ayanna M. Lynch, Kim Brittingham Barnett, and Makeba T. Green

From underdog to accomplished: persevering through unexpected challenges / Nina Jacks

Resilience: a prideful term of perseverance and descriptor of unspoken challenges endured / Bianca Nixon, Diamond Melendez, and Comfort Boateng

"Voluntold": a framework for contextualizing Black women's negative experiences in the academy / Marie Parfait-Davis

Advancing through. The work we must do: toward an understanding of how early career Black women faculty navigate their place in higher education / Miyoshi Juergensen and Tamela C. Thomas

Lost and found: a tale of two Black women seeking solidarity within academia / Erica-Brittany Horhn and Sharon Lassiter

From clinical to tenure-track faculty: scholarly reflections of teaching and learning / Joy L. Kennedy

Mentorship or sponsorship. Engineer or test pilot: naming and claiming a successful mentoring relationship / Yolanda F. Holt

The importance of developing effective mentor-mentee relationships in academia: the perspectives of two women of color in STEM / Angela D. Broadnax and Verónica A. Segarra

Bringing in Afrocentric values to mentor African American students / Annie Ruth Leslie

Latina identity and belonging in academia / Mariela A. Rodriguez

Thriving . . . not just surviving. I ain't sorry: establishing boundaries in the pursuit of wholeness with JOY / Brandi Hinnant-Crawford

No crystal stair: Black women reaching landings and turning corners in library and information science / Shamella Cromartie and Shaundra Walker

Triple threat: thriving as a Black woman mathematician / Dandrielle Lewis

Getting published: a Black woman's journey to tenure and promotion / Dionne V. McLaughlin

Afterword / Aminta H. Breaux