Dear department chair : letters from Black women leaders to the next generation / edited by Stephanie Y. Evans, Stephanie Shonekan, and Stephanie G. Adams ; foreword by Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole.
Foreword: A Letter from Dr. Johnnetta Betsch Cole, President Emerita, Spelman College and Bennett College -- Introduction: A Letter from the Three Dr. Stephanies: On the Path to Wellness, Academic Sisterhood, and Focus -- Department Chair Job Description -- Part I: Letters from the Chair -- 1. A Chair's Epistle: Finding the Color Purple and Your Leadership Identity in a Field of Email -- 2. From Freedom to Liberty: I Am Not My Skin -- 3. Sisterhood Beyond Scholarship: Advice to a New Sister-Director -- 4. Leadership at the Community College: Supporting and Celebrating the Diversity of Community -- 5. "Holding Sheshelf Together": Citizenship of Feelings and Living Your Sacred Self -- 6. Dear Dean: Some Suggestions for Mentoring Black Women in the Academy -- Part II: Letters from Upper Administration -- 7. How and When I Enter: Pearls of Wisdom for Courageous Leadership in the Academy -- 8. Lift as We Climb and When We Get There, Mentor Others -- 9. Hear My Prayer: Embrace the Possibilities of Leadership with Humility -- 10. Pulling the Table to My Chair at EMU Afterword: A Letter from Dr. Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, Co-Chair of Chair at the Table Project, Vice Provost for Arts and Libraries, Vanderbilt University.
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