Women of color on the rise : leadership and administration in social work education and the academy / Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue Vakalahi and Wilma Peebles-Wilkins, editors
- Published:
- New York : Columbia University Press, [2010]
- Copyright Date:
- ©2010
- Physical Description:
- xii, 234 pages ; 24 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Vakalahi, Halaevalu F. Ofahengaue and Peebles-Wilkins, Wilma Cecelia
- Contents:
- The leadership development of women / Rebecca Turner -- The not-so-accidental leader / Darlene Grant -- Following the call, leading from the spirit / Darlyne Bailey -- Inclusive leadership : lessons learned from my journey / Earlie M. Washington -- Writing my own story / Salome Raheim -- An unplanned, though predictable, pathway to leadership / Phyllis Ivory Vroom -- Living with a purpose : one woman's journey / Carol Minor Boyd -- Leadership from an American Indian perspective : leaving a path for those who will follow while walking in the footprints of those who came before / Priscilla A. Day -- Leadership from an Asian, Christian perspective at a small, private, rural university / Sharlene B. C. L. Furuto -- Women, leadership, and power : if you are going to wear the pants, do it in high heels / Maria E. Puig -- American Indian women and administration : once upon a time / Joyce Z. White -- A leadership motif for women of color in leadership and administration / Shelley Ann Rice-Wyckoff.
- Summary:
- This volume is a collection of writings by African American, Asian American, Latina, Pacific Islander, and Native American women who share their experiences working within the field of social work, describing their rise to leadership and their efforts to maintain authority. Emphasizing themes of social change and justice, these narratives make visible the unique challenges faced by leaders and administrators of color, an issue that continues to affect women within the field today. The essays specifically examine concerns and techniques facilitating the development of women of color as leaders within the social work profession. Their lessons inform future research, policy, and practice and are sure to enhance scholarship on diversity. Altogether, these contributors prove that culturally based paradigms of leadership, historically devalued and suppressed, are crucial to women on the rise.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 9780231144766 (cloth : alk. paper)
0231144768 (cloth : alk. paper) - Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
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