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Narratives from Latina Professors in Higher Education
Author(s) -
Medina Catherine,
Luna Gaye
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
anthropology and education quarterly
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.531
H-Index - 46
eISSN - 1548-1492
pISSN - 0161-7761
DOI - 10.1525/aeq.2000.31.1.47
Subject(s) - tokenism , feeling , narrative , higher education , sociology , pedagogy , intuition , gender studies , psychology , social psychology , political science , anthropology , linguistics , philosophy , law , cognitive science
This article shares the lives of three Latina faculty members teaching in state colleges of education. Interviews revealed that the personal and professional experiences they encountered on a daily basis reflected tokenism in the academy, varying levels of support, and perceived burdens and expectations. All three women saw knowledge as contextual and often relied on feelings and intuition to describe and assess their lives in the academy. Recommendations for change within the academy are offered.