The Contested Academy: African Canadian Women’s Experiences as Tenured, Tenure Stream and Non-tenured Faculty

Resource type
Author/contributor
Title
The Contested Academy: African Canadian Women’s Experiences as Tenured, Tenure Stream and Non-tenured Faculty
Abstract
This thesis explores the experiences of Black women who are in tenured, tenure-stream, and non-tenured faculty positions and presents how Black women negotiate their intersectional identities in the academy. The study documents their self-identifications and struggles with the academy in terms of power relations in their respective universities, including racial and sexual discrimination. In addition, the study explores the career paths of Black women faculty from contract faculty to full professor. Methodologically, the study uses Black Feminist theorizing along with autoethnography in order to explore the nature of the experiences of Black Canadian women faculty within the academy. I interviewed 13 self-identified Black women across Canadian universities, including myself as the fourteenth key informant. This study reveals a complex and rich text of how Black women see themselves in the university, their experiences with multiple and overlapping oppressions and how this affects their careers, and finally, their contributions to the academy and their visions of success.
Type
Ph.D., Leadership, Higher and Adult Education
University
University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education
Place
Toronto
Date
2021
# of Pages
277 pages
Language
English
Short Title
The Contested Academy
Accessed
1/9/24, 8:09 PM
Library Catalog
tspace.library.utoronto.ca
Extra
Accepted: 2021-11-30T19:28:17Z
Citation
Hylton, T. H.-K. (2021). The Contested Academy: African Canadian Women’s Experiences as Tenured, Tenure Stream and Non-tenured Faculty [Ph.D.,  Leadership, Higher and Adult Education, University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education]. https://tspace.library.utoronto.ca/handle/1807/109257