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A Conversation with Ruth Zambrana and Toxic Ivory Towers: The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty

Presented and Sponsored by the University of Maryland, University Libraries
When Apr 18, 2019
from 04:00 PM to 05:30 PM
Where 6137 McKeldin Library
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Presented and Sponsored by the University of Maryland, University Libraries:

A Conversation with Ruth Zambrana and Toxic Ivory Towers: The Consequences of Work Stress on Underrepresented Minority Faculty

Date: Thursday, April 18, 2019
Time: 4:00pm – 5:30pm
Location: 6137 McKeldin Library

Toxic Ivory Towers seeks to document the professional work experiences of underrepresented minority (URM) faculty in U.S. higher education, and simultaneously address the social and economic inequalities in their life course trajectory. Ruth Enid Zambrana finds that despite the changing demographics of the nation, the percentages of Black and Hispanic faculty have increased only slightly, while the percentages obtaining tenure and earning promotion to full professor have remained relatively stagnant. Toxic Ivory Towers is the first book to take a look at the institutional factors impacting the ability of URM faculty to be successful at their jobs, and to flourish in academia. The book captures not only how various dimensions of identity inequality are expressed in the academy and how these social statuses influence the health and well-being of URM faculty, but also how institutional policies and practices can be used to transform the culture of an institution to increase rates of retention and promotion so URM faculty can thrive.

Ruth Enid Zambrana, Ph.D., is Professor in the University of Maryland Department of Women’s Studies, Director of the Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity and Adjunct Professor of Family Medicine at the University of Maryland, Baltimore, School of Medicine.

Copies of the book will be available for purchase and signing.

Light refreshments will be served.

For more information, please visit www.lib.umd.edu/speakingofbooks

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