Black Women Leaders in Predominantly White Institutions: On the Front Lines of Creating and Sustaining Racially Just Spaces in Higher Education

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

The purpose of this session will be to explore and discuss the lived experiences
of Black females who now hold or have held administrative positions in two and four-
year predominantly white colleges and universities and minority serving institutions.
Panelists will give brief descriptions of their positions, their primary responsibilities in
their respective institutions, and what they view as major factors that contribute to
racial injustice in higher education. Panelists will then be asked to respond to three to
four questions about how they, as Black women, approach the complex task of
dismantling racial injustice, and the strategies they use as they work toward ensuring a
racially just institutional climate.

Sub Unit

• AERA Presidential Session

Chair

• Linda C. Tillman, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Participant

• Stephanie J. Rowley, University of Virginia

Panelists

• Rema E. Reynolds Vassar, Wayne State University

• Andrea E. Evans, AEEvans Enterprises

• Tracye Y. Davis, Henry Ford Community College

• Monika Williams Shealey, Temple University