Talking Faculty: The Linguistic and Professional Choices of Black Faculty in U.S. Higher Education

Session Type: Symposium

Abstract

This session presents a “first look” at a new transdisciplinary, intergenerational book about Black faculty in the language sciences. As a collective autobiography, it adds to the slim archives on Black faculty and serves as a guidebook to obtaining faculty positions, building sustainable careers, and preparing for leadership positions. Each of the five authors will present on the objectives, theoretical frameworks, methods, and results of their research chapters, followed by discussant critique and audience Q&A. Talking Faculty is one part of a long-term vision for the future of Black linguists in the U.S., that includes the development of a new journal and special interest group devoted to Black language and culture.

Sub Unit

• SIG-Language and Social Processes

Chair

• L.J. Randolph, University of Wisconsin - Madison

Papers

• How We Got Here: The Power of Black Faculty’s Linguistic & Intellectual Autobiographies - Kendra Calhoun, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

• Making Moves: Navigating the Job Market Toward a Sustainable Career - Aris M. Clemons, University of Tennessee

• Designing Your Life: A Wellness Model For Black Faculty in the Language Sciences - Joy Peltier, The Ohio State University

• Longevity and Linguistic Mattering: The Professional Lives of Black Faculty in the Language Sciences - Kahdeidra Monét Martin, Vassar College

• The Language and Literacy of Black Leadership in the Academy - Anne Charity Hudley, Stanford University

Session Organizer

• Kahdeidra Monét Martin, Vassar College

Discussant

• Jonathan Rosa, Stanford University