“To Be Young, Black, and Full: Narratives of Black Full Professors under the age of 45”

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Abstract

This study explores the lived experiences of five Black faculty who attained the rank of Full Professor before age 45. Challenges to Black faculty advancement are well documented; however, this work adds a dimension of youth and inactionable age discrimination to the literature. Implications for law and policy are discussed.

Authors

• Sydney Freeman Jr., University of Idaho

• Crystal Renee Chambers, East Carolina University