Springer Black Women's Liberatory Pedagogies: Resistance, Transformation, and Healing Within and Beyond the Academy

Product Description This interdisciplinary anthology sheds light on the frameworks and lived experiences of Black women educators. Contributors for this anthology submitted works from an array of academic disciplines and learning environments, inviting readers to bear witness to black women faculty’s classroom experiences, as well as their pedagogical approaches both inside and outside of the higher education classroom that have fostered transformative teaching-learning environments. Through this multidimensional lens, the editors and contributors view instruction and learning as a political endeavor aimed at changing the way we think about teaching, learning. and praxis.                    From the Back Cover This interdisciplinary anthology sheds light on the frameworks and lived experiences of black women faculty in the academy. Contributors for this anthology submitted works from an array of academic disciplines and learning environments, inviting readers to bear witness to black women faculty’s classroom experiences, as well as their pedagogical approaches both inside and outside of the higher education classroom that have fostered transformative teaching-learning environments. Through this multidimensional lens, the editors and contributors view instruction and learning as a political endeavor aimed at changing the way we think about teaching, learning. and praxis.  About the Author Olivia N. Perlow is Associate Professor of Sociology at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.  Durene I. Wheeler is Associate Professor of Educational Inquiry and Curriculum Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.  Sharon L. Bethea is Associate Professor of Counselor Education at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.  BarBara M. Scott is Professor Emeritus of Sociology, Women's and Gender Studies, and African and African American Studies at Northeastern Illinois University, USA.