TY - CHAP
T1 - Exploring Black women academics' experiences in English universities using critical race theory
AU - Johnson, Janice
AU - Schwabenland, Christina
AU - Maylor, Uvanney
PY - 2023/3/1
Y1 - 2023/3/1
N2 - Black women remain the most marginalised and socially disadvantaged group within Universities in England. For example, only twenty-five Black women are employed as professors (HESA 2020). Furthermore, there are significant gaps in research on the experiences of such few Black female academics as much of the literature on gender in academia necessarily focuses on White women, as they are disproportionately overrepresented compared to Black women. Research on race in English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) also tends to ignore the experiences of Black women as again, there are many more Black men working in universities. Consequently, even policies aimed at promoting equality are likely to fail Black women.
AB - Black women remain the most marginalised and socially disadvantaged group within Universities in England. For example, only twenty-five Black women are employed as professors (HESA 2020). Furthermore, there are significant gaps in research on the experiences of such few Black female academics as much of the literature on gender in academia necessarily focuses on White women, as they are disproportionately overrepresented compared to Black women. Research on race in English Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) also tends to ignore the experiences of Black women as again, there are many more Black men working in universities. Consequently, even policies aimed at promoting equality are likely to fail Black women.
KW - academics
KW - critical race theory
KW - women
UR - https://www.scopus.com/pages/publications/85190038580
U2 - 10.5040/9781350274303.0016
DO - 10.5040/9781350274303.0016
M3 - Chapter
SN - 9781350274266
T3 - Gender and Education
SP - 71
EP - 84
BT - Academic women: voicing narratives of gendered experiences
PB - Bloomsbury Publishing
CY - London
ER -