Race, Gender, and Bodily (Mis)Recognitions: Women of Color Faculty Experiences with White Students in the College Classroom

This paper documents the raced and gendered bodily dynamics that women of color (WOC) faculty report encountering with White students in the classroom: specifically, how WOC feel that White students misrecognize their bodies; how such bodily misrecognition affects faculty-student interactions; and h...

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Published in:The Journal of higher education (Columbus) 2011-07, Vol.82 (4), p.444-478
Main Author: Ford, Kristie A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
African Americans
Asian Americans
College Faculty
College Students
Females
Gender
Gender Differences
Gender identity
Gender Issues
Gender roles
Hegemony
Higher education
Human Body
Minority Group Teachers
Misconceptions
Narratives
Negotiation
Race relations
Racial Differences
Racial Factors
Social Bias
Stereotypes
Teacher Student Relationship
United States (Midwest)
White people
White Students
Women
Women Faculty
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Summary:This paper documents the raced and gendered bodily dynamics that women of color (WOC) faculty report encountering with White students in the classroom: specifically, how WOC feel that White students misrecognize their bodies; how such bodily misrecognition affects faculty-student interactions; and how WOC negotiate these bodily assumptions within the academy.
ISSN:0022-1546
1538-4640
DOI:10.1080/00221546.2011.11777212