Transforming the Ivory Tower: Ebony Women Redefining the Academy. From Twilight Zone to the Land of Oz: Redefining 'Place' and Negotiating Self as 'Other' in the Academy

Authors

Olga I. Davis, Kansas State University

Date of this Version

April 1996

Abstract

“Framed within two metaphors taken from American popular culture, this session informs that a reality of struggle and a journey of situating the self are unique obstacles for African American women transforming the Academy.”