ERIC Number: EJ1075378
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2015
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"A Moving Target": A Critical Race Analysis of Latina/o Faculty Experiences, Perspectives, and Reflections on the Tenure and Promotion Process
Urrieta, Luis, Jr.; Méndez, Lina; Rodríguez, Esmeralda
International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education (QSE), v28 n10 p1149-1168 2015
This article examines how Latina/o professors perceive, experience, and reflect on the tenure and promotion process. Findings for this longitudinal study are drawn from a purposive sample of nine female and seven male, Latina/o tenure-track faculty participants. Using a Critical Race Theory, Latino Critical (LatCrit) Race Theory, and Chicana Feminist framework, this article documents fundamental inequities in the tenure and promotion policies and practices that affected the Latina/o faculty in this study. Using narrative data, educational biographies, in-depth semi-structured interviews, and unstructured ethnographic interviews, this study found four common themes: (1) tenure and promotion processes functioned as a "tool of fear," (2) the tenure and promotion process was like a "moving target," (3) tenure provided limited forms of respect but not full membership, and (4) Latina/o supervivencia enabled the professors to thrive despite unsupportive and sometimes hostile campus and departmental climates.
Descriptors: Hispanic Americans, College Faculty, Critical Theory, Race, Tenure, Faculty Promotion, Experience, Teacher Attitudes, Reflection, Longitudinal Studies, Feminism, Semi Structured Interviews, Ethnography, Biographies, Fear, Group Membership, Work Environment, Qualitative Research
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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