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CHAIR AT THE TABLE

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Black Women & 

Academic Leadership


  RESEARCH COLLECTIVE


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About Us

Leadership & Research

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

 Chair at the Table is a research collective established in 2018 as a peer-mentoring network. Members are current and former department chairs at colleges and universities across the U.S. and Canada. This project centers Black women’s perspectives of academic leadership. As experienced administrators in various disciplines, our reflections and recommendations can help re-define the academy. 

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

  Our publications, The Department Chair Journal (Wiley Press, 2021), Palimpsest Journal (SUNY Press, 2021), and the Dear Department Chair book (Wayne State University Press, 2023) are tools for faculty interested in administration, mentoring guides for current chairs, and resources for those working to diversify their administrative ranks.      

"A Seat at the Table"

Consulting & Resources for Administrators

"A Seat at the Table"

 Scholars in this network have decades of experience at various institution types. We commemorate the 50th Anniversary of Black Studies and Women's Studies, publish, and present workshops that collectively suggest a paradigm shift for unit heads in higher education. Inspired by Solange's "Seat at the Table" and "Borderline (An Ode to Self Care)," we write to "make less war" in academe.  

Co-Chairs

Stephanie Y. Evans, PhD

 Dr. Evans is Professor in the Institute for Women’s, Gender and Sexuality and Affiliate Faculty in the Department of Africana Studies at Georgia State University.

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting, PhD

 Dr. Sharpley-Whiting is Vice Provost of Arts and Libraries, the Gertrude Conaway Vanderbilt Distinguished Professor of Humanities (AADS and French), former Chair of African American and Diaspora Studies, and Director of the Callie House Center at Vanderbilt University.  

BOOK RELEASE WORKSHOPS: FALL 2023

Dear Department Chair | September 2023

LETTERS FROM BLACK WOMEN LEADERS TO THE NEXT GENERATION.

Workshop information forthcoming. 

Book details HERE. 

MENTORING WORKSHOP: january 8, 2021

Mentoring for Department Chair & Administrative Leadership: Strategies for Professional Development

This virtual workshop explored race, gender, and higher education leadership. Invited speakers were presenters from the Working Symposium held at Vanderbilt University in 2019. The event was free and open to the public. Over fifty scholar-administrators attended this professional development workshop. Registrants who are current or aspiring department chairs, academic program coordinators, research institute directors, deans, or provosts participated in a day-long retreat to share information about four topics:

     1. Administration 101

     2. Leadership, Balance, & Self-Development

     3. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: Change, & Transformation

     4. Faculty, Staff, Students, and Community. 

In addition to a Keynote Address by Dr. Sharply-Whiting, two sessions covered mid-level administration and next-level administration:

  • Morning Session: "Chairs at the Table" (current and former department chairs)
  • Afternoon Session: "Beyond the Chair" (current deans and upper administrators)

This virtual gathering built on the 2019 discussion and will be followed by future gatherings (check back on this web page for notification). Presenters previewed their articles that will appear in the Palimpsest journal in Fall 2021. For a list of attendees in the Chair at the Table network, see below. 

mentoring workshop speakers

Dr. Stephanie Adams

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

 Dean of Jonsson School of Engineering & Computer Science |   University of Texas-Dallas 

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

Professor of History and Distinguished Faculty Researcher

Copping State University

Dr. Michelle Dunlap

Dr. Katherine Bankole-Medina

Dr. Michelle Dunlap

Professor of Human Development Department 

Connecticut College 

Dr. Carol Henderson

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

Dr. Michelle Dunlap

 Inaugural Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity

Officer, and Advisor to the President

Emory University 

Dr. Donna Nicol

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

 Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies

California State University-Dominguez Hills

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

Dr. Theresa Rajack-Talley

 Inaugural Vice-Provost of Equity & Inclusion

Dalhousie University 

Dr. Stephanie Shonekon

Dr. Stephanie Shonekon

Dr. Stephanie Shonekon

Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Science and Professor of Music 

University of Missouri

Dr. Janice Sumler-Edmond

Dr. Stephanie Shonekon

Dr. Stephanie Shonekon

 Professor Emerita of United States History and Constitutional Law

Houston-Tillotson University 

working symposium: september 13, 2019

Mid-Career Workshop Presenters

  

Stephanie Y. Evans  Georgia State University | Personal Page

Tracy Sharpley-Whiting  Vanderbilt University 

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Stephanie Adams 

Dean of the Eric Jonsson School of Engineering and Computer Science 

University of Texas-Dallas


Katherine Bankole-Medina

Professor of History and Distinguished Faculty Researcher

Copping State University | Personal Page 


Margo Crawford

Professor of English and Director of the Center for Africana Studies

University of Pennsylvania 


Michelle Dunlap 

Professor of Human Development Department 

Connecticut College 


Tara T. Green 

Linda Carlisle Excellence Professor of Women's and Gender Studies

University of North Carolina-Greensboro | Personal Page 


Carol Henderson 

Inaugural Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion, Chief Diversity

Officer, and Advisor to the President

Emory University 


Donna Nicol 

Associate Professor and Chair of Africana Studies

California State University-Dominguez Hills | Personal Page


Theresa Rajack-Talley 

Inaugural Vice-Provost of Equity & Inclusion

Dalhousie University 


Noliwe Rooks 

Professor of Africana Studies

Cornell University | Personal Page 


Janice Sumler-Edmond 

Professor Emerita of United States History and Constitutional Law

Houston-Tillotson University 


Stephanie Shonekan 

Former Professor & Chair, W. E. B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies, UMass-Amherst

Associate Dean of the College of Arts & Science and Professor of Music 

University of Missouri | Personal Page 


Special thanks to: 

Dr. Tiffany Patterson, Dr. Claudine Taffe, Ms. Lennita Tate, and Dr. Gilman Whiting

Chair @ The table network

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