Black Faculty, Cultural Wealth, and the Fight Against Racial Inequality in Higher Education

Unequal Battlegrounds

Melinda Jackson-Jefferson (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

200 Seiten

2026
Rowman & Littlefield (Verlag)
978-1-6669-5983-3 (ISBN)

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This book offers a critical examination of how Black faculty in predominantly white institutions mobilize community cultural wealth to navigate systemic barriers, racial microaggressions, and institutional inequities in higher education.
Building on and extending Tara Yosso’s Community Cultural Wealth framework, Melinda Jackson-Jefferson presents a nuanced analysis of six forms of capital—aspirational, linguistic, familial, social, navigational, and resistant—as essential tools of resilience and academic agency. Essential for academic libraries and scholars of critical race theory, educational equity, and faculty diversity, this work contributes original research and actionable strategies to advance structural change and inclusive practices in higher education institutions.

Melinda Jackson-Jefferson is associate professor of sociology and criminal justice at Nicholls State University.

Acknowledgments
Introduction
Chapter 1: Aspirational Capital
Chapter 2: Linguistic Capital
Chapter 3: Familial Capital
Chapter 4: Social Capital
Chapter 5: Navigational Capital
Chapter 6: Resistant Capital
Conclusion: Powerful Opponents Within the Educational Realm
Bibliography
Index
About the Author

Erscheinungsdatum	05.12.2025
Reihe/Serie	Contemporary Perspectives on Social Inequalities in the United States
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Themenwelt	Sozialwissenschaften ► Ethnologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Pädagogik ► Erwachsenenbildung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie
ISBN-10	1-6669-5983-9 / 1666959839
ISBN-13	978-1-6669-5983-3 / 9781666959833
Zustand	Neuware