DISE Members Contribute to New Book
Disrupting Political Science - Black Women Reimagining the Discipline catalogues the experiences of nineteen Black Female Political Scientists, sharing their personal and professional journeys. This compelling work examines how the discipline must evolve and adapt to better align with the realities of our contemporary world while highlighting the significant contributions of these scholars.
DISE Members Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein, Dr. Sharon D. Wright Austin, and Dr. Sherice Janaye Nelson have all contributed their own accounts in this book, which will be released this month by SUNY Press.
Edited by Angela Katrina Lewis-Maddox, each chapter penned by a DISE Member is as follows:
Racial Discrimination and the Harassment of African American Women in Academia
Sharon D. Wright AustinA Black Unicorn in the Academe: A Testimonial of a Black Feminist Scholar in the Field of Political Science
Caroline Shenaz HosseinThe Absence of Rational Resources: How a Black Woman's Presence Redefines the Discipline's Norms
Sherice Janaye Nelson
This volume brings to the fore Black women's experiences of, and contributions to, political science-a field that never intended to view them as subjects worthy of study and certainly not as professors. Disrupting Political Science demonstrates how Black women blend creative resistance and self-care to overcome obstacles and navigate the discipline's hegemonic demands. Representing a range of career stages and types of institutions, the nineteen contributors share stories of trauma and triumph, as well as concrete guidance rooted in Black feminist literature and reports on the profession. A witty, searing, sometimes heart-wrenching catalyst to reimagine political science, Disrupting Political Science is essential reading for everyone in the discipline and for faculty and administrators across the university committed to recruiting and retaining Black women.