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Chapter 5
Hispanic Women/Latina Leaders Overcoming Barriers in Higher Education
A socially defined concept sometimes used to designate a portion, or “subdivision,” of the human population with common physical characteristics, ancestry, or language. The term is also loosely applied to geographic, cultural, religious, or national groups. The significance often accorded to racial categories might suggest that such groups are objectively defined and homogeneous; however, there is much heterogeneity within categories, and the categories themselves differ across cultures. Moreover, self-reported race frequently varies owing to changing social contexts and an individual’s possible identification with more than one race (APA, 2020).
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Levers
Copyright: © 2021 |Pages: 23
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-7998-3763-3.ch005
Abstract
This chapter will present personal levers, which are family and spirituality, and the professional levers, which include mentoring in relation to the academic funnel of gender and ethnic bias, as well why it is important comprehend the cultural impact unto the journey to leadership. Participants addressed each one of the levers in their journey in higher education. Only a few Latinas reach leadership positions in organizations in the United States, despite their increasing interest in obtaining advanced college degrees. This issue is especially glaring in higher education, as the United States becomes increasingly diverse through the infusion of new immigrants. A U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report from 2013 noted that 51.6% of women between the ages 25 and 29 were in a management, business, or financial operation occupation; and 8.7% of those women were Latinas. In the same way, only small numbers of Hispanic women reach senior leadership positions.
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Chapter 5
Backing Into Race: Immigration, Identity, and Social Movement Theory in English Language Teacher Education
A socially constructed concept in the United States that categorizes people based on their skin color.
Published in Chapter: Backing Into Race: Immigration, Identity, and Social Movement Theory in English Language Teacher Education; From: Interrogating Race and Racism in Postsecondary Language Classrooms
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Chapter 61
Age, Race and Gender Issues Related to On-line Learning
A social construction of identity based loosely on external characteristics such as skin color, characteristics of one’s hair, and facial features.
Published in Chapter: Age, Race and Gender Issues Related to On-line Learning; From: Encyclopedia of Information Communication Technologies and Adult Education Integration
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Chapter 5
The Cultural Impact of Hidden Curriculum on Language Learners: A Review and Some Implications for Curriculum Design
Categorisation of people based on perceived and or shared physical and social qualities which are considered distinct socially.
Published in Chapter: The Cultural Impact of Hidden Curriculum on Language Learners: A Review and Some Implications for Curriculum Design; From: Beyond Language Learning Instruction: Transformative Supports for Emergent Bilinguals and Educators
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Chapter 4
Going Beyond the D: Focusing on the E and I
Is a societal categorization of individuals. It is the division of people into groups that are unique within a given society, based on similar physical or social characteristics.
Published in Chapter: Going Beyond the D: Focusing on the E and I; From: Applied Research Approaches to Technology, Healthcare, and Business
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Chapter 11
Family Engagement in a Pandemic: Seeing Through a Dark Glass
A social construct which explains the dominance and the hierarchical experience of difference, inequalities, and inequities resulting from Whiteness. Race, like gender and class, has social and material implications that inform socio-cultural ontological understandings of inequity and inequality in educational spaces.
Published in Chapter: Family Engagement in a Pandemic: Seeing Through a Dark Glass; From: Handbook of Research on Family Literacy Practices and Home-School Connections
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Chapter 1
Intersectionality and the Construction of Inclusive Schools
A socially constructed category used to assign individuals as white or black.
Published in Chapter: Intersectionality and the Construction of Inclusive Schools; From: Handbook of Research on Classroom Diversity and Inclusive Education Practice
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Chapter 2
Multicultural Education: Transforming Instruction Through an Anti-Bias Framework
A socially constructed category, created to differentiate racial groups and to show the superiority or dominance of one race over another
Published in Chapter: Multicultural Education: Transforming Instruction Through an Anti-Bias Framework; From: Handbook of Research on Race, Culture, and Student Achievement
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Chapter 13
Dealing With the Elephant in the Classroom: Reflections From a Graduate Course That Argues That Race Still Matters in Service Learning!
A socially constructed category of identification based on socio-political and/or cultural characteristics, or categorizations based in part on phenotypical attributes, linguistic, and/or other socio-culturally created categories. This concept in the western world was created primarily to establish group-based racial caste system that rendered “whites,” those of European descent, at the top of the racial hierarchy. It also became a dominant categorizing force to rationalize the social hierarchy and imbue certain groups with human and civil rights and deny others.
Published in Chapter: Dealing With the Elephant in the Classroom: Reflections From a Graduate Course That Argues That Race Still Matters in Service Learning!; From: Handbook of Research on Service-Learning Initiatives in Teacher Education Programs
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Chapter 5
Technology, the 21st Century Workforce, and the Construct of Social Justice
An ill-constructed non-genotypic social system that segregates and categorizes human beings based on phenotypes.
Published in Chapter: Technology, the 21st Century Workforce, and the Construct of Social Justice; From: Handbook of Research on Technologies for Improving the 21st Century Workforce: Tools for Lifelong Learning
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Chapter 13
Gender and Sexuality in Toni Morrison's Home
In the narrow-minded view of division given by the colonizers, “race” determines who is superior from whom based on physical features of colour, hair, body structure, etc.
Published in Chapter: Gender and Sexuality in Toni Morrison's Home; From: Exploring Gender Studies and Feminism Through Literature and Media
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Chapter 23
Reporting Race and Ethnicity in International Assessment
“A concept which signifies and symbolizes social conflicts and interests by referring to different types of human bodies” (Omi & Winant, 1994, p. 55).
Published in Chapter: Reporting Race and Ethnicity in International Assessment; From: Handbook of Research on Assessment Technologies, Methods, and Applications in Higher Education
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Chapter 2
Globalization and Media's Impact on Cross Cultural Communication: Managing Organizational Change
A person's physical appearance, such as skin color, eye color, hair color, bone/jaw structure etc. linked to the scientific notion of a phenotype.
Published in Chapter: Globalization and Media's Impact on Cross Cultural Communication: Managing Organizational Change; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Communication, Leadership, and Conflict Resolution
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Chapter 3
Higher Education Abroad: Trends among the Indigenous Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel
A socially defined concept used to categorize people based on a combination of physical characteristics and genetic heritage.
Published in Chapter: Higher Education Abroad: Trends among the Indigenous Palestinian Arab Minority in Israel; From: Handbook of Research on Study Abroad Programs and Outbound Mobility
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Chapter 3
Building a Racial Identity: African American Students' Learning Experiences at the Florence County Museum
A grouping of humans based on physical or social qualities, generally viewed as distinct by society.
Published in Chapter: Building a Racial Identity: African American Students' Learning Experiences at the Florence County Museum; From: Engaging Communities Through Civic Engagement in Art Museum Education
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Chapter 66
Managing a Diverse Workforce
Socially constructed way of grouping people based who share similar physical characteristics.
Published in Chapter: Managing a Diverse Workforce; From: Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
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Chapter 7
Nobody Knows the Troubles That I See: Perceptions of African American Women Professors Regarding Their Lived Experiences in the Academy
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Chapter 12
The Impact of the Model Minority Culture in Higher Education Institutions: The Cause of Asian Americans' Psychological and Mental Health
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Chapter 6
Victimization, Cultural Imperatives, and Empowerment of People of Color in the United States
A grouping of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into categories generally viewed as distinct by society. First used to refer to speakers of a common language and then to denote national affiliations, by the 17th century the term race began to refer to physical (phenotypical) traits.
Published in Chapter: Victimization, Cultural Imperatives, and Empowerment of People of Color in the United States; From: Global Perspectives on Victimization Analysis and Prevention
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Chapter 6
(Re)building Our Understanding of Race Measures in Education
A social construct based on a variety of definitions and contexts that groups people.
Published in Chapter: (Re)building Our Understanding of Race Measures in Education; From: Reconstructing Perceptions of Systemically Marginalized Groups
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Chapter 7
Exploring Technology Through Issues of Social Justice
Socially constructed categories created to sort and label individuals and groups.
Published in Chapter: Exploring Technology Through Issues of Social Justice; From: Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education
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Chapter 10
Developing Equity Literacy through Diverse Literature for Children and Young Adults
A contested term, it generally refers to established categories of people used in governmental structures that define people by skin color or by geographic region of origin.
Published in Chapter: Developing Equity Literacy through Diverse Literature for Children and Young Adults; From: Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education
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Chapter 21
Designing a Digital Marketing Strategy for Start-Up Luxury Brands: The Case of Vidda Royalle
The acronym for the oft-used digital marketing plan framework which comprises four phases: “Reach”, “Act”, “Convert”, and “Engage”.
Published in Chapter: Designing a Digital Marketing Strategy for Start-Up Luxury Brands: The Case of Vidda Royalle; From: Handbook of Research on Smart Management for Digital Transformation
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Chapter 24
Creating Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Digital Learning Platforms for Young Children
A set of groups into which humans can be categorized, described by physical traits and geographic origin.
Published in Chapter: Creating Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Digital Learning Platforms for Young Children; From: Handbook of Research on Innovative Approaches to Early Childhood Development and School Readiness
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Chapter 5
Classroom Equity and the Role of a Teacher Leader: Making Classrooms Equitable to All Students
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Educating Racially, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Children in a Global Era: The World at Home and at Home in the World
Grouping of people based on physical and social characteristics, which groups of people are classified as which race has changed over time and is socially not biologically determined.
Published in Chapter: Educating Racially, Culturally, and Linguistically Diverse Children in a Global Era: The World at Home and at Home in the World; From: Social Justice and Culturally-Affirming Education in K-12 Settings
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Chapter 5
Women in School Leadership in India and the United States: Realities, Complexities, and Future Directions
Race is a social construct that is used to categorize people based on physical and cultural characteristics such as skin color, ancestry, language, and nationality. Race is not determined by any scientific or biological measure and is instead based on societal perceptions and social norms.
Published in Chapter: Women in School Leadership in India and the United States: Realities, Complexities, and Future Directions; From: Global Leadership Perspectives on Industry, Society, and Government in an Era of Uncertainty
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Chapter 12
Reimagining Teacher Education: Racial Literacy and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Virtual Age
A social construct where humans are divided into distinct racial groups based on their inherited differences (e.g., physical and behavioral).
Published in Chapter: Reimagining Teacher Education: Racial Literacy and Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in the Virtual Age; From: Handbook of Research on Advancing Teaching and Teacher Education in the Context of a Virtual Age
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Chapter 5
Service-Learning and Social Justice for College and University Students: Replacing Memorization with Meaning
Each of the major divisions of humankind, having distinct physical characteristics. In this chapter, service-learning groups support and perform services with marginalized groups who often face discrimination and marginalization based upon their race.
Published in Chapter: Service-Learning and Social Justice for College and University Students: Replacing Memorization with Meaning; From: Handbook of Research on Diversity and Social Justice in Higher Education
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Chapter 13
Driving Equity in Action Through a Socially and Culturally Situated Pedagogy: Culturally Relevant Teaching and Learning as a Form of Equity Toward Student Engagement
Is a social and cultural concept constructed physically, socially, legally, and historically by human beings, not influenced by some predetermined set of biological and genetic factors. It is an element of social and cultural structure and dimension of human representation which may symbolize certain social and cultural characteristics, interests, and even conflicts.
Published in Chapter: Driving Equity in Action Through a Socially and Culturally Situated Pedagogy: Culturally Relevant Teaching and Learning as a Form of Equity Toward Student Engagement; From: Overcoming Current Challenges in the P-12 Teaching Profession
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Chapter 9
Mapping Mindset and Academic Success Among Black Men at a Predominantly White Institution
A socially constructed category of identification based on physical characteristics, ancestry, historical affiliation, or shared culture.
Published in Chapter: Mapping Mindset and Academic Success Among Black Men at a Predominantly White Institution; From: Overcoming Challenges and Creating Opportunity for African American Male Students
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Chapter 41
Retention of Rural Latina College Students, Engaging Strategic Leadership: A Chicana Feminist Theory Perspective on Retention
Refers to a person's physical characteristics, such as bone structure and skin, hair, or eye color; ethnicity, however, refers to cultural factors, including nationality, regional culture, ancestry, and language. An example of race is brown, white, or black skin (all from various parts of the world), while an example of ethnicity is German or Spanish ancestry.
Published in Chapter: Retention of Rural Latina College Students, Engaging Strategic Leadership: A Chicana Feminist Theory Perspective on Retention; From: Encyclopedia of Strategic Leadership and Management
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Chapter 3
Cultural Biases in Transitional Writing Courses and Their Effect on Hispanic Students in Texas
An idea or construction that highlights primarily physical differences, not always for good reasons.
Published in Chapter: Cultural Biases in Transitional Writing Courses and Their Effect on Hispanic Students in Texas; From: Teaching Practices and Language Ideologies for Multilingual Classrooms
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Chapter 4
The Myth of Colorblindness: Helping Educators Recognize the Role of Race in the PreK-12th Grade Classrooms
A socially constructed concept used to classify humans into groups based on skin color and ancestral origins.
Published in Chapter: The Myth of Colorblindness: Helping Educators Recognize the Role of Race in the PreK-12th Grade Classrooms; From: Handbook of Research on Classroom Diversity and Inclusive Education Practice
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Chapter 14
The Internet, Black Identity, and the Evolving Discourse of the Digital Divide
a socio-biological phenomenon placing people in a social and value hierarchy. These perceptions on race depend on history, traditions, and personal experience, not genes.
Published in Chapter: The Internet, Black Identity, and the Evolving Discourse of the Digital Divide; From: Handbook of Research on Overcoming Digital Divides: Constructing an Equitable and Competitive Information Society
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Chapter 5
Whose Side Are We On?: A Call for Critical Solidarity With Participants in Education Research
A socially designed construct that shifts depending on the political situation. It is usually based on outward physical traits like skin color, but not always. The purpose of race has always been to determine who was considered White, and therefore worthy of citizenship, freedom, human rights, and other benefits of society. Some groups have whiteness bestowed upon them, but it can be revoked if the group transgresses and challenges White supremacy.
Published in Chapter: Whose Side Are We On?: A Call for Critical Solidarity With Participants in Education Research; From: Scholarly Publishing and Research Methods Across Disciplines
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Chapter 13
From “Oh My Gosh I'm Going to Get Mugged” to “See[ing] Them as People Who Are Just Like Me”
Is not biological but a social construct. For example people are classified according to their geographic origins, their skin color, etc. and these traits are given meaning/significance.
Published in Chapter: From “Oh My Gosh I'm Going to Get Mugged” to “See[ing] Them as People Who Are Just Like Me”; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Communication in Culturally Diverse Classrooms
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Chapter 4
Leveraging Workforce Diversity through a Critical Examination of Intersectionalities and Divergences between Racial Minorities and Sexual Minorities
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Chapter 102
Online Course Settings
The term race describes populations or groups of people distinguished by different sets of characteristics and beliefs about common ancestry. The most widely used human racial categories are based on visible traits (especially skin color, facial features, and hair texture) and self-identification.
Published in Chapter: Online Course Settings; From: Encyclopedia of Information Technology Curriculum Integration
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Chapter 54
Can the Subaltern Play and Speak or Just be Played With?
Socially-constructed marker of difference that despite its fluidity and politically, socially, and culturally constructed nature has material consequences, contexts, and lived personal/situational implications.
Published in Chapter: Can the Subaltern Play and Speak or Just be Played With?; From: Handbook of Research on Effective Electronic Gaming in Education
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Chapter 7
Teaching Up: Female Sociologists Teaching About Privilege
A socially constructed social identity loosely connected to biological factors such as skin color, eye shape, and hair texture.
Published in Chapter: Teaching Up: Female Sociologists Teaching About Privilege; From: Accessibility and Diversity in the 21st Century University
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