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Black Women’s Pathways to Executive Academic Leadership: Lessons from Lived Experiences
Description
Black Women Leadership advances the understanding of executive leadership by centering the lived knowledge, institutional praxis, and strategic decision-making of Black women across higher education systems. Grounded in research data, the volume positions Black women’s leadership as a coherent, historically rooted body of executive knowledge with global relevance. Through empirically grounded chapters authored by leading scholars and practitioners, the book
examines leadership pathways across community colleges, historically Black institutions, and historically White institutions. Contributors analyze executive roles, including presidents, provosts, deans, and senior academic leaders, documenting how Black women navigate institutional governance, policy environments, fiscal responsibility, organizational culture, and public accountability.
Rather than framing leadership through deficit or oppositional lenses, this work emphasizes cultural orientation, ethical responsibility, relational governance, and institutional stewardship as central features of Black women’s executive leadership. African-centered leadership principles—collectivity, intergenerational responsibility, strategic clarity, and moral authority—are treated as foundational rather than supplementary. The volume offers original insights into leadership development, succession planning, executive resilience, and institutional sustainability, while also providing reflective resources for aspiring and current leaders. By situating Black women’s leadership within Global Africa and African Diaspora contexts, Black Women Leadership expands leadership studies beyond Eurocentric managerial models, offering a replicable and adaptable framework applicable across educational, public, and organizational systems.
This book is essential for graduate courses in educational leadership, Africana Studies, public administration, and leadership studies, as well as for institutional leaders, policymakers, and scholars seeking rigorous, culturally grounded approaches to executive leadership.
