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Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia Utah State University Press, 2012 Prof. Carmen G. González Seattle University.

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1 Presumed Incompetent: The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia Utah State University Press, 2012 Prof. Carmen G. González Seattle University School of Law Prof. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs Seattle University 1

2 Percentage of U.S. Full-Time Faculty Positions held by Women of Color Total: 7.5 Non-tenure track lecturers and instructors: 10.4 Assistant professors: 9.9 Associate professors: 6.6 Full professors: 3.4 2

3 Challenge of being viewed as "other" and "inferior" 3

4 Being pigeonholed as race/gender expert Devaluation of race/gender scholarship Discounting of ability to teach and write in areas other than race/gender 4

5 Lack of mentoring 5

6 Extra "identity work" to overcome "affirmative action hire" presumption 6

7 Tokenism Heightened visibility as symbol of race Threats to physical and mental health posed by workplace subordination 7

8 Gender and racial bias in student evaluations 8

9 Class bias in higher education 9

10 Presumed Incompetent : The Intersections of Race and Class for Women in Academia Utah State University Press, 2012 Prof. Carmen G. González Seattle University School of Law Prof. Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs Seattle University 10


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