Black faculty members are expected to be “entertaining” when presenting their academic research to their mostly White peers.
That’s the findings of a new study conducted by Dr. Ebony O. McGee, an assistant professor of education, diversity and urban schooling at Vanderbilt’s Peabody College of education and human development who co-authored the article “Entertainers or Education Researchers? The Challenges Associated with Presenting While Black,” with Dr. Lasana Kazembe of the University of Illinois-Chicago.
Read more in Diverse Issues in Higher Education.