blackademic

plural blackademics

1. Alternative letter-case form of Blackademic.

   Nick wasn’t what he’d had in mind for Billie. He’d planned on a blackademic just like himself. Herbert was the son of teachers who had instilled their deep love of education into him.

   2009, Carleen Brice, Children of the Waters, One World Books, →ISBN, page 44

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   It’s about an untenured black professor, a “blackademic,” obsessed with Edgar Allen^([sic]) Poe’s novel “The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym of Nantucket” and the possibility of finding a remote island of pure blackness—the last bastion of the African diaspora—in Antarctica.

   2012 March 4, “He’s reading at Writers House”, in Sunday News, 89 years, number 25, page E4

   My uncle, Kevin Gaines, first demonstrated what being a blackademic meant. He wrote aspirational scholarship, introduced me to his colleagues, read and graciously critiqued my work, and answered all my questions about the professoriate.

   2017, Alisha Gaines, “Acknowledgments”, in Black for a Day: White Fantasies of Race and Empathy, Chapel Hill, N.C.: The University of North Carolina Press, →ISBN, page xiii

plural Blackademics · alternative blackademic

1. informalA black academic.

   In the next section I will discuss my experiences being a Blackademic at a historically white institution in the Sociology department.

   2020, Chaddrick James-Gallaway, “[Scratching and Surviving: Critical Race Theory and Being a “Blackademic” in the Academy] Stressing Racism’s Permanence Despite Programmatic Resistance, Chaddrick’s Story”, in Vernon Lee Farmer, Evelyn Shepherd W. Farmer, editors, Critical Race Theory in the Academy, Charlotte, N.C.: Information Age Publishing, Inc., →ISBN, page 346

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   We all have pursued successful careers and are active as academics/aka “Blackademics” (scholars and researchers), musicians (performers, composers and arrangers), media personalities, writers, and teachers, often functioning in more than one of these capacities.

   2010, Leonard L. Brown, “Preface”, in Leonard L. Brown, editor, John Coltrane and Black America’s Quest for Freedom: Spirituality and the Music, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page ix

   Next, the first part, Black Lives Matter: Research and Reflections, is a collection of writings about the #BlackLivesMatter movement, digital activism, education, race-based stereotypes, and the personal experiences and stories of Blackademics.

   2022, Sarah Jane Blithe, Janell C. Bauer, “Introduction”, in Sarah Jane Blithe, Janell C. Bauer, editors, Badass Feminist Politics: Exploring Radical Edges of Feminist Theory, Communication, and Activism, New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, →ISBN, page 8

   Female “Blackademics” and Presentation of Self in the Academy: Managing Role Stressors, Navigating Roadblocks, and Managing Impressions Along Career Trajectories

   2022, Jennifer T. Butcher, editor, Black Female Leaders in Academia: Eliminating the Glass Ceiling With Efficacy, Exuberance, and Excellence: Eliminating the Glass Ceiling With Efficacy, Exuberance, and Excellence (Advances in Educational Marketing, Administration, and Leadership), IGI Global, →ISBN, page 73