Faculty of Color: Teaching in Predominantly White Colleges and Universities

CHRISTINE A. STANLEY is associate dean of faculties and associate professor of higher education administration at Texas A&M University. She is past president (2000-2001) and former chair of diversity commission (1994-1998) of the professional and Organizational Development network in Higher Education (POD Network), the North American organization dedicated to faculty, instructional, and organizational development issues.
A native of Jamaica, West Indies, she holds a B.S. in biology, cum laude (Prairie View A&M University), M.S. in zoology (Texas A&M University), and Ph.D. in curriculum and instruction with emphasis on college teaching (Texas A&M University). A biologist, teacher, consultant, and faculty developer, she has taught courses on college teaching, professional development, and diversity and social justice in higher education. She is a consultant to many colleges and universities on faculty development and multicultural faculty and TA development initiatives in higher education. She has contributed numerous faculty development-based and peer reviewed articles to outlets such as Qualitative Inquiry, Change, Journal on Excellence in College teaching, Innovative Higher Education, Journal of Faculty Development, and To Improve the Academy; Resources for faculty, Instructional, and Organizational Development. She is coeditor (with M. Erin Porter) of Engaging Large Classes (Anker, 2002).
Her professional experience includes serving as a proposal reviewer and moderator for the National Science Foundation Teacher Preparation Enhancement Program. She is the 2000-2001 recipient of the Texas A&M University College of Education Development Council’s Outstanding New Faculty Award and the 2004 recipient of the POD Network Robert Pierleoni Spirit Award for her contributions to the organization and the field of faculty development.