Foreword-Johnetta Cross Brazzell Introduction-Tamara Bertrand Jones, LeKita Scott Dawkins, and Melanie Hayden Glover 1. Existing Pathways. A Historical Overview of Black Women in Higher Education Administration-Melanie Hayden Glover 2. Essential Skills for the Leadership Path-Marguerite M. McClinton & LeKita Scott Dawkins 3. Direction Along the Path. Mentoring & Black Female Administrators-Tamara Bertrand Jones & Waltrina Dufor 4. Service on the Administrative Pathway-Lisa K. Thompson & LeKita Scott Dawkins 5. Leveling the Pathway. Balancing Work and Family-Marguerite M. McClinton 6. Influencing Pathways. African American Administrators as Effective Mentors to African American Students-Tamara Y. Futrell, Yvonne Coker, & Quiana McKenzie 7. The Community-Engaged Professional. Nurturing Your Passion on the Academic Pathway-Kimberly King-Jupiter 8. The Ties That Bind. Pathways to Student Affairs and Academic Affairs Administration-Kandace G. Hinton 9. Decisions to Make (or Not. Along the Career Path-Mary Howard-Hamilton & Carol Logan Patitu 10. Historically Black College or University or Predominantly White Institution. Choosing Your Institutional Path-LeKita Scott Dawkins 11. The Pathway to Your Dreams in Academia. Seven Practical Considerations-Darnita Killian & Marguerite M. McClinton 12. Connecting the Paths. Guiding Institutions and Administrators into the Future-Tamara Bertrand Jones & LeKita Scott Dawkins Appendix About the Editors and Contributors

Tamara Bertrand Jones is Assistant Professor in the Higher Education program at Florida State University. Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones attended the University of Texas at Austin, where she received a bachelor's degree in Journalism. Upon graduation she completed her master's degree in Higher Education at Florida State University (FSU). She then completed her doctoral studies in Research and Program Evaluation, also at FSU. Her research interests are assessment and evaluation in higher education (student affairs), culturally responsive evaluation, mentoring, Black graduate students, and the transition for graduate students to junior faculty. She belongs to many professional organizations, including the American Evaluation Association (AEA), the Southeast Evaluation Association (SEA), the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA), and the American Educational Research Association (AERA). In addition, she is a founder and Past-President of Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Institute (www.sistersoftheacademy.org), an international organization that promotes collaborative scholarship among Black females in the academy. LeKita Scott Dawkins is Director of Foundation Relations and an adjunct instructor at Syracuse University. A native of Pine Bluff, Arkansas, Dr. LeKita Scott Dawkins is a founding member of Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Institute (www.sistersoftheacademy.org). She is co-editor of Journey to the Ph.D.: How to Navigate the Process as African Americans which is a timely guide and source of information for men and women of color considering the journey towards a terminal degree. Dr. Scott Dawkins possesses a passion for exploring the recruitment, retention, and advancement of ethnic minorities, particularly those in the field of fund-raising/development and those in graduate programs. She received her BS in Elementary Education from the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, her MEd in Educational Psychology from Texas A&M University, a

This book uses a survey that identifies the skills and knowledge that Black women administrators report as most critical at different stages of their careers as a foundation for the personal narratives of individual administrators' career progressions.