Tenure in the Contact Zone
Tenure in the Contact Zone
Spanish Is Our Language, Too1
Angie Chambram charts her negotiations of higher education, her own brand of cultural politics, and her interdisciplinary path toward bilingual Chicana/o studies and interdisciplinary cultural studies to winning tenure. Rather than overpersonalizing her story or providing celebratory closure, she invites readers to consider how the language and tenure struggle that intersect in higher education reflect the struggles of everyday people in different geopolitical and educational venues. Chambram discusses the challenge of building a new program while on the tenure track while making claims for the importance of diversity within Spanish literature and language departments. The essay provides glimpses of these negotiations which begin early on in the lives of many assistant professors of color (most of whom are untenured) and continue well beyond tenure, as these individuals negotiate points of entry and articulation and seek to redress longstanding social injustices.
Keywords: cultural studies, interdisciplinary programs, Chicana/o studies, Spanish departments
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