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"Climbing Broken Ladders: The Meritocracy Myth in Academia"
The Lehigh ADVANCE Center, together with Friends of the Library, invite you to attend a lecture and discussion by Dr. Crystal Chambers. Dr. Chambers, an expert in law and policy in higher education, studies race and gender equity in higher education, especially in college choice and faculty advancement. The material is based on work in Dr. Chambers' Book: Black Women's Pathways to Executive Academic Leadership: Lessons from Lived Experiences. A limited quantity of books will be available for early registrants, and we will take additional orders onsite.
Register by March 12, 2026. The program is open to all.
About the speaker:
Dr. Crystal Renée Chambers, J.D., Ph.D. is the 2023 Barbara Townsend Distinguished Lecturer (Association for the Study of Higher Education, Council for the Advancement of Higher Education Programs) and Professor of Educational Leadership at East Carolina University where she examines matters of race and gender equity in higher education, particularly the areas of college choice and faculty advancement. Dr. Chambers is the author/ co-author of over 50 peer reviewed articles, book chapters, and monographs as well as the editor of eight book and journal volumes, including, most recently, Black Women’s Pathways to Executive Academic Leadership: Lessons from Lived Experiences (UWP Books, 2023). Dr. Chambers is a 2018 Carnegie Fellow and is a co-PI on THRIVE@ECU, an NSF ADVANCE Adaptation grant and has served as a Coach and faculty expert with the National Center for Faculty Development and Diversity. She a 2016 ECU Graduate Faculty Mentor and East Carolina University Women of Distinction Award recipient, and a fellow of the BRIDGES Leadership for Women (2020) and UNC System Executive Leadership Institute (2021-2022). Be on the lookout for her next volume, Colleague to Colleague: Just in Time Advice for Department Leaders (SUNY Press).
