Asian women scholars are confronted with racial discrimination and stereotyping as well as disrespect for their research, teaching, and leadership. This book examines their experience in Western academic discourses; and addresses the socio-cultural, political, and personal issues that Asian female scholars encounter in higher education.

This powerful and engaging volume: examines and celebrates the struggles and triumphs that Asian female scholars experience as they try to "make it" in academic environments that may differ sharply from the culture of their countries of origin; highlights the unique contributions the authors have made to research, theory, and the profession; establishes the authors' claim to visibility and a voice for themselves and more generally for Asian women in the academy; opens a dialogue on these critical issues by sharing the academic and personal experiences of senior and junior scholars alike; and contributes to the on-going discussion on issues pertinent to the status of minority female scholars in higher education.

Foreword - Shirley Geok-Lin Lim, UC Santa Barbara and University of Hong Kong
* Acknowledgements
* Introduction - Asian Female Scholars' New Stories of Self: Re-constructing Culture and Identity in the Academy: Guofang Li, SUNY at Buffalo and Gulbahar Beckett, University of Cincinnati
* Part I: Asian Female Scholars in Context
* Chapter 1 - Asian Pacific American Women and Men in Higher Education: The Contested Spaces of Their Participation, Persistence, and Challenges as Students, Faculty, and Administrators: Shirley Hune, UCLA
* Chapter 2 - Asian Male vs. Female College Students' Career Paths: Interaction of Gender and Race: Jaekyung Lee, SUNY at Buffalo
* Chapter 3 - Asian Women Faculty of Color: Theorizing Our Lived Experiences: Angel Lin, City University of Hong Kong
Ryuko Kubota, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Su Motha, University of Maryland
Wendy Wang, Eastern Michigan State University
and Shelley Wong, George Mason University. * Part II: Teaching, Mentoring, Advising, and Securing Tenure
* Chapter 4 - Professing in a Non-Native Tongue: Narratives of Three Chinese-Speaking Women Faculty: Xiaoping Liang, California State University, Long Beach
* Chapter 5 - Mentors and Role Models: My Story of Being an Asian Female Faculty: Keiko Komiya Samimy, The Ohio State University
* Chapter 6 - Navigating Multiple Roles and Multiple Discourses: A Young Asian Female Scholar's Reflection on Supervising and Teaching Fellow Asian Students: Guofang Li, SUNY at Buffalo
* Chapter 7 - Asian Women Warriors of the Academia: Struggles and Strategies for Promotion: Chalsa Loo, National Center for PTSD, Honolulu and Hsiu Zu Ho, UC Santa Barbara
* Part III: Gaining Voice, Forming Identity
*Chapter 8 - Brown in Black-and-White: On Being a South Asian Woman Academic: Nina Asher, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge
* Chapter 9 - Unmasking the Self: Struggling with Model Minority Stereotype and Lotus Blossom Image: Eunai Shrake, California State University, Northridge
* Chapter 10 - Within the Safe Haven of "Women's Studies": A Thai Female Faculty's Reflection on Identity and Scholarship: Piya Pangsapa, SUNY at Buffalo
* Chapter 11 - Between the Worlds: Searching for a Competent Voice: Yan Guo, University of Calgary, Canada
*Chapter 12 - Modesty, Moderation, Passion, and Chutzpah: A Chinese-American Medical Professor Speaks: Gulbahar H. Beckett and Jianhua Zhang, University of Cincinnati
* Part IV: Building Bridges, Building Future
* Chapter 13 - The Road Less Traveled: An Asian Woman Immigrant Faculty's Journey Integrating Global Pedagogy into Teacher Education: Guichun Zong, Georgia State University
* Chapter 14From Mentorship to Friendship, Collaboration, and Collegiality: Xue Lan Rong, School of Education, UNC-Chapel Hill and Judith Preissle, College of Education, UGA, Athens
* Chapter 15 - Building Bridges, Working For A Better World: Jing Lin, University of Maryland
*Editor and Contributor Biographies.