Achieving against the odds: how academics become teachers of diverse students

Introduction, Achieving against the odds / Esther Kingston-Mann and Tim Sieber

Coming out and leading out : pedagogy beyond the closet / Kathleen M. Sands

Three steps forward, one step back : dilemmas of upward mobility / Esther Kingston-Mann

Learning to listen to students and oneself / Tim Sieber

Language and cultural capital : reflections of a "junior" professor / Reyes Coll-Tellechea

Racial problems in society and in the classroom / Castellano B. Turner

Teaching (as) composing / Vivian Zamel

Teaching, tenure, and institutional transformation : reflections on race, culture, and resilience at an urban public university / Peter Nien-chu Kiang

Teaching American dreams/American realities : students' lives and faculty agendas / Lois Rudnick

Teaching, learning, and judging : some reflections on the university and political legitimacy / Winston E. Langley

Gender trouble in the gender course : managing and mismanaging conflict in the classroom / Estelle Disch

Odd man out / Pancho Savery.