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Referring to Maya Angelou's autobiography, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Dr. Barbara Curry used the metaphor of a caged bird to describe her experiences in the academy in keynoting the Women in Educational Leadership conference in Lincoln NE in October. "A caged bird must sing in order live, to give testimony and to affirm the value of its life," she believes.
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An associate professor in the College of Human Services, Education and Public Policy at the University of Delaware, Curry based her presentation on her chapter titled "The Caged Bird Sings: On Being Different and the Role of Advocacy." It appears in Tenure in the Sacred ...