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Emotional labour in the ivory tower: highlighting the experiences of academics of colour

HEPI

HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. Emotional labour has several meanings, and inevitably some are context dependent.

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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia. She said this lesson is deliberate and acknowledges academia and graduate school can be “violent, especially for scholars of color, women, and queer folks of color.”

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Fraud in academia: How can universities avoid costly litigation?

University Business

No corner is free from this specter—not even the hallowed halls of academia. academia and the Chinese Communist Party are glaring national security risks.” Once meaningful policies are established and documented, mandatory, yearly training on the policies and the real cost of violations must follow.

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Strategies for Speaking Out

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Try to avoid casual conversations with them, and if you have them document what was said and by whom. 6) If you think you may want — ever — to go out on your own, outside academia, then start an LLC immediately. I don’t care how much you think they are or want them to be. They are not.

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Racial and Gender Inequities Found in Field of Educational Measurement

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Racial and gender inequities still plague the field of educational measurement, from professional rank to salary, across academia, industry, and leadership roles. Rodriguez said he hopes to learn more about these written responses, particularly as they relate to leadership positions both in academia and the industry.

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Scholars Respond to the Death of a University Administrator

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

“It went downhill after the [Family and Medical Leave Act and the Americans with Disabilities Act] documents were submitted due to my severe depression and anxiety. This is all documented and emails sent.” She also noted in the email about receiving a poor professional evaluation from Moseley.

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Representation Matters: Reflections on Academia’s ‘Leaky Pipeline’

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HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. The progressive drop in ethnic diversity as you move up the seniority ladder is a well-documented and persistent problem in academia. Who did you say sent you?’ … I remember being asked this question very clearly.

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