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Building an Academic Space for Black Women Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Jacinta Saffold In a world where academia often overlooks the nuanced narratives of Black women, the Black Womens Studies Association (BWSA) is spearheading a movement that seeks to center the lived experiences of Black women across disciplines, identities, and generations. That commitment to community-building is central to their ethos.

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Celebrating our interconnectedness in the season of annual reviews

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This time of year, at my university, and perhaps at yours as well, we are preparing to submit documentation for our annual performance reviews. Serving our students, faculty, and staff is a group effort. Culture of Personality So, whats with this dissidence?

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

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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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You’ll Never Walk Alone: The Power of Showing Up

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As the curator for the Theatre for Youth and Community Collection, her projects aim to create meaningful ways for students to engage with performing arts resources while supporting the documentation of historically marginalized perspectives. The Academic Bubble Challenge Academia presents a unique paradox when it comes to community building.

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Strategies for Speaking Out

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I suspect they apply whether you are faculty, staff, or student, and perhaps well beyond the academy as well. 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.

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Have you seen these 10 Terrible Tenure Decision Making Patterns?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Universities are making vocal commitments to recruit faculty who represent the diversity of the student population. At the same time, they struggle to retain the women and minoritized faculty who they have recruited. In many units, the scholarship alone or largely determines whether the faculty member receives a favorable evaluation.

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Dr. Terza A. Lima-Neves: Living Life on Purpose

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

She feels it’s important to share her stories with women — in and out of academia — and build community with other scholars. I was always very conscious of the small number of Black women in the profession, in academia, but then in the discipline of political science,” she continues.

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