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Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
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"She's a Friend of My Mind": A Reflection of Black Sisterhood in Academia
Race, Ethnicity and Education, v27 n7 p1107-1124 2024
The authors draw upon their lived experiences as Black women in the academy to conceptualize a framework for Black women's peer mentorship, or 'sister scholarship,' within academia. Through auto-ethnographic 'sister talks,' the sister scholar relationship is conceptualized as a sanctum from gendered and racialized trauma, an impetus for the co-generation of knowledge, an approbation of intersectionality, and a gathering of the whole self. This work is grounded in Black feminist understandings of resiliency, resistance, and grace within academia. In discussion, the authors call for the abolition of oppressive policies and systems that aim to marginalize and disenfranchise Black women and other Women of Color in the academy.
Descriptors: Higher Education, Scholarship, Interprofessional Relationship, African American Teachers, College Faculty, Women Faculty, Language Usage, Collegiality, Friendship, Dialogs (Language), Interpersonal Communication, Blacks, Reflection, Social Experience, Racial Relations, Racial Attitudes, Gender Issues, Doctoral Students
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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