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Impolite Hostilities and Vague Sympathies: Academia as a Site of Cyclical Abuse (preprint)

Cooke, Nicole A.

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https://hdl.handle.net/2142/104218

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Title
Impolite Hostilities and Vague Sympathies: Academia as a Site of Cyclical Abuse (preprint)
Author(s)
Cooke, Nicole A.
Issue Date
2019-07
Keyword(s)
  • abusive behavior
  • counter-storytelling
  • faculty of color
  • faculty retention
  • workplace stress
Abstract
In this autoethnographic article, I reflect on my experiences as a now-tenured faculty member of color, which have been punctuated by incivility, bullying, stress, and abuse. As part of reconciling several acute events, I came to a distinct realization of what I had been going through; I was able to name it, and I was able to articulate the strategies I had been using to cope and thrive. This reflective piece is not meant to minimize the experiences of non-minority faculty, but it is absolutely meant to highlight and emphasize the specific challenges of being a faculty member of color in library and information science, and in the academy writ large.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Type of Resource
text
Language
en
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http://hdl.handle.net/2142/104218
DOI
10.3138/jelis.2019-0005

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