Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2019

DOI

10.31390/taboo.18.1.09

Publication Title

Taboo: The Journal of Culture and Education

Volume

18

Issue

1

Pages

126-140

Abstract

This is an autoethnography about epistemic injustice (i.e., diminished credibility as a knower) and resilience of an intersectional tenured faculty member who transformed harm into opportunities for rebuilding intellectual confidence and for exercising intellectual courage. Personal stories are used to examine and make explicit epistemic injustice harms by situating them within everyday contexts (Glesne, 2006). The purpose of this essay was to introduce theoretical perspectives with different language for improving discourses about an old challenge, racial bias, and to make explicit the types of harms experienced. Important research questions are posed for consideration by researchers. The stories shared in this essay and their implications will hopefully influence administrators, researchers, and faculty to see the need for reconceptualizing the ways they support diversity within their institutions. These stories and the implications demonstrate the complex subtlety of supporting diversity and this is especially important for institutions who audaciously pursue the goal of attracting and retaining diverse faculty.

Comments

© 2019 Caddo Gap Press. Included with the kind written permission of the publisher. Caddo Gap Press holds the copyright; while it is permissible for individuals to read the article, no one is to copy, distribute or sell the article without our specific permission.

ORCID

0000-0001-5396-0732 (Grant)

Original Publication Citation

Grant, M. R. (2019). So, you want to attract and retain diverse faculty???: An autoethnography. Taboo: The Journal of Culture & Education, 18(1), 126-140. doi:10.31390/taboo.18.1.09

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