Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives of Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia edited by DeborahGabriel and Shirley AnnTate. London, UK: Trentham Books/IOE Press, 2017, 164 pp., £24.36, ISBN10-185856848X, ISBN13-978-185856848.

Dar, Sadhvi; Salmon, Udeni

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“…I remember going to the British Library when I first arrived, standing in the middle of its courtyard, spreading my arms, and saying “I will cherish this opportunity and promise to work as hard as I can.” I thought at the time that because I had succeeded in securing a PhD scholarship, I would be able to write freely and unrestricted. Ironically, I harnessed the same institutional narrative of “individual (lean in)” (Dar & Salmon, 2019, p. 64) that I am now criticizing. I have inherited the belief that I could become prosperous entirely based on individual merit and hard work; I was wrong.…”

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“…British Academia neglects “Whiteness as a system of privilege and oppression,” instead reframes inequalities “as issues to do with the individual (‘lean in’) or lack of representation (‘diversity’)” (Dar & Salmon, 2019, p. 64). While contributions from WoC academics are now more present in British diversity discourses, they have repeatedly been used to promote a seemingly representational agenda “whereby the appearance of Black bodies in the workplace is used as evidence of equality” (Dar & Salmon, 2019, p. 64). The latter constraints explain the marginalization of WoC academics at predominately White institutions (see Gabriel & Tate, 2017; Muhs et al, 2012, for similar analysis in the US higher education context).…”

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Surviving British Academia in the time of COVID‐19: A critical autoethnography of a woman of color

Elhinnawy

2022

New Horiz Adult Ed & HR Dev

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This critical autoethnography is an account of my experiences as a woman of color (WoC) academic at a predominantly White institution in the times of COVID-19 and the consequential turn to online teaching and learning. It reflects on how the pandemic has exacerbated my experiences of discrimination, marginalization, isolation, and the struggles to find a balance between my personal and professional identities. Guided by intersectionality, the article explores the ways in which multiple forms of inequality are perpetuated within academia through my own lived experiences. It also explores the ways in which I, as a WoC and an early career academic (ECA), learned to navigate the intersections of gender, race, ethnicity, and motherhood amid the pandemic. In writing this article, my hope is to adjoin the voices of WoC in British Academia calling for an urgently needed open dialog with those in positions of power. K E Y W O R D Sacademia, COVID-19 pandemic, critical autoethnography, ethnicity, gender, intersectionality, motherhood, race, women of color PROLOGUE I wrote and rewrote this article while sitting at my dining table in my 50 m 2 (538 sq. ft.) flat, where I spent most of the COVID-19 lockdowns. In writing, I felt compelled to reflect on my feelings of apprehension, anger, frustration, and exhaustion. In only a few months of my appointment as a permanent lecturer in a British higher education institution, the "system faced a sudden transition to remote teaching and learning" (Malisch et al., 2020, p. 15738) because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The story I tell here is about my experiences during the pandemic. But for the reader to understand these experiences and their implications, I must first tell the story of my experiences before the pandemic; experiences that mirror many who preceded me, and certainly many who will follow. Despite feeling fortunate to be one of the few PhD graduates who find a career in British Academia, I am stumped by the inequalities I must endure. I was the first woman of color (WoC) appointed, and the least paid among all newly hired-both male and female in 2019. This is in addition to experiencing microaggressions, marginalization, dismissal, and other unpleasant situations. I share these experiences with the intent of encouraging academics from underrepresented populations to persevere.

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Surviving British Academia in the time of COVID‐19: A critical autoethnography of a woman of color

Elhinnawy

2022

New Horiz Adult Ed & HR Dev

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Gender inequality in academia from the perspective of the dialogical self: beyond ‘autonomous men’ and ‘relational women’

Ghaempanah

Khapova

2023

Gender and Education

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Hope theory as resistance: narratives of South Asian scholars in Australian academia

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Lahiri-Roy,

Belford

2023

EDI

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PurposeIdentity, positioning and possibilities intersect differently for South Asian women in white academia. Within a broader migrant community that defines Australian life, these identities and positioning imply great possibility, but pursuing such pathways within academia is a walk on the last strand of resilience. This paper explores this tension of possibilities and constraints, using hope theory to highlight the cognitive resistance evident in the narratives of three South Asian women in Australian academia.Design/methodology/approachThe authors use collaborative autoethnography to share their narratives of working in Australian universities at three different stages of careers, utilising Snyder's model of hope theory to interrogate their own goal-setting behaviours, pathways and agentic thinking.FindingsThe authors propose that hope as a cognitive state informs resistance and enables aspirations to contribute within academia in meaningful ways whilst navigating the terrain of inequitable structures.Originality/valueThe authors' use of hope theory as a lens on the intersectional experiences of career making, building and progression is a new contribution to scholarship on marginalised women in white academe and the ways in which the pathways of resistance are identified.

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Inside the Ivory Tower: Narratives of Women of Colour Surviving and Thriving in British Academia edited by DeborahGabriel and Shirley AnnTate. London, UK: Trentham Books/IOE Press, 2017, 164 pp., £24.36, ISBN10-185856848X, ISBN13-978-185856848.

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Surviving British Academia in the time of COVID‐19: A critical autoethnography of a woman of color

Surviving British Academia in the time of COVID‐19: A critical autoethnography of a woman of color

Gender inequality in academia from the perspective of the dialogical self: beyond ‘autonomous men’ and ‘relational women’

Hope theory as resistance: narratives of South Asian scholars in Australian academia

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