Acadames: Working and Living Toward Tenure

• In Event: 16.058 - Roundtable Session 6
  In Roundtable Session: 16.058-13 - Underrepresented Populations in the Academy

Abstract

This paper builds upon existing limited research on peer mentorship by studying how agroup of five female pre-tenure faculty members, including two women of color, affects this transition process in light of the significant challenges. Initial analysis of data suggests a peer mentorship group afforded accountability, professional and emotional support, collaboration, and consultations to junior faculty. In the spirit of the AERA 2015 Annual Meeting theme of moving toward justice, the paper concludes with important recommendations for praxis in higher education, especially as it relates to historically underrepresented faculty.

Authors

• Tamisha M. Bouknight, Lehman College of the City University of New York

• Danielle Magaldi-Dopman, Lehman College - CUNY

• Anne M. Marshall, Lehman College - CUNY

• Rosa L. Rivera-McCutchen, Lehman College - CUNY

• Laura A. Roberts, Lehman College - CUNY