Brown Burnout: Navigating Academic Burnout as a Student of Color

Session Type: Invited Speaker Session

Abstract

Graduate student experiences can be a time of great stress and uncertainty for students trying to navigate the many unknown and known expectations of a graduate program. For students of color, this often includes juggling personal and professional responsibilities while navigating racial experiences such as discrimination or isolation. This panel will address burnout in academia. The panel will talk about their own experiences and the ways they found to combat burnout.

Sub Unit

• Graduate Student Council

Cosponsor

• Graduate Student Council

Chair

• Dèsa Karye Daniel, The University of New Mexico

Panelists

• Germine Awad, The University of Texas at Austin

• Henrietta Williams Pichon, New Mexico State University

• Barbara Thelamour, Swarthmore College