Amplifying Voices: Foregrounding Positionality in Asian American Non-Tenured Female Faculty

• In Event: Fairmont Roundtable Session One
  In Roundtable Session: Race and Gender in Professions Education (Table 6)

Abstract

Non-tenure faculty of color experience marginalization in various areas in academia where they are faced with increased responsibilities and workload without compensation. This study focuses on understanding and foregrounding the positionality in Asian American non-tenured female faculty (AANTFF) who experience triple marginalization of being Asian, female, and non-tenured. Drawing upon critical perspectives – Asian Critical Race Theory, Critical Asian American Feminism, and Critical Collaborative Autoethnography – an adapted, interdisciplinary framework was developed. Guided by this research question: In what ways do AANTFF amplify their voices through autoethnographic work to understand positions within Asian Critical Feminism, the researchers critically reflect on their lived experiences with intentional, collective engagement– rooted in a deeply seeded racialized history that has informed and shaped our present context.

Authors

• Lorine Erika Saito, University of Massachusetts Global
  Presenting Author

• Nirmla Griarte Flores, California State Polytechnic University - Pomona
  Presenting Author