Where Are You From? Othering Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Women University Faculty

• In Event: Writing and Resisting: Intersectional Support for Faculty of Color

Abstract

As Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC) women faculty, we often share experiences with white colleagues indexing us as “other.” During the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, we engaged in formal dialogues via Zoom, which we recorded. We analyzed our experiences through the frameworks of intersectionality (Crenshaw, 1989), funds of identity (Esteban-Guitar & Moll, 2014), and community cultural wealth (Yosso, 2005). Through our testimonios, we realized that our experiences are part of a larger system where we do not fit their notions of human. Thus, they mark us as “other” and give us the burden of explaining that otherness. As a result of our dialogues we were able to speak truth to power with women who respected, encouraged, and lifted us.

Authors

• Laura C. Walls, University of Nebraska - Omaha
  Presenting Author

• Sandra Rodriguez-Arroyo, University of Nebraska - Omaha
  Presenting Author

• Ferial Pearson, University of Nebraska - Omaha
  Presenting Author