A Humanizing Pedagogy of Justice-Oriented Mentorship

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Abstract

In this paper, the authors propose a justice-oriented mentorship practice as a conduit of doctoral students’ well-being offering the potential to improve doctoral outcomes and retention rates. Through a collaborative autoethnographic inquiry guided by an endarkened feminist epistemology, they explore the themes: (1) Humanizing pedagogy as a conduit for doctoral students’ wellbeing, (2) Negotiating power as a medium for relationship building and mutual learning, (3) Resiliency and agency in engaging in equity and justice-oriented research.

Authors

• Christine W Nganga, The George Washington University

• Naudia Fairclough, The George Washington University