Section A01
Research and faculty positions at university remain an ambitious goal to secure for students hoping to remain in academia. As such, it is easy to lose sight of the difficulties the process entails, especially involving the competitive nature of others and the glass ceiling that women in color inevitably encounter. In “Fight the Tower: A call to Action for Women of Color in Academia”, Professor Valverde outlines her own struggle not only in her fight for tenure, but in her personal life after losing a child and almost losing her own life. This article really reaffirmed my suspicions of the unfairness in the academic world, even though it is where I would least expect them to be. The fact that Professor Valverde formally brought her diagnosis of ADHD to the attention of officials in the system who should be notified of this information, and was discriminated against for it, was utterly ridiculous. It is essentially a way of saying that people with mental disorders should not have the same opportunities that everyone else does which is so ironic in itself because why would anyone disclose this information if they knew it would be turned against them? Question: As a woman in color too, I have struggled with imposter syndrome in my field. How did you overcome this feeling, and when were you finally able to diagnose that you had imposter syndrome?
References:
1. Valverde, K., (2013) “Fight the Tower”: A Call to Action for Women in Academia, 12(2), 367-419. Retrieved October 1, 2017.
2. "Response to Caitlin Jones" [digital image]. Retrieved October 1, 2017 from http://lindsaythomas.net/hon2210/posts/page/3/
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