And may I say as someone finishing her PhD soon: yes, ECRs are vulnerable because we fear that our potential careers will be tanked for speaking out against not just academic things but sexual harassment, racism, etc. We need support from later-stage academics but 1/
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I am not a child, I wish to speak for myself and have a voice and have someone in a similar career position to rep me. I would not personally like to be on the board but this attitude that we are vulnerable therefore we shouldn’t be on the board reads more like we are naive 2/
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @ISASaxonists
It was not at all my intention to imply naivete & am sorry it came across that way. My point is that ECR people, BIPOC or not, are already faced with being torn in all directions; the system is rigged to undermine the things that actually help us get/keep jobs (unless we are 1/
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graced with lots of research time/support & low teaching loads in our specific specialties). Women especially are expected to do more unpaid/uncredited labor. Being on the board of an academic society, unless you have patronage there, ESPECIALLY one that is emotionally and 2/
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spiritually draining, is almost never worth as much as more and better scholarship production, or at smaller unis in the US, building relationships across campus. I’m not talking about committees in the same orgs —they give valuable experience and networking opps. But if one 3/
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The arguably main advantages of being senior faculty are that we have both more experience and can take bigger hits. We have IMO a responsibility to help keep ECRs from burning out. It’s not that ECRs can’t — it’s that they shouldn’t have to. /4
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We’re doing the work as is. What’s emotionally draining is having to contend with established white scholars defending racism and white feelings and sexism. This concern for our well-being is appreciated, but the fact is that senior faculty cannot be unilaterally trusted.
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Replying to @AdmiralHip @ISASaxonists
I can’t argue with that. My comment was not a “sit down” to ECRs — it was a “step tf up” to those who should be helping to carry the load. Although it does also help to have the experience to know which parts of the system are more vulnerable, fwiw.
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We’re not saying no senior faculty. Only that we want rep too. Asking for ppl to step up only goes so far. And tbh, many ECRs have experience with managing such things. I’ve been on boards and committees, albeit for smaller things, for 11 years.
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But that is beside the point. Yes, unpaid emotional labour sucks. But if it’s labour we WANT? Then not being allowed on feels like exclusion. A board should be: transparent, accountable, and for vulnerable members they should be supported and protected. The problem with tokens 1/
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Is they get put as the face until the going gets tough and they get no support or are attacked by other board members. And I’ve heard of it happening in numerous cases. But change needs to happen. Keeping us out only serves to maintain status quo.
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