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<p>This paper builds upon a larger scholarship to share insights on how transformative mentoring can emerge between brown Asian/Asian American scholars from relational, horizontal power-sharing efforts. We share the joys and learnings experienced in co-mentorship during a book project from scratch to finish over three years. We ground our research in collaborative feminist autoethnography, intersectionality and critical race feminism to analyze and develop a collective understanding of our co-mentorship experiences and stories in our ongoing professional relationship and friendship. What contributed to our positive instances of mentoring included affirming identity, tackling imposter syndrome, support and advocacy for microaggressions and social justice, sharing samples of work, strategizing survival within marginalized and intersectional positionalities of academia, flexible time and expectations, and support for caregiving responsibilities. The key themes that emerged in our analysis includes: 1) decoding tenure, 2) being a confidante, 3) living a sandwich generation life, and 4) discussing belonging and connection in a White academic culture. Successful POC peer mentoring involves acceptance of brown women as whole persons, preparing for failure of best laid plans and developing mindfulness about navigating power in academia.</p>

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Your Life Jacket in Academia: Brown Women of Color Faculty Peer Mentoring for Writing, Publishing, and Surviving

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    2025年8月22日

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  • Ashmi Desai,
  • Hoa N. Nguyen

摘要

This paper builds upon a larger scholarship to share insights on how transformative mentoring can emerge between brown Asian/Asian American scholars from relational, horizontal power-sharing efforts. We share the joys and learnings experienced in co-mentorship during a book project from scratch to finish over three years. We ground our research in collaborative feminist autoethnography, intersectionality and critical race feminism to analyze and develop a collective understanding of our co-mentorship experiences and stories in our ongoing professional relationship and friendship. What contributed to our positive instances of mentoring included affirming identity, tackling imposter syndrome, support and advocacy for microaggressions and social justice, sharing samples of work, strategizing survival within marginalized and intersectional positionalities of academia, flexible time and expectations, and support for caregiving responsibilities. The key themes that emerged in our analysis includes: 1) decoding tenure, 2) being a confidante, 3) living a sandwich generation life, and 4) discussing belonging and connection in a White academic culture. Successful POC peer mentoring involves acceptance of brown women as whole persons, preparing for failure of best laid plans and developing mindfulness about navigating power in academia.