TY - JOUR
T1 - Tempered radicalism and intersectionality
T2 - Scholar-activism in the neoliberal university
AU - Richter, Jennifer
AU - Faragó, Flóra
AU - Swadener, Beth Blue
AU - Roca-Servat, Denisse
AU - Eversman, Kimberly A.
N1 - Funding Information:
We thank Nicole K. Mayberry, Emily Adams, and Jim Edmonds for assistance with copy-editing and formatting this manuscript. We also thank the LTGJ activists, supporters, and volunteers who have inspired us and who continue to fuel our scholar-activism and continue to fight for justice.
PY - 2020/12
Y1 - 2020/12
N2 - Using a collaborative critical personal narrative methodology grounded in intersectionality, we interrogated tensions in identifying ourselves as tempered radicals and scholar-activists who were involved in a local university-community activist organization. We assert the value of informal activist spaces within the university and identify issues related to the lack of recognition of scholar-activism as legitimate scholarship, including the paradox of universities as colonizing and liberatory spaces for community engagement and activism. Our themes highlight how mentorship affects scholar-activism and how activism transforms and disrupts the neoliberal university. Yet, activism is rendered invisible, making homeplaces for scholar-activism critical for students, faculty, staff, and the community to address structural inequalities within and outside of the university. We conclude with recommendations to improve mentorship for scholar-activists, to revise tenure and promotion policies to include scholar-activism, and to recognize spaces within the academy that honor scholar-activism as a critical form of praxis informed by intersectionality.
AB - Using a collaborative critical personal narrative methodology grounded in intersectionality, we interrogated tensions in identifying ourselves as tempered radicals and scholar-activists who were involved in a local university-community activist organization. We assert the value of informal activist spaces within the university and identify issues related to the lack of recognition of scholar-activism as legitimate scholarship, including the paradox of universities as colonizing and liberatory spaces for community engagement and activism. Our themes highlight how mentorship affects scholar-activism and how activism transforms and disrupts the neoliberal university. Yet, activism is rendered invisible, making homeplaces for scholar-activism critical for students, faculty, staff, and the community to address structural inequalities within and outside of the university. We conclude with recommendations to improve mentorship for scholar-activists, to revise tenure and promotion policies to include scholar-activism, and to recognize spaces within the academy that honor scholar-activism as a critical form of praxis informed by intersectionality.
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U2 - 10.1111/josi.12401
DO - 10.1111/josi.12401
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85096636937
VL - 76
SP - 1014
EP - 1035
JO - Journal of Social Issues
JF - Journal of Social Issues
SN - 0022-4537
IS - 4
ER -