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A Black Feminist Autoethnographic Reflection on Mentoring in the Discipline of Political Science

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  16 October 2020

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Abstract

Anecdotally, there is growing concern among racialized women in political science: we are too few. More distressing, however, is the number of racialized women faculty who have fallen ill or passed away at a young age. On October 9, 2018, political scientist Dr. Malinda Smith (2018) drew attention to the unfortunate trend via a series of tweets, listing the names of women in political science who had recently passed away and compelling us to bear witness.

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Mentoring in Political Science: Examining Strategies, Challenges, and Benefits
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PS: Political Science & Politics , Volume 53 , Issue 4 , October 2020 , pp. 788 - 792
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© The Author(s), 2020. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of the American Political Science Association

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