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ERIC Number: EJ1440126
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2024
Pages: 9
Abstractor: As Provided
ISBN: N/A
ISSN: ISSN-1521-0960
EISSN: EISSN-1532-7892
Invisible Labor, Collective Grief, and Community Preservation: A Chicana Contingent Faculty Member Teaching through the Pandemic
Diane Mendoza Nevárez
Multicultural Perspectives, v26 n2 p91-99 2024
In this reflective narrative I share my experience as a contingent faculty member, woman of color, and mother, working, and parenting through a global pandemic and social uprising. I utilize testimonio (Delgado Bernal et al., 2012) as a methodological tool to make visible the labor I engage in and the collective experience between contingent faculty of color and first-generation, Black, Indigenous, and Students of Color. Central to my narrative is a description of the physical, mental, and emotional impact of the pandemic for those of us who occupy spaces of tension and uncertainty: individuals with years of training and specialized knowledge who are undervalued and easily discarded by the institution; caring educators who keep students in college while we are pushed out; dedicated workers teaching in wealthy universities whose low wages maintain their status below the poverty line. In this testimonio, I describe three themes that elucidate my experience teaching through a pandemic as a Chicana lecturer, including (1) invisible and emotional labor and isolation; (2) grief, loss, and sustained mourning and (3) collective care. In the tradition of testimonios, I end with a final reflection and call to action.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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