Researching, Learning, and Healing Within the Master’s House
Robin Phelps-Ward, , None
Keneisha Harrington, , None
Lashia Bowers, , None
Dion Harry, , None
Maurice Williams, , None
Cherese Fine, , None
Travis Smith, , None
Abstract
This paper tells the story of resistance and efforts to work and mend within an anti-Black institution: higher education. Through a collaborative autoethnographic approach, seven Black academics connected to the Action Research Collective team (a group focused on supporting graduate students and cultivating equitable campus climates), explored how doing research as a team served as a mechanism for healing from the trauma of anti-Black racism. This paper illustrates how researching, learning, and healing can manifest within research teams by emphasizing visibility, shared experience, authenticity, and community.
Keywords: Blackness, collaborative autoethnography, research team
How to Cite:
Phelps-Ward, R., Harrington, K., Bowers, L., Harry, D., Williams, M., Fine, C. & Smith, T., (2021) “Researching, Learning, and Healing Within the Master’s House”, Journal of Effective Teaching in Higher Education 4(2), 11-26. doi: https://doi.org/10.36021/jethe.v4i2.186
Rights: Robin Phelps-Ward, Keneisha Harrington, Lashia Bowers; Dion Harry; Maurice Williams, Cherese Fine, Travis Smith
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