Original Research Article

Researching, Learning, and Healing Within the Master’s House

Authors

• • Robin Phelps-Ward
• • Keneisha Harrington
• • Lashia Bowers
• • Dion Harry
• • Maurice Williams
• • Cherese Fine
• • Travis Smith

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). doi: https://doi.org/10.36021/jethe.v4i2.186