Co-sponsored by Women’s Caucus for Political Science
Roundtable with Virtual Participation
Participants:
- (Chair) Roselyn Hsueh, rhsueh@temple.edu; Temple University
- (Presenter) Robin L. Turner, rlturne1@butler.edu; Butler University
- (Presenter) Alice Kang, alicejkang@gmail.com; University of Nebraska-Lincoln
- (Presenter) Abby B. Cordova, acordov3@nd.edu; University of Notre Dame
- (Presenter) Natasha Behl, nbehl@asu.edu; Arizona State University
- (Presenter) Erica Townsend-Bell, etowns@okstate.edu; Oklahoma State University
- (Presenter) Nermin Allam, nermin.allam@rutgers.edu; Rutgers University
Session Description:
Women of color in comparative politics (WOCs in CP) face distinct challenges in the subfield, the discipline, the (research) field, and beyond academia. Raced-gendered obstacles to benefitting from professional networks include too-often being the only one in home departments, in graduate school, on conference panels, and in Americanist-dominated POC spaces; ascriptions of foreigner status (to those with ties to the Global South); misogynoir and other forms of anti-Blackness; Indigenous erasure; neocolonialism; and racialized sexual harassment. Women of color comparativists continue to make their way in scholarly networks nevertheless. Supportive networks have played an important role in survival, well-being, and professional success of the roundtable presenters, who employ diverse methodologies, study varied substantive topics, and focus on different geographic regions. The presenters, who all earned tenure and promotion, will share their experiences navigating the discipline, highlighting how they have found, crafted, and sustained networks as a launching point for inclusive conversation, strategizing, and problem-solving with attendees.
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