In the dynamic landscape of the neoliberal university, conversations between emerging scholars serve as vital spaces for critical reflection and transformative action. This collaborative autoethnographic study engaged with the complexities of navigating academia as two black clinical psychologists within a South African university. Drawing on…

In this article, three TESOL scholar-practitioners engage in a collaborative autoethnography, analyzing our intersectional professional experiences with native-speakerism and race. Our discussions center around native-speakerism, linguistic racism, and critical race theory. A counter-storytelling approach juxtaposes each of our encounters with…