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Publication Date: 2014
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"Students Should Not Be Your Friends": Testimonio by a Latina on Mothering One's Own, Othermothering, and Mentoring Students in the Academy
Esposito, Jennifer
Equity & Excellence in Education, v47 n3 p273-288 2014
This article is an autoethnographic account of how I negotiated intersectional identities as a Latina, mother, and professor, mentoring students of color. Specifically, I examine the ways mothering shaped my relationships with the students I mentored. I engaged in "othermothering" and utilized "pedagogies of the home" by creating reciprocal relationships of caring and nurturing. Utilizing critical race theory (CRT) and testimonio, I argue that my identity as a mother of color successfully negotiating the tenure track impacted the ways in which I mentor(ed) students of color.
Descriptors: Ethnography, Autobiographies, Hispanic Americans, Mothers, College Faculty, Mentors, Minority Group Students, College Students, Child Rearing, Teacher Student Relationship, Caring, Critical Theory, Racial Factors, Social Theories, Identification (Psychology), Tenure, Minority Group Teachers, Women Faculty, Graduate Students
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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