TY - JOUR
T1 - Running bamboo
T2 - A mentoring network of women intending to thrive in academia
AU - Agosto, Vonzell
AU - Karanxha, Zorka
AU - Unterreiner, Ann
AU - Cobb-Roberts, Deirdre
AU - Esnard, Talia
AU - Wu, Ke
AU - Beck, Makini
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - This article is based on the authors' experiences as women academics who engage in informal peer mentoring to persist in the cultural milieus of their respective institutions. The authors draw on poststructural perspectives and the metaphor of the rhizome "running bamboo" to illustrate the connections they forged in a mentoring network that folds across multiethnic, multilingual, and multi-geographic spaces. The analysis of personal narratives surfaced the significance of context for understanding each other's persistence in the academy. By rhizomatically constructing personal and professional narratives, the authors identified how shared experiences in academia, the contextual variations among them, and a process of becoming peers in a mentoring network supports their negotiation of the academy.
AB - This article is based on the authors' experiences as women academics who engage in informal peer mentoring to persist in the cultural milieus of their respective institutions. The authors draw on poststructural perspectives and the metaphor of the rhizome "running bamboo" to illustrate the connections they forged in a mentoring network that folds across multiethnic, multilingual, and multi-geographic spaces. The analysis of personal narratives surfaced the significance of context for understanding each other's persistence in the academy. By rhizomatically constructing personal and professional narratives, the authors identified how shared experiences in academia, the contextual variations among them, and a process of becoming peers in a mentoring network supports their negotiation of the academy.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84964680360&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/19407882.2015.1124785
DO - 10.1080/19407882.2015.1124785
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84964680360
SN - 1940-7890
VL - 9
SP - 74
EP - 89
JO - NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education
JF - NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education
IS - 1
ER -