Description: In the light of recent discussions of the power dynamics that are inherent in relationships between graduate students and their advisers, pairs of advisers and former advisees share ideas about productively responding to challenges in advising relationships. Then members of the MLA’s Delegate Assembly Organizing Committee address the Delegate Assembly's consideration of power dynamics. We conclude with an honest discussion about advising problems and possible solutions.

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Speakers

Jenna Lay, Lehigh U

Asha Nadkarni, U of Massachusetts, Amherst

Neelofer Qadir, U of North Carolina, Greensboro

Emily Shreve, U of Nevada, Las Vegas

Presider

Meredith Farmer, Wake Forest U

Andrés Rabinovich, U of Kansas

Respondent

Angelika Bammer, Emory U

Michelle J. Brazier, Raritan Valley Community C, NJ