Session Information
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