Book chapter
Shaking off the Imposter Syndrome: Our Place in the Resistance
The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education, pp.529-543
Springer International Publishing, 1st
12/04/2022
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Abstract
Jarldorn and Gatwiri use auto-ethnographic and feminist theorisations to draw on their subjective experiences of gender, race, class, age and nationality to expose how the term ‘imposter syndrome’ attaches itself to bodies which transgress the ideals of traditional academia. Focussing on the experiences of transitioning from student to doctor, this chapter follows their entry into academia, exploring feeling ‘out of place’ through a structural lens in the context of the Australian neoliberal university. The authors conclude by offering the strategies they deploy to resist and challenge the narrative of the ‘ideal academic’, while shaking up academia through inclusive and critical approaches to teaching and student engagement, and through nurturing feminist friendships.
Details
- Title
- Shaking off the Imposter Syndrome: Our Place in the Resistance
- Creators
- Michele Jarldorn - University of South AustraliaKathomi Gatwiri - Southern Cross University
- Contributors
- Michelle Addison (Editor of compilation) - Durham UniversityMaddie Breeze (Editor of compilation) - Queen Margaret UniversityYvette Taylor (Editor of compilation) - University of Strathclyde
- Publication Details
- The Palgrave Handbook of Imposter Syndrome in Higher Education, pp.529-543
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing; Cham
- Edition
- 1st
- Identifiers
- 991013010493502368
- Copyright
- © 2022 The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG
- Academic Unit
- Faculty of Health; Centre for Children and Young People; Social Work
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter