Unaccounted Intersectional Emotional Labor

Grieving While Managing Faculty Socio-Professional Relationships

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ID19225358
AuthorsSakeena Everett (0000-0002-1231-6745, University of Connecticut, corresponding author), Mandie Bevels Dunn (0000-0002-4067-6828, University of South Florida)
Year2026
Volume28
Issue1
Pages25-34
Publication date2026-01-02
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueMulticultural Perspectives (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1532-7892 • E-ISSN: 1521-0960
PublisherTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15210960.2026.2654398
OpenAlexW7162036439
LanguageEN
References cited27

After the death of a loved one (bereavement), faculty can experience a wide range of unexpected, embodied responses (grief), which can be physiological, mental, and emotional. Grief may influence Faculty Socio-Professional (FSP) relationships, which are central, not tangential, to daily faculty work. We offer an “intersectional emotional labor” theoretical framework to define and discuss FSP relationships among grieving tenure-earning Black women faculty, a historically marginalized population in academia, as they initiate and maintain FSP relationships during their probationary years. In doing so, we advance an interdisciplinary grief conversation in multicultural education. We end by offering suggestions to support grieving tenure-earning Black women faculty

Career development · Higher education · Interpersonal relationship · Intersectionality · Qualitative research · Semi-structured interview · Emotional Labor in Professions · Employment and Welfare Studies · Interdisciplinary Cultural and Social Studies

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