Called to speak up
Bipoc women academics' sense of power, calling and constructive voice
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4367540 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tina Sharifi (0000-0001-6167-2298, York University, corresponding author), Asma Tabassum (0000-0003-1347-3272, York University), Souha Ezzedeen (0000-0002-3598-683X, York University) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Publication date | 2025-08-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Feminist Theory (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1464-7001 • E-ISSN: 1741-2773 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14647001251362636 |
| OpenAlex | W4413118961 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 18 |
Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) women academics face a paradox in higher education - tasked with championing diversity and critical inquiry, yet their voices are often silenced and their labour undervalued. This Interchanges piece examines how intersecting oppressions shape BIPOC women's sense of power, calling and capacity for constructive voice. Drawing from empirical and theoretical scholarship, we illustrate that despite systemic barriers, BIPOC women's calling motivates their intellectual activism to resist their collective marginalisation. However, this calling is frequently instrumentalised by institutions, where their services, particularly in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, mentorship and care work, are undervalued or unrecognised. We call for institutional reforms to acknowledge and redistribute this labour, ensuring that calling is sustained as empowerment rather than exploitation
Constructive · Linguistics · Sociology · Communication · Computer Science · Diversity and Career in Medicine · Engineering · Gender Diversity and Inequality · Mentoring and Academic Development · Philosophy · Psychology
Research on calling
Employee Voice Behavior
Linking intersectional invisibility and hypervisibility to experiences of microaggressions among graduate women of color in STEM
Power, approach, and inhibition.
The theory of planned behavior
‘Whiteness is an immoral choice’
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
Demarginalizing the Intersection of Race and Sex
The Personal Sense of Power
Marginalized to double marginalized
Jobs, Careers, and Callings
Black Reconstruction
Answering the crisis with intellectual activism
Learning from the Outsider Within
Why don't you get somebody new to do it?' Race and cultural taxation in the academy
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |