WISDM Professional Development Seminar - Building Imposterism Resistance Online
Minoritized and early-career academics can sometimes feel like double-dealing tricksters, wondering, “Do I really deserve to be here?” We’re talking about smart humans who are not, in fact, lying, cheating, snake oil-hustling charlatans. So why do so many have impostery beliefs? More importantly, what is it about the context that *makes* minoritized and early-career academics feel like frauds?
Join Dr. Sharon Zumbrunn from the VCU School of Education to explore how academia is the perfect ecosystem for breeding imposter phenomenon dragons and offer strategies for slaying your own personal imposter dragon.
Learning Objectives:
1) Understand aspects of the imposter phenomenon as well as the prevalence of the imposter phenomenon in academia;
2) Discuss contextual aspects that foster imposter beliefs;
3) Practice strategies for building imposterism resistance