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Academic Leadership by Day, Student by Night: Juggling Department Management, Teaching, and a PhD Program as a Minority Woman

by Barbara c.g. Green | Xchanges 19.2, Fall 2025


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Contents

Introduction

Situating and Leveling Up Identity Convergence

Shapeshifting Through Academia and Pedagogical Evolution

The Psychological Negotiations Between Authority Figure and Student

How Professional Expertise Shapes and Influences Graduate Studies

The Heavy Hand of Impostor Syndrome

Beyond Individual Experience

Recommendations and Applications

Conclusions and Future Directions

References

About the Author

References

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