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  • Chapter 7 - Promoting Mental Wellness among Black Faculty: Strategies for Coping

  • from Part II - Promoting Mental Wellness
  • Edited by Antija M. Allen, Justin T. Stewart
  • Book:
    We're Not OK
    Published online:
    21 April 2022
    Print publication:
    05 May 2022, pp 113-127

  • Summary

    The experiences of Black faculty in Higher Education are often characterized by increased service expectations, lack of sufficient mentorship, lower evaluations from students and encounters of systemic racism in promotion processes. These experiences of discrimination and racial trauma may lead to mental health-related concerns such as depression and anxiety. Yet, in the face of these systemic challenges, Black faculty have found nuanced ways to engage in strategies for coping that promote mental wellness. While such resilience has consistently been a part of the Black Faculty experience, strategies for coping are imperative amidst systemic inequalities, racial microaggressions and institutional practices rendering Black faculty being a numerical minority. Through an exploration of Black faculty experiences, and existing literature, this chapter explores how Black faculty experiences cause mental strain. Various coping strategies utilized by Black faculty to promote mental wellness are explored.