Identity in Academia: The Relationship Between the Impostor Syndrome and Intersectionality

Have you ever felt like you don’t belong in graduate school or your current position? Have you felt like you are only at UMass by chance, and all your accomplishments are menial or only possible through extensive guidance from others? There are a number of other feelings and thoughts associated with the Impostor Syndrome, and most of them revolve around feeling inadequate even though you are actually quite accomplished in your field.

Come join Graduate Students of Color Association and GWIS in discussing this sensitive topic, and focusing especially on how to overcome it with faculty with a background in psychology.

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GWIS and the Graduate Students of Color Association will supply the lunch, please bring your questions. Please pre-register for this event!

When: September 21th from 12-1:30

Where: Lie Science Labs N610

Who: All male or female graduate students and post-docs

 

 

Hope to see you there!