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Are You Still a Postdoc? How My Scientific Identity Intersects with My Immigrant Status

Author(s) -

Emma HernandezSanabria

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

msphere

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.749

H-Index - 39

ISSN - 2379-5042

DOI - 10.1128/msphere.00372-20

Subject(s) - identity (music) , immigration , representation (politics) , sociology , gender studies , set (abstract data type) , political science , aesthetics , law , politics , philosophy , computer science , programming language

Academics in non-tenure-track positions encounter a unique set of challenges on the road toward tenure. Institutionalized policies and lack of mentors are additional burdens for foreign scientists, resulting in representation differences. Becoming a scientist has been a personal and moving journey in which my multiple selves intersect and clash every now and again. My identity as a scientist is a life project and has intersected with my other identities: a young Latina immigrant in Western Europe. This crossroad has molded, and at times, challenged my participation in science.

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