Gendered Emotional Labour in Academia

Not Receiving but Expected to Give

Authors

  • Galina Scolnic University of Windsor
  • Jennifer Halliday University of Windsor

Keywords:

classed labour, emotional labour, gendered labour, racialized labour, women in academia

Abstract

The authors share their reflections in the aftermath of the roundtable Emotional Labour in Academia that took place during the Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministes (WGSRF) 2023 conference. Although each participant at the roundtable had a unique positionality, they had experiences to share as women in academia who desire to do their work well without exhausting themselves in the process. This paper does not restate all that was said during the roundtable event but shares what we have learned collectively and individually and further expresses the authors’ desire for more discussion on similar topics wherein we learn with and from each other about how to foster spaces of care and solidarity with one another.

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Author Biographies

Galina Scolnic, University of Windsor

Galina Scolnic is a sessional instructor at the University of Windsor. She teaches Women’s Studies, Sociology, and Philosophy. Her work explores the ways in which class, gender, place of birth, and religion direct one’s life within the matrix of societal expectations. Specifically, she explores the lived realities of the marginalized within a patriarchal capitalist society. Dr. Scolnic writes for academic as well as literary journals with the intention of reaching a wider audience.

Jennifer Halliday, University of Windsor

Jennifer Halliday is a PhD Candidate at the University of Windsor. She has an interdisciplinary educational background, specializing in archaeology, physical anthropology, criminology, and sociology, and her research reflects this diversity by examining complex social issues through a multifaceted lens and integrating diverse theoretical perspectives. Specifically, her research interests lie primarily in ethics, human rights, and incorporating multiple ontologies and epistemologies in policy, but she also explores topics related to animal and environmental welfare and the intersections of environmental racism and physical anthropology.

References

Murray, G., F. Judd, H. Jackson, C. Fraser, A. Komiti, P. Pattison, A. Wearing, and G. Robins. 2007. “Big Boys Don’t Cry: An Investigation of Stoicism and Its Mental Health Outcomes.” Personality and Individual Differences 44(6): 1369-1381.

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Published

2024-10-22

Issue

Vol. 45 No. 2 (2024): Take Back the Future: 2023 Women’s, Gender, Social Justice Association (formerly Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Feministes) Conference

Section

Research Notes

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