CYGNA North/NARTI In-Person Development Event: Navigating Academic Identity and Community: Perspectives and Practices (Registration Open)

An Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Society and Culture at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University, UK. Her research explores how trust is built in international contexts, with a growing focus on how lived experiences, both personal and professional, shape the (re)building trust. Her current research projects contribute to understanding innovative approaches and practices that enable organisations and institutions make impactful decisions, drawing on insights from lived experiences to drive meaningful change.

An Assistant Professor in Leadership and Human Resource Management at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Shaima’s interdisciplinary research includes, among others, organisational behaviour, psychology, HRM, Contemporary Work design, Meaningful Work, Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fsQCA). Her research outputs have been published in leading academic journals and professional blogs such as Information Systems Journal, German Journal of Human Resource Management, Project Management Journal, and Agile business Consortium.

A Lecturer in the Department of Geography and a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow. She is an expert in researching in, with, and from Black geographies in Latin America from a participatory approach using colonial archives, oral histories, and art. She has also practiced as a human rights lawyer in transitional justice, investigating human rights violations from a gender perspective.

An Assistant Professor in Organisation Studies at Newcastle Business School, Northumbria University. Amal’s research centres around inequalities at different intersections of difference, otherness and marginalisation, and alternative forms of feminist organising. In exploring these themes, Amal draws upon diverse theoretical constructs and adopts unconventional qualitative methodologies and the use of visual and art-based approaches. Her work is published in top leading academic journals including Journal of Business Ethics, Organization, Gender, Work and Organization, Culture and Organization. She holds board roles in different non-for-profit organisations and is the Social Media Editor at Management Learning Journal, as well as Media and Social Media Section Co-Editor-in-Chief at Culture and Organization Journal.

The founder and chair of the Sisters in Higher Education Network (S.HI.NE), a network of Black and Ethnic Minority Females in Higher Education, who get together to explore, address and discover solutions to the deep barriers and challenges faced.

Gloria is also an Assistant Professor in Accounting and Financial Management at the Newcastle Business School. Furthermore, as a certified coach and mentor, her aim is to help others maximise their potential and work towards their personal and professional goals.

Speaker: Dr Ana Laura Zavala Guillen, Chair of Northumbria Women’s Network

It is an opportunity to celebrate women’s successes and reflect on the opportunities they create for one another. The aim of this talk is to inspire participants to raise their voices, share their stories and imagine a future where women in academia can thrive, innovate and break down barriers.

This will be followed by a group discussion to reflect on the following questions:

–             Are there opportunities for women in academia?

–             What are these opportunities and are they accessible to everyone?

–             What initiatives exist to create more opportunities for women staff in academia?

–             How can we transform the challenges women face into opportunities for growth and empowerment?

Speaker: Dr Amal Abdellatif

In this session, Amal shares her lived experience as an academic and a woman of colour in academia. Amal will share key insights on failures and successes, the opportunities and challenges that are entwined with different dimensions of the academic life between research, teaching, and networking.

Speaker: Dr Gloria Botchway S.HI.NE founder and chair

Gloria’s story between before and after S.HI.NE:  a platform for Black women to share empowering stories. As part of their objectives, the group provides support to and increases the visibility of Black and Ethnic Minority Females working and studying in Higher Education, by enhancing the personal welfare and professional development of members, including through coaching and mentorship.

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Using LEGO bricks, participants will be asked to build something that symbolises their journey or vision for women’s opportunities in academia. Whether representing barriers to overcome or the kind of support that have helped them along the way, the use of LEGO will enable participants to physically build a representation of their ideas and experiences.

Participants will also use drawing, poetry, writing inspirational/motivational thoughts as artistic representations of their experiences as women in academia. They can share their personal challenges, triumphs or the opportunities they have encountered, as well as their vision for a future in which women have more equitable and inclusive access to success in academia. A variety of drawing materials (markers, crayons, pencils, etc.) will be provided to allow for different levels of artistic expression.

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At the end of the event, participants will have the opportunity to share their artwork and LEGO creations with the group. Participants’ consent obtained before the session to take picture of their work.