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Finding Voice: Two Afro Caribbean Immigrant Members Of The Academy Writing ‘Home’, Janice B. Fournillier, Theodore Lewis

Educational Policy Studies Faculty Publications

Two Afro Caribbean immigrants share our individual experiences of navigating the United States (US) academy, and the strengths we derived in the process. We explore the questions: How do we make meaning of our experiences as members of the academe? What accounts for our ability to perform, develop, and grow as scholars in the US? We used the writings of local and international scholars as frames for the analyses of our experiences. Our reflections on the situated and peculiar nature of our dispositions as persons of African descent from the Caribbean are not meant to set us apart or create …