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Episode #11 – Being Black and Successful Beyond the Academy (LCL Audio)


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“Your network is your net worth.”

This episode is an audio version of a virtual panel held at the Linguistics Career Launch in the summer of 2021; the moderator is Minnie Quartey Annan (Georgetown/Boys and Girls Clubs of Greater Washington DC).

From #BlackInTheIvory and beyond: The panelists discuss their experiences in and out of academia as they navigate success. the importance of networks, and whether DEI in the workplace is productive or just performative.

Mackenzie Price on LinkedIn

Na’im Tyson on LinkedIn

NWAV (New Ways of Analyzing Variation), annual conference

Topics covered:

– Changing jobs

– Structure of labor
– Free labor
– Affinity groups
– Imposter syndrome
– Networking
– DEI
– NWAV

Download a transcript here (Word doc) or view it online here courtesy of Luca Dinu

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