Yolanda Flores Niemann dialogs about being presumed incompetent in academia on episode #123 of Teaching in Higher Ed.

Only about 20% of faculty are people of color.

No matter how you think of yourself, you cease to be the independent scholar … and you become what the environment needs you to be because you are one of the few people of color.

We need to mentor women to not be afraid to negotiate.

The millennials are …  one of our most social-justice and equality-minded generations.

The responsibility for knowing about issues of race, class, and gender identity, and being able to mentor students around these issues, is a responsibility that needs to be shared.

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