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Scenario

When academic requirements conflict with community accountability

My PhD research focuses on environmental racism and my advisor keeps pushing me to make it more theoretical and less activist, but the communities I study are asking me what good my degree will do them.

More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Institutional demands for scholarly objectivity can undermine commitment to those most affected by the research.

Your guide for this
Juana
Juana works with people navigating exactly this kind of situation.
Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Reparations — the philosophical case?”

Peri

Peri can explain why this happens, help you decide if this is the right situation for you, and point toward the right journey or coach.

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