Jennifer Nelson

Assistant Professor at Univ of Illinois U-C @edIllinois | Organizational Sociologist & Ethnographer | Studies work & inequality

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White teachers were often taken by surprise when Black students pointed out perceived cultural differences between them.

Research found they often resorted to social avoidance to duck difficult conversations about racial topics with colleagues. ▶️ https://t.co/3sMWGvjqnH

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@Paul__Bruno I'm also happy to be collaborating with you on our principal interview study on teaching hiring!

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trainings that facilitate such awareness and emphasize non-avoidant, non-silencing coping strategies for white employees; & (3) employee activism by allies who notice this happening in their organizations.
Read more here or email us if you want us to send you a copy of the paper.

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Check out my recent paper with @tiffdjohnson, here: https://t.co/eiCOk2bSc1

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should forego belonging altogether though. We suggest (1) better understanding, metrics for, and accountability around the ways in which belonging is/could be weaponized to protect whiteness in organizations during hiring, promotion, and recognition procedures; (2) voluntary

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socialization to show how these processes unfold.
These findings don’t mean that orgs should forego belonging altogether though. We suggest (1) better understanding, metrics for, and accountability around the ways in which belonging is/could be weaponized to protect whiteness in

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(1) color-blind ideologies are adopted & protected; (2) racial discrimination in hiring, promoting, awarding is normalized; (3) racial harm is done in social interactions (not only with colleagues, but with Black students). We use concepts of racialized emotion and racial

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@emilyjanehubb homophily- birds of a feather flock together; love of same

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Here is the link to the article on the journal’s website, in case the preview above expires: https://t.co/69It1f9lJG

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What specifically occupational influences impinge on equitable work outcomes by race? Read our pre-print article to find out:
https://t.co/T6Xzy2leXu More below:

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occupations literature is making headway to problematize the role of racial and ethnic exclusion at work.

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@alisonheslin I am so sorry to hear about your Dad, Alison.

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@emilyjanehubb reminds me, somehow, of Malachi 2:17 (ESV): You have wearied the Lord with your words. But you say, “How have we wearied him?” By saying, “Everyone who does evil is good in the sight of the Lord, and he delights in them.” Or by asking, “Where is the God of justice?”

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Our findings inform how principal evaluation systems can be built to maximize principal buy-in, the first step in making these systems effective for school improvement. (N/N)

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How do principals feel about the process by which they are evaluated? In a new article in EAQ with @JasonAGrissom and Margaux Cameron, we find that it depends on individual and school characteristics, but also on elements of the process itself.

https://t.co/4kPyzOIEik 1/N

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We find no evidence of benefits of racial or gender match with one’s evaluator, though working longer with one’s evaluator and perceiving they were evaluated more frequently did benefit principal attitudes about evaluation. (5/N)