Speaker: Kyle Westbook
Imposter Phenomenon: Understanding our own experiences in order to better advise our graduate students
Being successful and confident in our advising positions is not just a matter of job satisfaction, but our ability to positively impact the student experience. The Impostor Phenomenon is characterized by a sense of being incapable, not good enough or having achieved accomplishments by accident or luck. This experience may more heavily impact marginalized genders including women, non-bianary and trans* of all backgrounds and can ultimately affect the realization of human potential. Identifying and appropriately responding to this phenomenon can benefit us, our students and institutions. This internatctive presentation will provide opportunities for participants to discuss the impacts of the impostor phenomenon on their porfessional lives. Participants will leave with ideas to limit the impact of the impostor phenomenon in their work.