“So many of them come back [from the SREB conference] refreshed,” Tarleton says. “They’re refreshed because they see hundreds of people of color all on the same path and they see that critical mass. This is the kind of support they need.”
Epps offers some words of encouragement to those junior scholars that Tarleton says are “flying in the wind and learning the hard way.”
“You are not alone. And don’t ever let yourself think you’re alone. It [the academy] really is different,” says Epps. “But it’s definitely something that can be handled and managed. And you can succeed. If you got in [the academy], you can succeed.”
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