University at Buffalo (UB)
Faculty Profile
Mishuana Goeman
Professor
Indigenous Studies
mishuana@buffalo.edu
Education:
- PhD, Modern Thought and Literature, Stanford University, 2003
Professional experience:
- Chair, Indigenous Studies, University at Buffalo
- Professor, Indigenous Studies, Gender Studies, Literature, Visual Studies, Indigenous Geographies, University at Buffalo
What mentoring means to me:
I have mentored over a dozen graduate students, and to me, it means developing a reciprocal relationship. The academy often demands a transactional relationship between professors and students, staff and professors, administrators and professors, etc. This does not develop a conducive relationship to mentoring for a set of skills that allows individuals to see their strengths and nurture them in conversation. Also, mentoring is not a checklist. I often tell my students that they should have several mentors and meet them where their strengths are as we are all individuals with different skill sets.
Topics I am willing to discuss with students:
Academic Culture
- Considering a non-academic path after grad school.
- Dealing with politics and conflict with faculty or peers.
- Decoding and demystifying academic culture and norms.
Other Topics
- Mishuana adds: I am willing to talk about navigating the academy in relationship to a community you are also held accountable to.
Personal Experiences
- Experiences related to being a woman.
- Experiences related to class and/or socioeconomic status.
- Caregiving for children.
- Caregiving for other loved ones.
- Experiences related to racial, ethnic, cultural and/or religious minority status.
- Experiences related to sexual and/or gender minority status.