S3 Ep. 9 Exploring Letters of Life From, for, and About Black Women in Academia with Dr. LaNita Wright, Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor, and Dr. Jeanetta D. Sims

In this episode, Dr. LaNita S. Wright is in conversation with coauthors Dr. Juliet Iwelunmor and Dr. Jeanetta D. Sims about their paper in HPP's What Is Antiracism in Health Promotion Practice? series. They reflect on the finished product with feelings of openness, illumination, and value. They used Relational Dialectics to frame this piece and to help unpack their experiences as Black women in academia, accounting for multiple, often opposing, sides of the spectrum without having to resolve or reconcile or even to offer expansive recommendations about what to do with structures that were not built for them and may be still perpetuating injustices. They also note that letters can be used to heal, letters can be used to name, letters can be used to dismantle, and letters can be used to address. This episode references the article titled "Dear Health Promotion Scholar: Letters of Life From, for, and About Black Women in Academia" by LaNita S. Wright, PhD, Juliet Iwelunmor, PhD, and Jeanetta D. Sims, PhD.