The Cohort Sistas Podcast
The Cohort Sistas Podcast is an empowering and enlightening podcast that holds space for Black women and nonbinary doctoral degree holders to share their stories, experiences, and expertise. Each episode features an engaging interview on a wide range of topics, including academic trajectory, application process, mentorship, funding, career development, mental health, and social issues. Hosted by Cohort Sistas Founder and Executive Director Dr. Ijeoma Kola, The Cohort Sistas Podcast is known for its authentic and relatable approach, providing listeners with valuable insights, practical advice, and a sense of community. Whether you're looking for inspiration, encouragement, or simply a thought-provoking conversation, this podcast is a must-listen for aspiring doctors seeking to connect, learn, and thrive.
Cohort Sistas provides digital resources, mentorship, and community to improve equity in doctoral education. While our programs and platform are open to all doctoral students, applicants, and degree holders, we prioritize and center the needs and perspectives of Black women and nonbinary scholars.
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The Cohort Sistas Podcast
Dr. Noelle Chaddock on Starting College at 32, Soul Healing, and Performative Allyship
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The language we use matters, especially if we want to enact change upon systemically racist power structures. In today’s episode, we get together with Dr. Noelle Chaddock who received her Ph.D. in philosophy from Binghamton University and serves as the Vice President of Equity and Inclusion at Bates College. She teaches and publishes critical race theory, Black feminism, and Black dramaturgy and theory. In our conversation, Dr. Chaddock dives straight into her experiences as a transracial adoptee and how those circumstances affected her. Dr. Chaddock shares her non-traditional route to earning her Ph.D. and recounts the story of how a Binghamton University professor encouraged her to pursue a degree, not because she was lacking in skills, but for her self-image and enrichment. Tuning in you’ll hear about Dr. Chaddock’s work in higher education administration and the circumstances that led her to it. Later, we discuss Dr. Chaddock’s book Antagonizing White Feminism: Intersectionality's Critique of Women's Studies and the Academy and its insights into instances of performative allyship. She explains why she no longer believes in white allyship and why co-conspiracy is a viable alternative. She also unpacks how she came to reject the concept of self-care and instead embraced the notion of healing, and explains how Soul Healing can be used to address collective racial trauma. It was an honor having Dr. Chaddock on our show and we loved talking with her! We are sure you will find the conversation every bit as stimulating and thought-provoking as we did!
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