My new paper, coauthored with Christine Nyawaga, is finally out in print at the Journal of Professions and Organization, part of a Special Issue on “Opening up the meanings of ‘the professional,’ professional organizations, and professionalism in communication studies.” Our paper is titled, Black frontline workers navigating everyday workplace tensions through professionalism, and you can see it here.
We began this research during the turmoil of the COVID-19 pandemic, deciding to collaborate on a project that would serve as a “rehearsal” for Christine’s dissertation; as it turned out, the so-called rehearsal emerged into an exciting and nuanced study in its own right, examining the myriad ways Black frontline workers draw on professionalism in their everyday work, in response to multiple stressors!
We are so grateful to the amazing men and women who participated in our research. 🎉💙 This paper, the first to emerge from our “rehearsal” study, asks questions like: What does it mean to do frontline work since the pandemic? What intersecting tensions do Black frontline workers, in particular, face? How do they communicatively navigate these tensions? And, how are these navigation strategies themselves layered and tensional?
If you’d like to read the article but your institution does not have access, DM/email me for a free copy! 😎
Rahul Mitra 