Nadine led a workshop for members of our Black Studies graduate student cluster. Participants described the workshop as very meaningful and transformative. This workshop would be an excellent supplement to any graduate program serving historically-excluded students or students committed to linking theory and research to praxis and engagement.
Dr. Naber facilitated her “Liberate Your Research” workshop for a group of faculty and for a group of doctoral students and in both cases the feedback was highly positive and heartfelt. Participants noted that the content was relevant and useful and that the experience was empowering and enriching. A most valuable professional development experience for…
Judy Schabel, PhD, Assistant Dean for Diversity, University of Michigan
Dr. Naber’s workshop is a profound experience for marginalized scholars seeking to explore complex questions that often affect our populations. Although I’ve gone to conferences and academic workshops previously, none of them seemed to address the root struggles I and other marginalized scholars experience in academia and the world at large, nor how to adequately…
Natalie Santiago, PhD student, Northern Illinois University
My former team benefited greatly from Dr. Naber’s work which helped us interrogate our role as researchers within the non-profit industrial complex (NPIC). It requires a special person like Dr. Naber to help groups identify the structures within the NPIC because it is often seen as non-harmful or less-harmful than the corporate world. She helped…
Jakiyah Bradley, Former Operations Associate, Vera Institute of Justice
I invited Nadine to speak to the incoming cohort of fellows at the Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change at the University of Minnesota on “Ways of Knowing,” with a special focus on how to build ethical knowledge with movements for social, ecological, and epistemic justice. In this class that included students from…
Richa Nagar, ऋचा नागर, Professor of the College, Professor and Co-chair, Department of Gender, Women, and Sexuality Studies, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Working with Nadine has helped me to take ownership of my writing and reorient the doubt or anxieties that emerge while writing in a way that is generative rather than destructive. She has helped me to distinguish between the harmful structures produced within academia, the way I respond to those structures, and the work I…
Amanda Batarseh, Assistant Professor of Arabic and Comparative Literature, Department of Literature, UC San Diego
I cannot recommend this workshop highly enough. Nadine inspired participants in this workshop to approach our research with joy and confidence. She gave us the tools to quell the oppressive criticism many of us have internalized that undermines our writing; she gave us a space to emotionally process, analyze, and refuse in good company the…
Cynthia Franklin, Professor, English, University of Hawai’i
I invited Nadine to offer her workshop (Liberate Your Research) for our faculty of color retreat and it was exceptional–from beginning to end. Faculty of color are burned out right now and I did not want to host a retreat that focused on “productivity” as a measure of success. Academic writing is difficult and it’s been even…
Badia Ahad, Professor, English, Loyola University Chicago
Nadine visited my graduate research methods seminar and her workshop knocked down walls and opened up doors for my students. They entered the workshop feeling stuck and inadequate. They left feeling empowered to be true to themselves and their communities through their research. Their ideas flowed much more freely after this powerful workshop and I…
Michael De Anda Muniz, Assistant Professor, Latinx Studies, San Francisco State University
Before I took Nadine’s workshop, I was bogged down by the feeling that I was stretched out to think in way too many directions. This had to do with my decision to accept the position of Chair of my department, but also with being committed to too many, unrelated research projects. After I took it, I…
Mariela Méndez, Associate Professor, Latin American, Latino and Iberian Studies, University of Richmond
There were a lot of “aha” moments for me during this workshop. I’ve never really thought about the ways that my lived experience informs the methodological & theoretical aspects of my work. I feel like this is such an empowering way to look at my work and show myself why I am the one who…
Ida Yalzadeh, Postdoc, Global American Studies, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University
Dr. Naber’s workshop inspires participants to step into their power. After the workshop, I felt as if I entered a new realm not often associated with the competitive and daunting atmosphere of academia– one that insisted my creativity, insights, and developing work were important and worth pursuing. I now feel grounded, inspired, and motivated. So…
Aisha Subhan, Student, Islamic and Interreligious Studies, Chicago Theological Seminary
After Nadine’s workshop, I felt confident that I could really “do academia.” If I were in Nadine’s shoes, I would not change anything about this workshop. I will continue to benefit from it from here onwards. I would *absolutely* recommend it to other faculty.
Kris Klein Hernandez, Postdoc, American History, Charles Warren Center, Harvard University
I’m grateful for such a generative, helpful, and honestly healing workshop. It was a great experience to get to learn from Nadine and participate in the kind of community building her workshop fosters. I’m extremely grateful for the feedback Nadine gave me. It was super empowering to feel like my research has a purpose and…
Hannah Manshel, Assistant Professor, English, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa
Before I participated in Nadine’s Liberate Your Research workshop, I was filled with trepidation about a challenging new project that seemed to be pulling me far afield in subject matter and totally outside my usual methods. I was filled with doubt and dread. During the workshop, that all changed: with Nadine’s great care and illuminating…
Dorothy Holland, Professor, Cultural Anthropology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
I participated in your Liberate Your Research workshop with the Association of Feminist Anthropology. Since then, I’ve been on the job market for a tenure track position. I just signed the offer letter for my dream job and I truly feel like your workshop was invaluable to me in thinking through how to talk about…