"Inspiring Collegiality: A Roundtable on Intergenerational Mentoring"

Abstract

Wendy Bishop reminds us that “[t]rying to work toward emotional, spiritual, familial, intellectual, professional, political, and the big ETC. of truths is not just part of, but is the process of writing … It is the golden mean, too, of a version of academic life that many of us might choose” (“Suddenly Sexy” 265). This journey is enhanced in life- and career-changing ways through recursive mentoring and collegiality, collaboration, and accompaniment characterized as fluid, liminal, and asynchronous. The voices collected in this tribute provide multigenerational examples of feminist mentoring inspired by Bishop’s work.