ABSTRACT
Though the pursuit of a doctoral degree can be taxing for any student, women of color face unique challenges within the academe. Women of color graduate students are subject to the simultaneous pressures of productivity, representation, and combatting intersectional systemic oppression. Guided by her own observations and experiences as a PhD student, Jasmine Abukar explores the possibility of rest as an antidote to these pressures. This reflective chapter explores the internal and external burdens of being a woman of color doctoral student, feminist scholarship, rest as a form of resistance against oppression, and how experiential knowledge can inform scholarly identity.
