Abstract
Research on the existential experiences of scholars of color within academic institutions continues to be under-investigated, including within fields that investigate crime and justice. These scholars arrive in the academic workforce shaped by subjective phenomenological experiences rooted in their respective communities but undervalued in academe. Analyzing data from 22 in-depth interviews with Black and Latino/a scholars from across the U.S., I find a disparity between why these scholars entered into fields related to crime and justice and the values of their academic institutions. This disparity creates deontological tensions for scholars of color, perpetuating normative concerns about academic institutions’ understandings of their identities and research. Specifically, scholars describe that their commitment to studying race/ethnicity, crime and justice is often negatively characterized as “me-search,” and they discuss the subject-object paradox of being scholars of color in primarily white academic institutions. This manifests in an academic double consciousness.
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