This themed issue presents a collection of novel scholarship centering Black womxn academics who navigate the pressure of the academy amidst institutional racism compounded by the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. More specifically, this issue provides cutting-edge research to assist higher education administrators and university stakeholders to understand how to support Black womxn in their quest to continue thriving and surviving in the academy. Our overall goal is to help our academic sisters realize that we are not burned out, that we are being set on fire by institutional forces; and to find ways to become flame resistant.