What question did this study set out to answer?

To explore how Black women HESA professionals negotiate health and wellness in their workplaces and beyond.

“I Don’t Want to Die for This”:Exploring Black WomenAdministrators’ WorkplaceWellbeing

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Qualitative counter-narratives uncover workplace stress and self-care in Black women HESA professionals, indicating systemic support is critical.

To explore how Black women HESA professionals negotiate health and wellness in their workplaces and beyond.
Conducted qualitative analysis of experiences of eight Black women HESA administrators.
Utilized Black feminist epistemology and intersectionality as conceptual frameworks.
Identified three qualitative counter-narratives related to workplace wellbeing.
Found that Black women face pressures to conform to ideal worker norms, impacting their well-being.
Highlighted the importance of supervisory support for self-care in HESA workplaces.
Showed that workplace stressors lead to reliance on personal solutions rather than systemic change.

Williams et al. (2025) studied this question.

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Qualitative counter-narratives uncover workplace stress and self-care in Black women HESA professionals, indicating systemic support is critical.