A presentation crafted for the Florida Atlantic University Women's Leadership Institute.

1. You’re Meant To Be
Here: A Deeper Look
Into The Imposter
Phenomenon
By: Shinnomon Bartley
Alex Stewart
Amy Timmerman

2. Bit.ly/wli2020
(all lowercase)

3. Learning Outcomes
1. Understand what the imposter phenomenon is and why you are
feeling it.
1. Have tools to alleviate the pressure of this feeling.

4. What is the Imposter Phenomenon (IP)?

5. Discussion Questions
Think-Pair-Share
1. Talk about a question that stood out to you and why?

6. IP vs. Humility
Looking into feelings (feeling of tokenism vs. feeling humble)
Knowing when to speak up and in which spaces. (understanding being
humble and feeling like an imposter)

7. Advocacy
I am not the sole representative of the people who hold my identities
and look like me.
Tokenize & minoritized individuals feeling insecure when they are the
only ones of their identity present in a group.
The Only One (Demby, G. 2015)

8. Intersectionality and IP
For each minoritized group you
identify with, it is adding one
year to the process of
completing a dissertation
How do you think your identities
impact your feelings of
impostorism?

9. Career Management
“Stop telling yourself no and let them tell you no”
No one has their stuff together and that’s okay

10. Social Media Impact
Social Media blurs reality to
show only the most perfect
aspects of people’s live
Only shown what people
want you to see

11. Impostorism Tweets

12. Discussion Questions
How do you handle these feelings?
What advice would you give to others in the room?

13. Action Items
Practice talking about your
accomplishments via your
resume
Save your sorries!

14. Thank You!

15. Shinnomon Bartley - sbartley2014@fau.edu
Alex Stewart - alexmicah.stewart@gmail.com
Amy Timmerman - amytimmerman96@gmail.com