This article presents a candid, curated conversation among four Black organizational scientists, who are fellows of multiple professional societies, about the experience of being Black in the academy. It aims to promote awareness of the uniqueness presented by their racial identity, the ways in which their careers parallel those of non-Black scholars, and the present and future of becoming an inclusive academy. The conversation was edited to maintain the anonymity of the colleagues, students, and institutions referenced while seeking to maintain the authenticity of their experiences. The fellows identify competence affirmation, access to scholarly development, mentoring, and sponsorship, overcoming bias, institutional and location fit, and identity affirmation as issues they have encountered on their journeys from doctoral students to senior faculty. The article concludes with the fellows’ insights on how they forged their professional paths and suggestions for how the management/OB and I-O psychology fields should move forward based upon their conversation.

本文介绍了四位黑人组织科学家（他们是多个专业协会的研究员）之间关于在学院成为黑人的经历的坦率、精心策划的对话。它旨在提高人们对种族身份所呈现的独特性的认识，他们的职业与非黑人学者的职业平行的方式，以及成为包容性学院的现在和未来。对话经过编辑，以保持所引用的同事、学生和机构的匿名性，同时力求保持他们经历的真实性。研究员确定能力肯定、获得学术发展的机会、指导和赞助、克服偏见、制度和地点适合、以及身份确认作为他们在从博士生到高级教师的旅程中遇到的问题。文章最后以研究员对他们如何打造自己的专业道路的见解和对管理/OB 和 IO 心理学领域应如何根据他们的谈话向前发展提出建议。