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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

media studies and Asian studies, Pomona College; M.A., Find ways to take pleasure in your work now, because this is such a rewarding job.” For as long as she can remember, Dr. Lori Kido Lopez has been passionate about media and Asian American social justice. mass communication, Indiana University; and Ph.D.,

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Dr. Derrick Brooms Appointed Executive Director of the Black Men’s Research Institute at Morehouse College

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

His scholarly work has focused on Black men and boys’ educational pathways, their engagement on campus and identity development, and their lived experiences and representations in the media.

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Student Worker Organizing Efforts See Drastic Uptick

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

at large, finding that despite organization efforts, successful strikes, growing public support, and plenty of media attention, the share of union members among U.S. Over the past decade, unionization in the sector has been drastically increasing, especially for contingent faculty and postdoctoral scholars, Herbert said.

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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The lecture series celebrates Todd’s work as an educator and advocate for community and equality by bringing distinguished scholars in the fields of racial and social justice to campus to share their knowledge and experiences. The Alliance works to support faculty and staff recruitment and retention at the university.

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End of the Rainbow?

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The government affairs department of Equality Texas has been surveying students and faculty at the Texas institutions impacted by SB 17 to gauge how it has been implemented. They also note that LGBTQ faculty and staff can make a point of being mentors and role models as well as cultivating a sense of belonging for students.

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Why We Must Teach African American Studies: A Call to Action

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

We believe that higher education faculty and administrators play an integral role in combating the faulty assumptions, racist ideas and harmful policies put forth by white nationalists. We believe there is a need to elevate diverse African American experiences with intersectional social identities. This must be challenged.

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Colleges need to address rise of white nationalism (opinion)

Confessions of a Community College Dean

” More specifically, I propose three main areas of engagement for higher education: debunking racist and antisemitic myths, bolstering media literacy, and developing a greater culture of belonging. Today they can help repair that legacy of harm by exposing this growing racist myth for what it is.