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Faculty & Staff

University of Wyoming to Hire a Diversity Coordinator

by Associated Press CASPER, Wyo. — The University of Wyoming president has announced plans to create a diversity coordinator position and form a committee tasked with increasing inclusivity on campus. The Casper Star-Tribune reports that university spokesman Chad Baldwin says the new position was created in response to concerns about the lack of diversity on […]

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CHRISTINE SUNG

CHRISTINE SUNG has been appointed assistant professor of marketing in the College of Business and Entrepreneurship at Montana State University. She was an assistant professor at Old Dominion University in Virginia. Sung earned a bachelor’s from the Catholic University of Daegu in Korea, a master’s fromIndiana University and a doctorate from Michigan State University.

November 18, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Jacobs ‘Four Arrows’ Educates on Plight of Native Americans

When it comes to promoting education, Dr. Don Trent Jacobs — most commonly known as “Four Arrows” — favors unconventional pedagogical approaches to teaching and learning.

November 16, 2015

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Southern California College Dean Resigns Amid Racial Issues

CLAREMONT, Calif. ― The dean of students at a small Southern California college resigned Thursday after protests linked to racial concerns on campus. Mary Spellman, who held the position at Claremont McKenna College since 2010, announced her resignation in an email to students. “I believe it is the best way to gain closure of a […]

November 13, 2015

In Case You Missed It…

Where Are All the Black College Faculty? R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student Controversy Surrounds Push for Albany, Darton Merger At Mizzou, and Across the Country, It’s All About the Bottom Line

November 12, 2015

Faculty & Staff

U. of Illinois OKs Settlement with Professor Over Job Offer

CHICAGO ― The University of Illinois will pay a professor who lost his job offer over a series of anti-Israel tweets $600,000 plus legal costs under an agreement trustees approved Thursday. The agreement settles Steven Salaita’s lawsuit against the university with the school admitting no wrongdoing, the university said. Salaita will not be hired and […]

November 12, 2015

Online Threats Against Blacks Net Arrest at Missouri Campus

A White college student suspected of posting online threats to shoot Black students and faculty at the University of Missouri was arrested Wednesday, adding to the racial tension at the heart of the protests that led two top administrators to resign earlier this week.

November 11, 2015

R.I.P.: The Tired Myth of the Apathetic Black Student

We should all be finally noticing the new — really the old — Black student activism and it’s been a long time coming.

November 11, 2015

Yale Students March Over Concerns About Racial Sensitivity

Hundreds of Yale students and supporters marched across campus Monday to protest what they see as racial insensitivity at the elite Ivy League school

November 9, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Union Push Gains Steam Among Yale, Harvard Grad Students

Efforts to unionize graduate students at private universities are gaining momentum as the National Labor Relations Board shows new openness to arguments that they are not just students, but also school employees.

November 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Naval Academy Professor Sues Navy Over Free Speech

A civilian professor at the U.S. Naval Academy is suing the Navy, accusing it of violating his First Amendment right to free speech and chilling academic freedom.

November 5, 2015

Faculty & Staff

CINDY D. KAM

CINDY D. KAM was named William R. Kenan Jr. Chair in the Department of Political Science at Vanderbilt University. She also serves as senior associate dean for faculty in the College of Arts and Science and is the director of the Research on Individuals, Politics & Society Laboratory at Vanderbilt. Kam holds a bachelor’s from Princeton University, and a master’s and a doctorate from the University of Michigan.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

DEBORAH BERKE

DEBORAH BERKE has been named dean of the Yale School of Architecture, effective July 1. She is an adjunct professor of architecture at Yale and founder of the design firm Deborah Berke Partners in New York. Berke holds two bachelor’s from the Rhode Island School of Design and a master’s from the City University of New York.

November 4, 2015

Faculty & Staff

DOROTHY HORRELL

DOROTHY HORRELL has been appointed chancellor of the University of Colorado Denver, effective January 4. She was board chair of the Colorado State University Board of Governors. Horrell holds a bachelor’s, a master’s and a doctorate from Colorado State University.

November 4, 2015

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Faculty & Staff

Yale University Devotes $50M to boosting Faculty Diversity

Yale University says it will devote $50 million over the next five years to increasing the diversity of its faculty.

November 3, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Welcome Aboard!

Iraolyn Humphreys has joined the Diverse family as an Advertising Account Manager. She has 10 years of sales and account management experience in the government and commercial space. She is a writer and music enthusiast and enjoys college football.

November 2, 2015

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‘Institution Builder’ Professor Terry Kershaw Dies

Dr. Terry Kershaw, a prolific professor of Africana Studies and longtime board member of the National Council of Black Studies, died last Wednesday. He was 63.

November 2, 2015

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Faculty & Staff

South Carolina State Responds to Segregation Lawsuit

South Carolina’s only historically Black public university says that it has immunity and that current and former students who brought a federal court lawsuit alleging that the state operates a segregated system of higher education have no standing to sue.

November 2, 2015