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Section: Demographics
African-American
Kanika Tolver Creating a Path to Success in STEM Fields
Amid a national crisis to recruit skilled professionals to the STEM fields, Kanika Tolver manages not only to represent the scarce number of minorities in STEM, but also emerge as an innovator in information technology.
May 5, 2014
LGBTQ+
When a Young Life Ends Tragically
Why San Francisco State University senior Stephen Guillermo won’t graduate this year.
May 5, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Condoleeza Rice Backs Out of Rutgers Commencement
NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. ― Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice has backed out of delivering the commencement address at Rutgers University following protests by some faculty and students over her role in the Iraq War.
May 5, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Professor Makes Sure There’s No Disconnect in Her Online Program
Kari Frisch is maintaining 95 percent retention rates in her online courses at Central Lakes College through innovative methods.
May 5, 2014
African-American
Professor Makes Sure There’s No Disconnect in Her Online Program
Kari Frisch is maintaining 95 percent retention rates in her online courses at Central Lakes College through innovative methods.
May 5, 2014
African-American
Pay Gap Persists at University of Iowa
On average, female professors at the University of Iowa make less money than their male counterparts.
May 1, 2014
Disabilties
Coalition Working to Bring Rural College Communities Up to Speed
A diverse coalition of colleges, corporations and other organizations is seeking to boost wireless broadband connectivity in small towns and rural areas.
May 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Schools Facing Title IX Investigation
May 1, 2014
African-American
Black, Latino Students On Outside Looking In at America’s Top Public High Schools
Not many Black and Latino students are enjoying the benefits of the high schools that are perched atop the US News and World Report rankings.
May 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson
Dr. Ivory A. Toldson is an associate professor at Howard University and senior research analyst for the Congressional Black Caucus Foundation. In September, President Barack Obama named Toldson deputy director of the White House Initiative on Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Known as a “myth buster,” Toldson has challenged popular research reports and news sources […]
May 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Terrell Lamont Strayhorn
Dr. Terrell Lamont Strayhorn is associate professor of higher education at The Ohio State University in the School of Educational Policy & Leadership, where he also serves as faculty research associate in the Kirwan Institute for the Study of Race & Ethnicity. Strayhorn has authored five books. The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education named […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Dr. Victoria Defrancesco Soto
Dr. Victoria M. DeFrancesco Soto is a fellow at the Center for Politics and Governance at the LBJ School of Public Aff airs at the University of Texas. Her research on political behavior has been widely published in scholarly journals and cited in The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune, Time, and POLITICO. […]
May 1, 2014
Students
Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma
Dr. Nitasha Tamar Sharma is associate professor of African-American studies, Asian American studies and performance studies at Northwestern University, where she has received several outstanding teaching awards. Her scholarship focuses on Afro/Asian American relations, especially in studying the relationship between the two through hiphop music. Sharma is writing her second book, “Hidden Hapas: Multiracial Blacks […]
May 1, 2014
African-American
Dr. Said Sewell III
Dr. Said L. Sewell is an assistant provost at Kent State University , where he was dean of under graduate studies. Sewell is working on two books: “Empowering Black Male Students to Greatness” and “Let Us Make Man: A Conversation with Black Men on Saving Black Boys.” He has received numerous awards for his scholarly […]
May 1, 2014
African-American
Dr. Jeffrey O.G. Ogbar
Jeffrey O. G. Ogbar is a professor of history and vice provost for diversity at the University of Connecticut. Ogbar has served as associate dean for the Humanities in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and director of the Institute for African-American Studies. He has authored several books, including his most recent, an edited […]
May 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Peniel Joseph
Peniel E. Joseph is a tenured professor of history at Tuft s University and the author of several award-winning books, including Waiting ‘Til the Midnight Hour: A Narrative History of Black Power in America and Dark Days, Bright Nights: From Black Power to Barack Obama. He is a frequent commentator on issues of race, democracy […]
May 1, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Dr. Paula T. Hammond
Paula T. Hammond grew up wanting to become a writer, but instead she’s become a leading chemical engineer and academic. At MIT, she serves as the David H. Koch professor in engineering. Hammond helped found the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies, which strives to design more functional technology for soldiers. Her research interests include the nanoscale […]
May 1, 2014
African-American
Dr. Eddie Glaude Jr.
Eddie S. Glaude Jr. is professor of religion and chair of the Center for African-American Studies at Princeton University. Regarded as one of the most important Black intellectuals in the U.S., Glaude is the author of several books, including In a Shade of Blue: Pragmatism and the Politics of Black America. Glaude developed the online […]
May 1, 2014
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