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Section: Opinion
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Thoughts on Jussie Smollett for My Diversity and Media Class
When you teach a course called “Diversity in Media”, Jussie Smollett provided one heck of a teachable moment.
February 25, 2019
African-American
Grambling State University: Where Students Are CELEBRATED, Not Tolerated
About 5 years ago, researchers studying Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) concluded that enrollment among Black students at these institutions was on the decline. In fact, a report released by the Center for Minority Serving Institutions (CMSI) at the University of Pennsylvania revealed that since the 1980s, the number of Black students enrolling at HBCUs had steadily decreased while the population of non-Black students gradually increased.
February 22, 2019
Opinion
Publish or Perish: How to Rid Yourself of Fear
Recently, my colleague Dr. Raquel Wright-Mair at the University of Northern Colorado virtually invited me to guess lecture in her graduate course regarding my op-eds. It is always an honor to share space with colleagues and students across the nation. A graduate student in her course posed a question that I have been reflecting on for the last several days. The student asked, “Do you have fear when it comes to writing these opinion pieces?” Fear and writing go hand in hand in all that we do in academia.
February 18, 2019
Opinion
Open Letter to Faculty of Color Parenting While On The Tenure-Track
We are compelled to write this open letter to our fellow faculty of color colleagues who are navigating tenure-track while raising little humans. As graduate students, we were warned that pursuing a tenure-track position would be both challenging and draining. The mental exhaustion and physiological impact of being on the tenure-track for people of color has been largely researched; much of it centers around social identities and how we navigate systems of privilege and oppression as minoritized individuals.
February 15, 2019
Students
Modeling Behavior And Fostering a Sense of Well-Being For First-Generation College Students
First-generation college students are frequently found in the margins of important collegiate experiences. Instead of being strategically ushered to the center, they often disappear, leaving school completely due to unpleasant experiences, unresponsive offices, as well as inattentive and inadequate support systems on- and off-campus. Navigating the terrain of higher education without built-in support systems can be treacherous. Their first-generation status is often used as a barometer of higher education retention, academic progression and graduation rates.
February 14, 2019
African-American
The Fallacy of NOT Seeing Race
Over the last two weeks I’ve listened to friends, pundits and scholars debate the implications of discovering yearbook photos of Virginia’s Governor and Attorney General proudly wearing Blackface. These revelations are more complicated than dismissing them as youthful indiscretions that were simply apropos of the time.
February 14, 2019
Latinx
Rutgers Can Do More for New Jersey’s African-American Population
In January, 2019 Rutgers kicked off a year of celebrations to mark 100 years since the graduation of our famous alum, Paul Robeson. Yet, despite the hoopla, the university continues to neglect the needs of African-Americans in our state in a manner that is openly contemptuous of Robeson’s core ideas.
February 13, 2019
Campus Climate
A Black Graduate Student’s Perspective on University Speech Codes
I believe that universities should deliberately create a community culture that maintains the safety and dignity of all of their students. This includes the creation of policies that appropriately manage hate speech and related behaviors. Many universities employ speech codes to serve this purpose.
February 12, 2019
Opinion
University of Farmington Sting Hurts Higher Ed More Than It Solves Immigration Crisis
Harvard’s motto is “Veritas,” which is Latin for “truth.” Plain. Simple. And nothing like the University of Farmington which used as its signature, “Scientia et Labor.” Only with the U of F, there definitely was no truth there, no science, no labor nor even an actual University of Farmington campus in Michigan.
February 12, 2019
Disabilties
Candidates of Size – Highlighting Sizeism in Job Searches
Fatphobia, also known as anti-fat bias and sizeism, continues to engender difficult experiences for our students and our colleagues and it manifests in many ways, including our job search processes.
February 11, 2019
African-American
‘We Will Be Watching’ – Algorithms And African-American Life
During my senior year in high school I developed an interest in pursuing a major related to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in college, so I signed up for a section of physics taught by a college professor spending his academic leave at our high school.
February 6, 2019
Community Colleges
In Support of Rural Higher Education, Economic Diversity and Democracy
As a community college, our student body is diverse. It reflects the real world. As part of my first year efforts to see our college through our students’ eyes, at the end of last semester, we held a forum where students shared their thoughts on what started as age diversity on campus. The students communicated how much they treasure what we, educators, see as valuable and a unique advantage afforded to them because they are completing the first two years of their undergraduate degree at a community college.
February 5, 2019
Health
“WELL-thy” New Year Resolutions
For many, the beginning of a new year is a time-honored tradition of fresh starts and new resolutions to change behaviors. Although I typically create a formal New Year’s plan in my professional life, I am much less formal when it comes to plans or resolutions as it relates to my personal life.
January 29, 2019
International
Spontaneous Synergy Happens in a Diverse Classroom
A kind of magical synergy can break out in a university classroom that is diverse when unlikely circumstances coalesce. Where else would a 21-year-old Pakistani man and a 37-year-old U.S. Army Ranger from Ohio find themselves together in rural southeastern North Carolina?
January 29, 2019
African-American
Dr. King Deserves More
We have now entered what I and many other scholars of color call, “The High Season.” It’s that period between Martin Luther King Day, Black History Month and Women’s History Month when we are regularly called upon to lend our scholarly expertise to elementary schools programs, university symposia and community banquets. But, Dr. King deserves more than just annual celebrations. His memory deserves a full time commitment to eradicating poverty, abuses of power, sexism, militarism and yes, racism.
January 28, 2019
Opinion
Former Prof Gave up Higher Ed for Fed Job Disgusted by Shutdown
Without question, President Donald Trump blinked Friday as he stood alone at the Rose Garden podium.
January 25, 2019
Opinion
Learning How to Teach is Important – Even if You Don’t Want to Be Faculty
While not every student intends to teach after completing a terminal degree in education, I would argue that it would be to all students’ benefit to learn how to help others learn effectively. Sure, there are structures in place for graduate students to have experiences being a TA for a course, teaching a course on their own and maybe even earning a teaching certificate; but how are these experiences evaluated?
January 23, 2019
Asian American Pacific Islander
Cilantro and Prejudice
Cilantro is a good example for showing the stupidity of racial stereotypes. The herb, also known as coriander and Chinese parsley, is a staple in some cuisines to the surprise of diners of varying backgrounds who report it tastes like soap. It turns out that whether you like this seasoning or want to spit it out depends on your genetics — your heritage.
January 22, 2019
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