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Section: Awards/Honors > Emerging Scholars > 2014

HIV Activist

Jillian Lucas Baker’s early experiences with a strong family background and mentors at Penn helped her
develop an interest in public health, eventually leading to her groundbreaking work in HIV/AIDS.

April 21, 2014

Building a Course

Diana Ramírez-Jasso has created a first-ever liberal studies program for Boston Architectural College, capitalizing on her deep interest in history, Mexican background and time at Harvard.

April 18, 2014

Professorial Pursuits

When it comes to the number of women of color in the U.S. pursuing degrees and entering careers in STEM fi elds, the statistics point to a dearth. But don’t include Felecia McInnis Nave in the national norm. Her status as a chemical engineering professor at the historically Black Prairie View A&M University ranks her among a class of fewer than 12 African-American women in the nation who serve as faculty in this field.
In addition, she’s also an administrator, serving as Prairie View’s associate provost and associate vice president for Academic Affairs.

April 18, 2014

Felecia-McInnis

Making an Impression

Korean American Lee, inspired by growing up in racially tense ’90s LA and with help from famous mentors like Henry Louis Gates Jr., is making a splash in the academy as an African-American scholar.

April 18, 2014

Julia-Sun-Joo-Lee

In Plain Language

Immigrating to the U.S. at eight, Anna Dina L. Joaquin rose from the bottom of her high school class to the heights of linguistics scholarship.

April 18, 2014

Balancing the Scales

Moved by sit-ins and the work of Thurgood Marshall, Wendy Greene has risen to prominence as a professor of law at Samford and sought-aft er speaker nationally. From an early age, Wendy Greene knew she wanted to be a lawyer.

April 18, 2014

From Mexico to Advanced Math

Mexican transplant Eduardo González’s work at UMass Boston is attracting major federal grant dollars.

April 18, 2014

Eduardo-Gonzalez

Willing to Lead

Dr. Soribel Genao’s upbringing in the Lower East Side of Manhattan not only gave the Dominican and Haitian American an impetus to attain a higher education, but it also inspired her to study education policy and its effects on mostly Latino and Black communities.

April 18, 2014

Uncovering “Impostership”

Arkansas native T. Elon Dancy II focuses on the experiences of underrepresented college students, fi nding inspiration from his own life journey.

April 18, 2014

Brit Lit and Race

With the publication of his forthcoming book in April, the University of New Hampshire prof is bringing the “theological account of race and racialization” in early modern England to a wider audience.

April 18, 2014

Destined for More

Growing up in a tough Brooklyn neighborhood helped inform Bridgette M. Brawner’s research on HIV/AIDS.

April 18, 2014

Bridgette-Brawner

Native Narrative

William J. Bauer Jr.’s Wailacki and Concow background has inspired his work to preserve California Indian history.

April 18, 2014