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Scholar-Practitioner Helps to Promote Inclusivity at Alma Mater

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Nearly twenty years later, Patterson-Stephens returned to her alma mater in 2021 to become CMU’s Vice President for Inclusive Excellence and Belonging after honing her leadership skills at several other colleges and universities across the nation. She is the first Black woman to ever serve as a vice president at the university.

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A State of Affairs, the Underrepresentation of Minority Community College Trustees

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Having an advocate or mentor is critical We found that the presence of a mentor in the life of the trustee was critical to the participants’ successful selection or election as trustee. Research revealed that all but one of these award-winning colleges had a board-influenced diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) mandate.

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Dismantling Global Injustices

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H. When he returned to the U.S.,

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Dismantling Global Injustices - Dr. Brendan Skip Mark

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

political science, Binghamton University Career mentors: Dr. David L. Mark enrolled at the New School, where he earned a master’s degree in international affairs in 2012. history, Tufts University; M.A., international affairs, The New School; and Ph.D., Cingranelli, Binghamton University and Dr. Dave H. When he returned to the U.S.,

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An Activist-Scholar

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

communication, University of Southern California Career mentors: Dr. Sarah Banet-Weiser, University of Southern California; Dr. Radhika Parameswaran, Indiana University; and Dr. Sue Zaeske, University of Wisconsin-Madison Words of wisdom/advice for new faculty members: “Enjoy every stage of your academic career. After she earned her Ph.D.

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Virginia Tech’s CEED Program Builds Pipelines to Engineering

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Early in her time as an administrator at Virginia Tech, she implemented the Black Engineering Support Team (BEST), having Black upperclassmen be peer mentors to freshmen. Those freshmen remained bonded and, in time, became mentors. The four-year graduation rate for students who entered in 2012 was 52.8%. Watford says.

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Lifting As They Climb

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Ducommun Endowed Professor (Emerita) in the Graduate School of Education at Stanford University, was president in 2011-2012. Throughout the association’s existence, Black AERA presidents have steadily pushed for more inclusivity and to urge panel sessions that focused on racial inequities and racism within the field. Dr. Joyce E.