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Scholar Fuses Advocacy and Scholarship to Move Equity Needle Forward

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

When she ended her 15 years as director of BCRW in 2015, the college devoted a day-long colloquium to celebrate her contributions to feminist scholarship and research. Activism and scholarship Founded in 1971, BCRW is noted for combining activism and academia at a time when that was uncommon.

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Dr. Orlando Taylor: A Person to Emulate

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He took me there to meet his long-time colleague and co-founder of the magazine, Dr. Bill Cox. Wherever we went, Orlando knew how to engage people’s hearts through his own scholarship and research, from my shy niece to the President of a powerful university. He honored human beings. With that spirit, let’s carry on together.

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How Scholarship, Service, and Experience Inform One Professor's Research

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Massey also co-facilitates the Binghamton Human Sexualities Lab with three colleagues. “One of the things I’ve been able to do is bring stories and, in some ways, convey a vividness or emotion about the times we’re talking about,” says Massey, who teaches a course in LGBTQ history.

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Unity in Action: Advancing Social and Ecological Justice through Diverse Perspectives

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This approach emphasizes kinship among all human beings as well as with our non-human relatives. Human beings can take action on these issues through our collective wisdom and commitment, which ultimately can bring forth and unleash our human potential for a greater good. Dr. Katrina S.

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How to Address the Dearth in Black Male Teachers

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She also serves as project director of the Males for Alabama Education (MALE) initiative, a state-funded program scholarship and mentorship program for minority men walking the teacher education pathway. Once we received funding from the state, I was able to collaboratively develop the program,” Strachan said. “We We have an academic adviser.

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Mapping the Legacy of RPI's First African American Woman Leader

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Time Magazine once referred to Jackson as “perhaps the ultimate role model for women in science.” There have been curriculum advances, increased scholarships, growth in undergraduate research and innovations in student life. She taught in the physics section for two years, leaving when she became immersed in her doctoral research.

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For the Common Good

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Hairston College of Health and Human Sciences, mentions the bachelor’s degree in health services management, which began in fall 2019 in response to career interests of students in the health sciences and biological sciences. The second is undergraduate scholarships for health science students that are interested in careers in public health.