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Tag: Ethnic Studies
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Harvardâs Promise to Hire Ethnic Studies Faculty Prompts Cynicism
Harvard University is looking to hire three to four faculty ethnic studies faculty by the end of the academic year.
November 13, 2020
Social Justice
Cal State Scholars Call New Ethnic Studies or Social Justice Course Requirement a âTrojan Horseâ
The California State University system board of trustees voted in favor of requiring students to take an ethnic studies or social-justice-related course before they graduate. But ethnic studies scholars opposed the change, arguing that it doesnât actually require an ethnic studies class.
August 3, 2020
Latinx
Ethnic Studies Faculty Embrace Academic Twitter
When Harvard University denied tenure to renowned Latinx scholar Dr. Lorgia GarcĂa Peña, a small group of faculty took GarcĂa Peñaâs plight to perhaps the largest academic forum of them all â academic Twitter.
March 4, 2020
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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Que-Lam Huynh
Studying issues of ethnic minority identity and marginalization comes naturally to Dr. Que-Lam Huynh, associate professor in the department of psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She remembers what it felt like to be an 11-year-old refugee from Vietnam thrust into a new life.
January 29, 2020
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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Yomaira Figueroa
Raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa is a first-generation high school and college graduate. Now an assistant professor of global diaspora studies at Michigan State University, she finds the cultural shift in academia encouraging as more first-generation students continue their education and become professors.
January 28, 2020
Faculty & Staff
Over 200 Faculty Denounce Harvardâs Decision to Deny GarcĂa Peña Tenure
Over 200 faculty from across the U.S. and beyond sent a letter to Dr. Lawrence Bacow, Harvard Universityâs president, criticizing the decision to deny tenure to Latinx studies scholar Dr. Lorgia GarcĂa Peña.
December 9, 2019
Latinx
California Lutheran University Adds Ethnic and Race Studies Major
California Lutheran University â a Hispanic serving institution in Thousand Oaks, California â will offer an ethnic and race studies major starting in fall 2020. Formerly a minor, the interdisciplinary full-degree program is designed to prepare students to engage with diversity in a range of future careers. Studies show that taking ethnic studies courses boosts [âŠ]
September 18, 2019
News Roundup
Marquette to Add Nine Faculty in Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies
Marquette University plans to boost its Race, Ethnic and Indigenous Studies (REIS) program by onboarding nine new faculty members. The new hires will focus on diversity while spanning a variety of departments, including economics, philosophy, psychology, anthropology and theology.
July 23, 2019
Opinion
âWe Didnât Cross The Border, The Border Crossed Us:â The Importance Of Ethnic Studies
I once heard a story about a man that needed to go North from Mexico to the United States in the 1940s. At the time, Guerrero, Mexico was depleted of resources and there were no jobs for the people. It spread throughout the city that there was work in the United States through a temporary workers program. The man knew this was his chance to go North so he went to where all the laborers were gathering to leave.
July 16, 2019
News Roundup
Yale Professors Change Minds, Wonât Abandon Ethnic Studies Program
Weeks after 13 Yale University senior faculty declared that they were withdrawing their services from the Ethnicity, Race & Migration program, its chairwoman has announced that ânew institutional status and permanenceâ granted the program will allow them to recommit to it, according to a report in the New Haven Register. In March, the tenured professors [âŠ]
May 6, 2019
Latest News
Fed-up Faculty: Yale Ethnic Program a Hot Mess, We Quit
The chair of the Ethnic, Race, & Migration studies at Yale University affirmed Monday that she and 12 other senior faculty are withdrawing from the academic program because it isnât getting the needed resources that students deserve and that university leaders have been promising for years.
April 1, 2019
Opinion
A Trailblazing American History Professor is Found and then Lost
Dr. Dawn Mabalon died when she suffered an asthma attack after snorkeling in Hawaii. And like that, the academy lost one of the brightest lights of a new generation. Skilled, intelligent, passionate, and most of all, diverse.
August 20, 2018
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