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VANESSA K. VALDÉS

Vanessa K ValedesVANESSA K. VALDÉS has been named director of the Black Studies Program at City College of New York. She currently serves as associate professor of Spanish and Portuguese at the college. Valdés received a bachelor’s degree in English from Yale University and a Ph.D. in Spanish and Portuguese from Vanderbilt University.

A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics