BAISHAKHI TAYLOR has been named dean of the college and vice president for campus life at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts. Currently vice president for student affairs, dean of students and an assistant professor in gender, sexuality and feminist studies at Middlebury College in Vermont, Taylor holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees in comparative literature from Jadavpur University in Kolkata, India. She also holds a master’s degree in women’s studies from the University of Northern Iowa and a Ph.D. in sociology from the University of Kentucky.
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.
