Tag: George Washington University

COVID-19

George Washington University Legal Experts Discuss Biden’s First 100 Days

Legal scholars from George Washington University assessed President Joe Biden’s first 100 days in office in a virtual panel that was part of the school’s bicentennial events.

May 26, 2021

News Roundup

George Washington University Faculty Push for Cluster Hire and More Africana Studies Program Funding

A group of department chairs and program directors are urging George Washington University to hire more underrepresented faculty and increase Africana studies program funding, The GW Hatchet reported. The group has created a petition calling on GW officials to hire 18 minority faculty “primarily” in the Columbian College of Arts and Sciences (CCAS) and give money for […]

February 8, 2021

Native Americans

Meet the Native Scholar Helping Tribal Communities Through Interdisciplinary Research

Dr. Elizabeth Rule’s current work focuses on a topic close to her heart: the rights of indigenous women. In it, she explores the intersection of Native American/First Nations women’s reproductive rights, gendered violence and missing and murdered indigenous women.

November 12, 2020

Campus Climate

Krug’s Publisher Says Book Proceeds Will Go to Fund for Black and Latinx Scholars

The publisher of  Dr. Jessica Krug – the White academic who revealed she had pretended to be Black for years – says all proceeds from Krug’s book, Fugitive Modernities will go to a fund supporting Black and Latinx scholars, The Guardian reported. Krug – a White Jewish woman from Kansas and former professor focusing on […]

September 16, 2020

News Roundup

GWU Professor Resigns Amidst Backlash Over Years Of Lying About Being Black

CNN reported that George Washington University (GWU) announced that Dr. Jessica Krug has resigned from her faculty position at the university. This resignation came less than a week after university officials decided that she would not be teaching this semester after it was revealed that she had been lying for years about being Black. “Dr. […]

September 10, 2020

News Roundup

GW History Dept. to Dr. Jessica Krug: Resign

George Washington University’s Department of History has responded to the news that one its faculty members, Dr. Jessica Krug, lied about having an Afro-Caribbean identity throughout her entire career as an African and Latin American studies professor. She is a White woman. In a statement released Thursday, the department described itself as “shocked” and “appalled,” […]

September 8, 2020

News Roundup

White Professor of African Studies Confesses to Having Lied About Being Black For Years

An African and Latin American studies professor at George Washington University recently revealed that she is actually a White woman who has lied about being Black throughout most of her adult life and professional career. In her own post to Medium, associate professor Dr. Jessica Krug, confessed that, “To an escalating degree over my adult […]

September 4, 2020

News Roundup

George Washington University to Reconsider Its ‘Colonials’ Moniker

George Washington University said on Monday it is reconsidering its ‘Colonials’ moniker, which its Board’s Naming Task Force said “stood apart as an issue of great concern.” Over the years, students have been calling for a change to the university’s moniker. Last year, students created a petition saying the moniker “glorifies the act of systemic oppression” […]

July 21, 2020

Community Colleges

Why Flexibility in Credit Transfers Is Crucial for Equity in a Post-COVID-19 World

Higher education groups have urged four-year institutions to revamp how they evaluate credits earned by students transferring campuses, saying both four-year and two-year colleges must ensure that more credits count toward baccalaureate degrees, especially in a post-coronavirus economy.

May 18, 2020

Leadership & Policy

Dr. Virginia Roach Trailblazes Ways for Women in Academia

Dr. Virginia Roach, dean of Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education, started her career with a job as a dishwasher in an on-campus daycare center. There, as an aspiring chemical engineer, she was asked to tutor a child with learning difficulties and came to the realization that “this is for me.”

April 22, 2020

COVID-19

More Than 120 Faculty Want GWU President to Resign Over ‘Racist’ Comments, Leadership Style

More than 120 faculty of George Washington University renewed calls for the institution’s president, Dr. Thomas J. LeBlanc, to resign over past comments of his they call racist and amid concerns about his vision for the school, reported The Washington Post. The racism charges stem from a comment LeBlanc made February in response to a […]

April 6, 2020

News Roundup

GWU President Apologizes for ‘Racially Insensitive’ Remark

George Washington University President Thomas LeBlanc has issued an apology for a remark he made comparing a majority support for fossil fuel divestment with majority support for “shooting all Black people,” reported The Washington Post. In a six minute video posted to Facebook, a first-year student approached LeBlanc and asked whether he would divest the […]

February 4, 2020