Tag: Gender: Page 2

LGBTQ+

Creating an LGBTQ+ Friendly Campus

Although higher education has been lauded for fostering an inclusive environment which facilitates identity development, college campuses are not immune to occurrences of hate and bias. Frequently these occurrences are unintentionally perpetuated by institutional policies and campus culture.

October 8, 2019

Recruitment & Retention

Higher Education Recruitment

While colleges and universities have made significant strides toward diversifying their student bodies, diversifying faculty and staff remains a challenge throughout academia.

September 26, 2019

African-American

My Failure to Call Out Bias

I am compelled to confess my complicity in bias. As much as I might suspect that I have been affected by prejudice in my career, even among academics who pride themselves as enlightened, I know that I have failed to act when I could have, in the face of inappropriate decision-making.

September 13, 2019

African-American

Solange, Black Women & Politics

Several years ago, when my political science colleagues and I were revising our curriculum, I made the argument that we needed to add to our required courses a class that focused on women and politics. Philander Smith College mission is centered on social justice, so it made sense that in our program that we would focus on communities that are often overlooked or understudied in the academy. Therefore we adopted this course along with Black politics and African politics as part of our core curriculum.

December 17, 2018

African-American

A Scholar Without Borders

As chair of the African American studies department and the Carlos Montezuma Professor of Performance Studies and African American Studies at Northwestern University, Dr. E. Patrick Johnson is a scholar without borders. His research crosses academic disciplines and creative art forms in multiple ways, to the extent that he describes himself only half-jokingly as “an academic trickster.”

June 12, 2018

Faculty & Staff

Bridging the Generational Gap to Understand Shifts in Meaning of Gender

College administrators and faculty need to bridge the generational gap between students in order to fully understand how students today view the meaning of gender.

June 27, 2016

African-American

Majoring in Beyoncé: A True Higher Education

The Beyoncé effect has once again taken hold of our visual, auditory, and emotional centers in a vise-like grip, refusing to relent, refusing to weaken. It can be felt in fashion, film, politics, and even in the higher realms of academia.

May 4, 2016

Students

My Brother’s Keeper Hitting Growth Marks

Two years after President Obama established the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) Task Force, the initiative is on track to meet and/or surpass its initial goals.

April 24, 2016

Students

Need for Research that Centers on Female Experiences at HBCUs

Historical accounts of HBCUs often exclude the stories of Black women at these institutions and the history of women’s access to higher ed focuses mainly on experiences and struggles of White women.

April 11, 2016

Sports

How to Cultivate More Diversity in College Coaching

From physical trainers to marketing offices to head coaching spots, college coaching is an area of the college landscape that benefits greatly from varied backgrounds and points of view.

April 3, 2016

Students

March Madness: The Rest of the Story

March harkens the smell of roses, cut grass and light spring rains for most folks. For me, March ushers in the smell and shine of hardwoods, leather and tennis shoes—and sheer Madness.

March 31, 2016

Students

Minority Scholars to be Among Those Honored by AERA

Several minority scholars will be among those recognized next week when the largest gathering of educational researchers assemble in the nation’s capital for the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association.

March 29, 2016