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A Path to Wellness for Women of Color Academics

Kenyatta Y. Dawson — Fri, 01/10/2025 - 03:00 AM

Kenyatta Y. Dawson writes of the power of slowing down.

The Hypocrisy of Community-Engaged Research

Evelyn Vázquez — Fri, 12/20/2024 - 03:00 AM

Evelyn Vázquez writes that white saviorism often drives community-engaged research in the neoliberal university—and offers suggestions for how to change this.

Behind the Scenes in DEI: The Fights Within

Tait D. Brooks — Fri, 12/06/2024 - 03:00 AM

Tait D. Brooks writes that internal conflicts and biases undermine the potential of DEI programs to drive transformative institutional change.

How DEI Initiatives on Islamophobia Fall Short

Nadia Ahmad — Fri, 10/18/2024 - 03:00 AM

Nadia Ahmad suggests steps institutions can take to create better anti-Islamophobia initiatives.

Departmental Gatekeepers of Faculty Success

Kim Avrama Blackwell — Fri, 09/13/2024 - 03:00 AM

Ensuring that individuals in a unit are successful while also maintaining its stature can impact chairs’ decisions in ways that contribute to bias, write Kim Avrama Blackwell, Marjolein van der Meulen and Lori Setton.

Competitive Academic Cultures Are Catalysts for Discrimination

Tania Ravaei — Fri, 08/30/2024 - 03:00 AM

Tania Ravaei recommends measures colleges should take to discourage racial resentment of the successes of members of marginalized groups.

Legislation Isn’t All That Negatively Impacts DEI Practitioners

Nelia Viveiros — Fri, 08/16/2024 - 03:00 AM

Many experience incivility, bullying, belittling and a disregard for their views and feelings on their own campuses, write Nelia Viveiros, M. Gabriela Torres, and Elizabeth Hutchison.

Embracing a Strategic Advantage in Asset Management

Kerin K. McCauley — Fri, 07/12/2024 - 03:00 AM

Colleges and universities that roll back DEI efforts when it comes to their investments are only hurting themselves, warns Kerin McCauley.

Faculty Mental Health Matters

Marta Elliott — Fri, 06/28/2024 - 03:00 AM

Many of us have excelled professionally while privately coping with various diagnoses, afraid that revealing them will discredit us, writes Marta Elliott.

Bad-Faith Counteroffers

Jasmine L. Harris — Fri, 06/14/2024 - 03:00 PM

Black and other minoritized faculty don’t receive equitable ones if they receive them at all, which harms both them and their Institutions, writes Jasmine L. Harris.