Diversity

No Research About Us Without Us

Shannon Locke — Wed, 02/12/2025 - 03:00 AM

Research labs benefit if faculty are inclusive of students with disabilities, a group of scholars and students committed to inclusive lab practices write.

Trans Allyship in Academia Today

Chelsea Thompto — Fri, 01/17/2025 - 03:00 AM

What it means to be an ally has changed, Chelsea Thompto writes.

Safeguarding Black Women Educators’ Mental Health

Jálin B. Johnson — Fri, 03/01/2024 - 03:00 AM

Campus leaders and colleagues must recognize their battle fatigue—and the sophisticated racism at its root—and work to support them, write Jálin B. Johnson, Nakisha Castillo, Natalie V. Nagthall and Hawani Negussie.

Hold Steady or Issue an Exit Ticket?

Annice E. Fisher — Fri, 02/16/2024 - 03:00 AM

Annice E. Fisher offers advice on successfully navigating the challenges of leading social change as Black women in higher education.

What’s Really at Stake When Colleges Lose Faculty of Color?

Jackie Pedota — Fri, 02/02/2024 - 03:00 AM

Top administrators must respond to increasingly pervasive legislation that hinders the recruitment, retention and vital work of those faculty members, writes Jackie Pedota.

Invisible Labor and Emotional Currency

Jálin B. Johnson — Fri, 10/06/2023 - 03:00 AM

Jálin B. Johnson, Nakisha Castillo, Natalie V. Nagthall and Hawani Negussie describe the unseen impacts of higher ed’s cultural taxation on minoritized faculty and eight steps to help diminish those impacts.

Forget the Failure CV

Cyrena Gawuga — Thu, 06/08/2023 - 12:00 AM

Researchers and other scholars need instead a shadow CV to highlight systemic inequalities, Cyrena Gawuga writes.

Building Pathways to the Presidency for Women

Pamela L. Eddy — Tue, 05/30/2023 - 12:00 AM

Pamela L. Eddy explores the combination of factors that must be considered to remove the obstacles.

Dear White Faculty, We Must Do Better

Jenn Stroud Rossmann — Fri, 05/19/2023 - 12:00 AM

How did you support Black faculty’s flourishing today, Jenn Stroud Rossmann asks, given the prevalence of bias, invisible labor and other challenges that they regularly confront?

Everyone’s Work

Amy Fulton — Thu, 04/27/2023 - 12:00 AM

To truly sustain diversity, equity and inclusivity, institutions must take a shared equity leadership approach, writes Amy Fulton.