Found 231 articles

  • Furthering a Social Justice Mission

    • Mar 12, 2024
    • Lois Elfman
    Portia Allen-Kyle’s career has focused on advocacy and propelling meaningful change. Her work has involved advancing equity through nonprofit organ...
  • Furthering Science Education for Urban Youth

    • Mar 12, 2024
    • Lois Elfman
    After almost three decades with the New York City Department of Education working in various capacities, much of them focused on mathematics and sc...
  • Utilizing the Beauty Pageant Platform to Discuss Crucial Race Issues

    • Jan 23, 2024
    • Lois Elfman
    As Brittany Lee Lewis completes her doctoral dissertation, she continues her work as an adjunct professor at George Washington University D.C. and ...
  • Rediscovering My Purpose: Paving the Path for Black Women in Athletic Communications

    • Jan 23, 2024
    • Danielle R. Wright
    As I step back into the realm of athletic communications, I can’t help but feel an electrifying surge of purpose. It’s a familiar feeling—a reunion...
  • Supporters of Diversity Take to Twitter to Defend Maligned Harvard President Claudine Gay

    • Jan 23, 2024
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    Just weeks after Harvard’s faculty, board, and all five living presidents resoundingly expressed their support for President Claudine Gay following...
  • Habari Gani: When Leaders are Uncoachable

    • Aug 9, 2022
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    One of the best pieces of leadership advice I’ve ever gotten was from Xavier University of Louisiana president emeritus Dr. Norman Francis on the e...
  • Changing the Game

    • Aug 9, 2022
    • Lois Elfman
    This past spring, Dr. Kiki Baker Barnes became the first full-time staff member in the 40-year history of the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC)...
  • Home Training and Code-Switching Online

    • Aug 9, 2022
    • Imani J. Jackson
    One of my earliest cultural lessons was in due deference. Some people call it “home-training.” Some people call it comportment. Some people call it...
  • Habari Gani: The Falsity of Inclusion on Campus

    • Jul 9, 2022
    I had a realization recently that despite all of the rhetoric and even genuine efforts around inclusion in the academy, as an institution, it remai...
  • Habari Gani: Power Tripping

    • Jun 9, 2022
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    Three weeks ago, I was all ready to write about the First Amendment. Elon Musk’s declared intent to buy Twitter had the internet all in a tizzy abo...
  • Author, Teacher Works to Create a ‘Humane and Caring Higher Education’

    • May 10, 2022
    • Mary Lou Santovec
    Karen Costa’s life mission is to make higher education “more humane and caring.” Her work has morphed into a three-part strategy featuring online p...
  • Study Details the Underrepresentation of Women in Presidential Positions

    • May 3, 2022
    • Lois Elfman
    As more and more women have earned doctorates and entered the academy, it is reasonable to assume that there will soon be more women in leadership ...
  • Sometimes, Accepting Help is the Hardest Part

    • May 3, 2022
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    I struggle with bad anxiety. I don’t talk about it a lot, partially because I’m a deeply private person, and partially because there’s something in...
  • Habari Gani: Who Gets to Be the Expert?

    • Apr 2, 2022
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    April 3 marks the 72nd anniversary of the death of Carter G. Woodson, who is known as the father of Black history and the man who founded “Negro Hi...
  • It's Coming from Inside the House

    • Mar 31, 2022
    • Dr. Constance Bailey, Ph.D.
    Law professor Kimberlé Crenshaw’s articulation of intersectionality paved the road that many Black women scholars like myself have traveled. While ...
  • Realizing 'the Democratic Potential of Community College'

    • Mar 31, 2022
    • Lois Elfman
    “Every day I am more and more amazed by the democratic potential of community college,” says Dr. Carolina Chaves-O’Flynn, assistant professor of Sp...
  • Catalyzing Real-World Change

    • Feb 28, 2022
    • Lois Elfman
    Dr. Vanessa Carlisle is an educator, author and coach. Her newest novel, Take Me with You, reflects complex dynamics about sexuality and incorporat...
  • WIHE Interview: Dr. Judy Sakaki

    • Feb 28, 2022
    • Dr. Lisa Mednick Takami, Ed.D.
    Dr. Judy Sakaki was appointed President of Sonoma State University in July 2016. She is the nation’s first Japanese American woman to serve as pres...
  • Habari Gani: Is This Thing On?

    • Feb 28, 2022
    • Autumn A. Arnett
    “Habari Gani” is swahili for “What’s the news?” It’s a greeting. It’s like “What’s going on?” During Kwanzaa celebrations, it’s used as an upbeat “...
  • Taking a Leap

    • Jan 28, 2022
    • Kelly J. Baker
    This is my last column as editor of this newsletter. This might come as a surprise or not. After all, I have written about the temptation to quit m...