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- 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... -
- 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 ... -
- 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... -
- 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... -
- 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 ... -
- 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... -
- 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... -
- 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... -
- 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 “... -
- 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... -
- Jan 28, 2022
- Lois Elfman
Assuming the presidency of a university during a pandemic brought challenges for which there was no playbook, but Dr. Lori S. White , the 21st pres... -
- Jan 27, 2022
- Dr. Dana M. Malone
As an independent scholar, I have years of experience anxiously maintaining my professional performance on screen and over calls, so as to not aler... -
- Jan 18, 2022
- Mary Lou Santovec
Growing up in southern Virginia, Dr. Debra Barksdale didn't know she was poor. She learned to read and write by copying text off canned goods becau... -
- Jan 3, 2022
- Kelly J. Baker
Two things happened to me in 2021, which feel more important than all of the rest. I turned 41 and lost my dad within the span of a month. During t... -
- Jan 3, 2022
- Dr. Karr͘a Shimabukuro
I am a white, heavily tattooed, queer and autistic woman. Over my 20-year teaching career, I have been told that I am too loud, too direct, too opi... -
- Jan 3, 2022
- Lois Elfman
As the centennial of the 19th amendment—which brought women the right to vote—approached, scholars and advocates became outspoken about conspicuous... -
- Dec 1, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
My dad died two months ago after a four-year battle with stage 4 brain and lung cancer. We knew it was coming. That didn’t make it any easier. Love... -
- Dec 1, 2021
- Tiffany Pennamon
When Netflix released its comedy-drama series The Chair in August, I saw it as a necessary, but complicated win for the English field. While the sh... -
- Dec 1, 2021
- Lisa Mednick Takami
Dr. Mildred García assumed the presidency of the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) in January 2018. Previously, she s... -
- Nov 22, 2021
- Lois Elfman
Dr. Yung-Yi Diana Pan , associate professor of sociology at Brooklyn College, part of the City University of New York (CUNY), has been navigating t...