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- Aug 3, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
In the span of a week, Bill Cosby was released from prison and a judge denied Britney Spears' request to end her conservatorship. Two seemingly unr... -
- Aug 3, 2021
- Nyasha Junior
“You can study video games?!” Dr. Kishonna Gray recalls asking this question of her officemate. Gray has become a recognized expert in digital cult... -
- Aug 3, 2021
- Kristen Vogt Veggeberg
For many people, having a powerful role model is crucial in establishing a successful career, especially in competitive fields such as law, the art... -
- Jul 2, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
A few years ago, I was on a walk around the neighborhood with my partner. As I huffed up yet another hill, I turned to him and asked, “Do you think... -
- Jul 2, 2021
- Lois Elfman
Earlier this year, Franco Stevens , founder of Curve , the best-selling lesbian magazine, reacquired the publication and donated it to the recently... -
- Jul 2, 2021
- Vanessa Corcoran
It's 6:00 a.m., and even though my nine-month-old daughter, Lucy, drifted back to sleep after an early morning feeding, I am wide awake. My mind, f... -
- Jun 1, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
Recently, I re-watched Captain Marvel (2019) with my family. We're sort of Marvel nerds, and Captain Marvel (Brie Larson) is one of our favorite su... -
- Jun 1, 2021
- Lee Skallerup Bessette
Summer is almost upon us, a time where we in higher education usually shift gears; faculty shift their attention to their research while staff take... -
- Jun 1, 2021
- Amanda Furiasse
At the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in the fall of 2020, chatter and debate erupted on social media in the aftermath of research studies finding... -
- May 4, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
I made a mistake. Actually, I made two mistakes in the span of two weeks. These weren't the tiny everyday mistakes that happen with or without our ... -
- May 4, 2021
- Katie Rose Guest Pryal
One of the hardest things we do in our professional lives is quit. This is my last piece as a regular columnist for Women in Higher Education . But... -
- May 4, 2021
- E.R. Zarevich
A crisp, calm, foggy autumn night. A haunted, secluded castle sitting lonesome on a hilltop, overlooking a quaint little village. A dusty study sto... -
- Apr 2, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
A few months ago, I had a video call with a physician's assistant. I had called a bit frantically days before. I couldn't fall asleep at all or I w... -
- Apr 2, 2021
- Lois Elfman
It seems improbable that a storied Black institution had not previously had an African American professor in its computer science and engineering d... -
- Apr 2, 2021
- Melanie V. Tucker
My initial introduction to imposter syndrome was through my work with first‐generation students. The more I learned about how imposter syndrome, of... -
- Mar 1, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
I'm angry. Again. I'm trying to answer the emails that overflow my inbox and convince a first grader to please for the love of all that is good and... -
- Mar 1, 2021
- Mary Lou Santovec
Necessity is often the mother of a creative invention. When COVID‐19 hit college classrooms in March 2020, faculty, administrators and students scr... -
- Mar 1, 2021
- Nicole Janz and Rowena Murray
It was in the early weeks of the COVID‐19 lockdown that Charlotte stopped writing her dissertation. “Our family had been separated,” she says, “I l... -
- Feb 1, 2021
- Kelly J. Baker
In the late afternoon on Jan. 6, an email landed in my inbox. I didn't notice it at first. My eyes had been glued to Twitter and various news sites... -
- Feb 1, 2021
- Lois Elfman
The election of Howard University DC alumna Kamala Harris to the office of Vice President of the United States has put a spotlight on the historica...