Diversity

J. Sumerau provides advice to researchers who find themselves studying groups or phenomena missing -- mostly or entirely -- from the current scientific literature.

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Shawn Anthony Robinson, a black man with dyslexia, describes through poetry his successful journey through academe.

By Shawn Anthony Robinson

A.W. Strouse tells a cautionary tale about how academe turned him into a gay conservative.

By A.W. Strouse

Colleges and universities must do more than just bring in a speaker from the movement, only momentarily suspending the whiteness that pervades the everyday life and operations of the campus, argues Eric Anthony Grollman.

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Faculty member Betsy Lucal now strongly urges any student who will listen to reconsider their plans to earn a Ph.D.

By Betsy Lucal

Too many academics of color, and recent Ph.D.s in particular, are getting the misguided advice to accept the initial terms of a job offer, argues Sylvanna Falcón.

By Sylvanna Falcón

Despite the excuses that administrators often give, a commitment to diversity can go beyond lip service and translate into more faculty of color in tenure-track, tenured, full professor and upper administrative ranks, argues Adia Harvey Wingfield.

By Adia Harvey Wingfield

If we want college to work for everyone -- especially students on the margins -- we have to advise those who are most vulnerable, writes Wendy M. Christensen.

By Wendy M. Christensen