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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

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Brooks continued his exploration of the vast African diaspora in 2011, alongside other internationally known scholars, as the general editor of the 1,600-page African American Almanac (Cengage Gale, 2011). Brooks takes pride in his profession, telling unheard stories and promoting the humanity and dignity of others’ lives. “If

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5 Hip-Hop Quotes to Inspire College Students

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2. Wale (“Ambition”, 2011) “Move with aggression, use my mind as a weapon. 3. Big Sean (“Sacrifices”, 2017) “The human race is all about pacing. Faculty, administration, peer mentors, and campus resources are tools for their ultimate ascension from student to graduate, and from graduate to thriving professional.

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

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For instance, in an article titled, (Re)Deining departure: Exploring Black professors’ experiences with and responses to racism and racial climate (Griffin et.al, 2011), the authors highlighted that participants shared “they believe some of their colleagues see them first as black and second as professors.”

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An Outsider’s View, Self-Worth

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Before 2011, Amy Chua would have described herself as a “mild mannered professor.” In 2023, Chua received the Lux et Veritas Faculty Prize by the Buckley Institute, which acknowledges Yale faculty members who cultivate intellectual diversity both in and outside the class. But it made me terrified to speak at faculty meetings.

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A Continued Commitment to Community

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The faculty and staff overseeing EPW know each student personally. “I Developing individual supports for each student.” “It is estimated that over 7 million people speak Spanish in Texas,” says Rueda-Acedo, who from 2005–13 was the sole faculty member. Latino faculty at UTA closely mentor the students.

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"We Know More Than What Those Damn Tests Claim to Measure”: How Tests are Inequitable for Black and Other Minoritized Students

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Years later, as higher education faculty in gifted and talented education, school counseling, mental health, and college and career readiness, we have the same and more concerns. A mind is a terrible thing to waste (United Negro College Fund ), and a mind is a terrible thing to erase ( Ford, 2011 ). Dr. Erik M. Dr. Donna Y.

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A Decade Later: The Flint Water Crisis

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By 2011, the city held a $25 million deficit. Dr. Matthew Seeger, a professor of communication and an adjunct faculty member in the School of Medicine at Wayne State University in nearby Detroit, specializes in emergency communications. Often, Seeger says, miscommunication errors can be rooted to a common human behavior: denial.