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Faculty & Staff

Who’s Playin’ Whom?

Who’s Playin’ Whom?Overwhelming influence of hip-hop  culture, rap music on HBCU campuses concerns students, faculty    By Pearl StewartIn December 2000, Dr. Thomas Earl Midgette had harsh words for the hip-hop movement that was sweeping his campus. When he was interviewed for an article in Black Issues titled “The Miseducation of Hip-Hop,” Midgette didn’t hold back: […]

April 21, 2004

Students

Training for the Ph.D.

Training for the Ph.D.National conference brings together first-generation college students on the road to a doctoral degreeBy Cassie ChewCOLLEGE PARK, Md.From as early as the third grade, Kimberly Sellers knew she wanted to earn a doctoral degree. So year after year, when her father brought home the issue of Black Issues In Higher Education listing […]

April 7, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Members Weigh In on the Gender Divide in Academia

Faculty Members Weigh In on the Gender Divide in AcademiaIn 2001, a roundtable on gender disparities for female professors in higher education was held at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The focus of the roundtable was “how best to ensure women professors experience the same opportunities, recognition and rewards as their male counterparts.” Some three […]

March 24, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of Color

Faculty Science Positions Continue to Elude Women of ColorOklahoma professor’s study finds hiring, tenure remain stumbling blocksWomen and underrepresented minorities are receiving the doctorate in record numbers these days. For example, women got 45 percent and minorities 19 percent of the 39,955 doctoral degrees awarded in 2000, and both figures were all-time highs.So it comes […]

March 24, 2004

Faculty & Staff

On the Right Path

On the Right PathMillersville president’s personal commitment to minority student recruitment, retention brings her to historic post.By Erv Dyer At 150 years old, Millersville University is still making history. One of its defining moments came just one year ago when Dr. Francine McNairy was appointed as the first Black and first female president of the […]

March 24, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Still Having Her Say

Still Having Her Say More than a decade after becoming a household name, Harvard Law professor Lani Guinier holds true to her beliefs, principles. By Ronald RoachThat Lani Guinier is one of the most publicly visible and outspoken scholars in the American academy should not come as a surprise to anyone who has followed her […]

March 24, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering Faculties

Women, Minorities Rare on Science, Engineering FacultiesWASHINGTONSeveral decades after the passage of Title IX, the law that promises equal opportunity for women in all aspects of federally funded education programs, women are still severely underrepresented on science, technology, engineering and mathematics faculties and exist primarily at the lowest professorial ranking, according to a report released […]

February 11, 2004

Faculty & Staff

KU Professors Take Their Film on Slavery to Sundance

KU Professors Take Their Film on Slavery to SundanceLAWRENCE, Kan.A satirical film on slavery created by two University of Kansas professors was selected as an official entry in the 2004 Sundance Film Festival held last month in Park City, Utah.“CSA: Confederate States of America” is written, produced and directed by Kevin Willmott, an assistant professor […]

February 11, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Scholars of Note: Mathematics

MathematicsTaking the Tough RoadEdray Herber GoinsTitle: Taussky-Todd Instructor of Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, Calif.Education: Ph.D., Mathematics, Stanford University; B.S., Mathematics and Physics, California Institute of TechnologyAge: 31No one can accuse Dr. Edray H. Goins of taking the easy road in his academic life. As a postdoctoral teaching fellow at the pre-eminent California Institute […]

January 14, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Scholars of Note: Chemical Engineering

Chemical EngineeringA Sense Of MasteryPaula Hammond CunninghamTitle: Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyEducation: Ph.D., Massachusetts Institute of Technology; M.S., Georgia Institute of Technology; S.B., Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyAge: 40Chemistry has been nearly a lifelong love for Dr. Paula Hammond Cunningham, but it wasn’t her first love. “I was into books and reading,” […]

January 14, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Scholars of Note: History

HistorySetting the Record StraightDaina Ramey BerryTitle: Assistant Professor of History, Department of History, Michigan State University Education: Ph.D., U.S. History, University of California, Los Angeles; M.A., Afro-American Studies, University of California, Los Angeles; B.A., History, University of California, Los AngelesAge: 34On a 19th-century auction block, an enslaved Black man and woman negotiate prices with potential […]

January 14, 2004

Faculty & Staff

Wisconsin Science Training Programs Recognized for Diversity Efforts

Wisconsin Science Training Programs Recognized for Diversity EffortsMADISON, Wis.The National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), part of the National Institutes of Health, recently highlighted three University of Wisconsin-Madison training programs among the top in the country when it comes to recruiting and retaining underrepresented minority students. Currently, NIGMS funds 292 research programs at both […]

January 14, 2004