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Faculty & Staff

Black Scientist Says Hunger Strike Is About Ending Racism At MIT

CAMBRIDGE, Mass. Dr. James L. Sherley is waging a hunger strike to protest the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s decision to deny him tenure after eight years as an associate professor of biological engineering. But Sherley, a rare Black scientist who researches human stem cells, says his ultimate cause is bigger than his own academic status.

February 15, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Journey for Jackson State

In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University. The historically Black school of more than 8,000 students is undergoing a building boom…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

In the Name of Diversity

When word spread around campus that Dr. Luis R. Fraga, a 15-year associate professor in Stanford University’s political science department…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

The Journey for Jackson State

In recent years, construction cranes have loomed over the bustling campus of Jackson State University…

February 7, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Studies on Faculty Bias Are Severely Flawed, Says Study

Studies that indicate college faculty members are liberals who pound a liberal ideology into the minds of impressionable college students rely on flawed methodology, according to a new assessment of faculty bias studies.

January 22, 2007

Faculty & Staff

‘Hanging On and Seeing It Through’

Dr. Quinetta Roberson wanted to have an MBA before she turned 21, and to become a tenured professor…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Interdisciplinary Innovator

It’s hard to predict where the career path of Dr. Sean M. Decatur may ultimately lead…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Pursuing a Lifelong Passion

Driven. That, in a word, best describes Dr. M. Brian Blake. For somebody who fell into teaching by accident…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Returning to Her Ancestral Roots

Dr. Elizabeth Archuleta (Yaqui/Chicana) never got used to Pennsylvania during her graduate years at Penn State…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Investigating Health Disparities

Although many scientists have a passion for research because they enjoy working in a laboratory

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Resilience: My Pathway to the Information Technology Professoriate

While recently attending a conference in Atlanta, a scholarly gentleman and I struck up a conversation regarding academic life and multidisciplinary research…

January 10, 2007

Faculty & Staff

Tuskegee’s Time

From its earliest years, Tuskegee University, known initially as Tuskegee Institute, navigated the higher education landscape…

December 27, 2006