DIVERSE Views
DIVERSE Blogs
Dr. Ibram Rogers
Dr. Lorelle L. Espinosa
Deborah Santiago
Dr. Murali Balaji
Dr. Christopher Metzler
Dr. Chandra Taylor Smith
Dr. Pamela D. Reed
Dr. Marybeth Gasman
The Academy Speaks
Dr. Pamela Felder
Dr. Robin Lee Hughes
Dr. Elwood Watson
Dr. Emery Petchauer
Dr. J. Kehaulani Kauanui
Dr. James Ewers
Archive
Blogroll
Diverse Blog
Murali Balaji writes about his first year as an assistant professor at a small HBCU and how his background as an Indian-American impacts his interactions with students.
Well, my semester has finally ended, culminating the end of my first year at Lincoln. While I should write about how the 2009-10 academic year went, I figured I'd write about something else that happened on the same day my grades were due: my mother's passing. Part of the reason why I
One of the quirky aspects of being at Lincoln is that there is no spring break. As a result, the semester is an intense four months beginning in January and ending in mid-April. With just over two weeks until the end of the semester, many of my students are already looking
Over the past few months, I've had almost two dozen students come to my office expressing concern about their future. Some are graduating seniors who now see the error of not having an internship in their fields of choice. Others are underclassmen who read the news and
It's been exactly two years since then-Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama gave his speech on race at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia.After all, who better to facilitate these discussions than a person whose polycultural heritage made him an inspiration to millions of people, particularly those who were grappling with
Over the last two weeks, I've been dealing with increasingly disruptive students in my classroom. Last fall, I kept the disruptions to a minimum, but this semester, they have occurred more frequently. Students texting (even though I have banned electronic devices in my class), talking loudly among each other and leaving
Diverse Jobs
Search Jobs
Multimedia
Journalist Janet Roach reports on the Diverse-sponsored panel discussion, “The Critical Role of Mentoring in Increasing Graduates and Faculty of Color”. The panel discussion was held in Washington, D.C. during the 98th annual conference of the Association of American Colleges and Universities.