Donna Y. FordFaculty & StaffMinoritized Senior Faculty in Higher Education, Please Stand UpRecently, the tenure denials of faculty such as Sibrina Collins at the College of Wooster, Lorgia García-Peña at Harvard University, Paul Harris and Tolu Odumosu at the University of Virginia, and Ashley Woodson at the University of Missouri at Columbia, have reignited a conversation about the role of bias in tenure and promotion processes. But also, the role of tenured senior faculty of color in not only mentoring their junior colleagues, but also working to disrupt and revise these processes. Reimagining these processes in a way that is grounded in equity and justice, we offer a few recommendations.July 8, 2020Faculty & StaffStudy on Black Youth and Racism Should Alarm Us All and Push Us to ActionOn the last day of 2019, I had to purge and get my thoughts out by writing on what is the most troubling study I’ve read on Black youth and racism in quite a while. It has nagged me for over a week, but I could not find the words to express or capture my deep-to-the-heart rage.January 2, 2020OpinionThe Power and Problems of Language When Used by Leaders with Power and PrivilegeI am beyond outraged when Purdue President Mitchell E. Daniels Jr. (or anyone for that matter) had the audacity— which I call ‘caudacity’— to refer to Black scholars as “creatures”.December 16, 2019OpinionIgnoring Race and Privilege: How The College Board’s SAT Adversity Score Missed the MarkAdverse experiences and social privilege are both life circumstances that can alter a test-taker’s score on standardized tests. However, the College Board, with their recent announcement of an “adversity score,” highlighted the disadvantages of adversity, while ignoring the advantages of privilege. In doing so, the College Board treats adversity as a handicap to be accommodated, while missing an opportunity to address a myriad of noncognitive factors that make SAT scores either lower or higher than they should be for different racial and ethnic groups, and socio-economic statuses.June 11, 2019StudentsGetting Published While BlackMinority journals are legitimate and must be valued in the recruitment, retention, and promotion/tenure process.February 8, 2016StudentsSupport for the Scholarship of Faculty of Color and Minority Journals VitalWe cannot discount and neglect the increasingly diverse nation and scholars and readers of color.February 4, 2016African-AmericanHow Gifted Education Fuels InjusticesBlack students represent 19% of the public schools population but only 10% of gifted programs. This discrepancy means that over 250,000 Black students have been denied access to gifted education annually.January 22, 2016OpinionStudy on Black, Hispanic Children in Special Ed Wrong, RegressiveAn op-ed by Paul L. Morgan and George Farks claimed that “black children are underrepresented in special-education classes when compared with white children with similar levels of academic achievement, behavior and family economic resources.”July 5, 2015OpinionEducational Privilege and Being Caught in the MiddleI can’t always cash in on this privilege due to racial inequities, and sometimes gender inequities, but being highly educated and at an elite university does benefit me and loved ones on occasion.November 24, 2014StudentsBlack Diversity in Higher Ed? We are Not There YetHigher education’s notion of diversity is often very broad or even diluted to include a multitude of differences but often ignore race and ethnicity.September 8, 2014Page 1 of 1
