Patrice RankineOpinionTime for Anti-Racism: A Way Forward for America and Higher EducationAnti-racism seems to have found its moment, although Classical Studies in specific has some heavy lifting to undo the role of its legacy as a bastion of white supremacy. Vassar College classics professor Curtis Dozier acknowledges this and has an online platform, Pharos, whose “first purpose is to document appropriations of Greco-Roman culture by hate groups online.”January 21, 2021OpinionLearning Critical Empathy: A Lesson From JournalismWe can never know what it was like to be George Floyd, but the reward for trying is that we cultivate our humanity. There is evidence that we also build a stronger public good.November 4, 2020OpinionLiberal Arts for the Current TimesA lifetime of events has occurred in the span of less than a year: COVID-19 declared a global pandemic in March, George Floyd killed in May, and crises of economy, education, and mental health ensuing by August. By the time that the 2020-21 academic year began, it was evident that it would be important to hold time and space on the calendar for reflection, perhaps even for creative and constructive ideas.October 22, 2020African-AmericanThe Crisis of the Underrepresented Leader: Three ConsiderationsThe rift between underrepresented leaders and those we lead, some of whom also happen to be underrepresented, is not confined to politics. In the academic sphere, I have both an active role and a front-row seat to the spectacle, as an African American dean of one of the University of Richmond’s five schools, who serves under a president who also happens to be Black. Worse than “we can’t tell,” words not fit for print have been used to describe each of us, in earshot and otherwise.September 11, 2020OpinionAt a Loss for Words After George Floyd: Three Actions in Lieu of StatementsRace is foundational to our nation, its original sin. We live in a racist society, so we all do racists things. Racism, moreover, is systemic. We can no more escape it than we can avoid breathing in polluted air.June 16, 2020OpinionThree Considerations Concerning Art in Troubled TimesArt is therapy for our hurting souls. Art appeals to all that is real, ideal and sublime, the worst, best and wildest things in our imagination.May 6, 2020StudentsThree Steps to Civic Love in the Time of COVID-19To serve those to whom we belong well, attentiveness and affinity are key. Affinity and awareness amount to a form of love. Serving well is love in the time of COVID-19, and I offer these three steps to consider.April 2, 2020OpinionCrafting Our Political Self: A Powerful Antidote to IntoleranceIt is difficult and counterintuitive to ask questions about the self when we have been attacked by another. The reality, however, is that how we craft ourselves, and our communities, is the only thing within our control.February 25, 2020HealthBalance is Elusive. Seek Personal ‘Integration’ in 2020“Work-life balance” is a widespread challenge, one originating in industrialization, the marketplace, and the reinforcement of public versus private spaces. Rather than work-life balance, for the new year attention must be paid to the ongoing integration between and among ourselves, our many identities, and the institutions and communities to which we belong.January 14, 2020OpinionStrategic Plans? Why They Matter for the Promise of Inclusive ExcellenceChurch folks know the phrase, “No plan, no promise.” For academic faculty and staff at colleges and universities across the country, however, the call for a strategic plan can be more than a little wearying.December 4, 2019Page 1 of 2Next Page
