MARI CASTAÑEDA has been appointed dean of Commonwealth Honors College at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Currently professor of communication and associate dean for equity and inclusion in the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, Castañeda holds a bachelor’s in communications from the University of California, Los Angeles and a Ph.D. in communications from the University of California, San Diego.
A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
