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Virtual Panel Explores Findings from Community College Student Engagement Report

Sixty-nine percent of entering students work for pay, while almost one-third work more than 40 hours a week, found a Center for Community College Student Engagement (CCCSE) report, titled “The Intersection of Work and Learning: Findings From Entering Students in Community Colleges,” last October. Just how to provide support to those student-workers was the topic of a CCCSE virtual panel discussion on Feb. 3.

2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Adana A.M. Llanos

Dr. Adana A.M. Llanos focuses her research on understanding and addressing inequities in cancer outcomes for underserved populations. Llanos is a molecular cancer epidemiologist who engages in transdisciplinary and collaborative studies that examine molecular and sociobiologic mechanisms that contribute to increased cancer incidence and mortality.

2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Eluterio Blanco, Jr.

Dr. Eluterio Blanco, Jr. grew up in a Mexican American community in South Texas by the Rio Grande border. He didn’t foresee his career leading to where he is now, a clinical assistant professor and addiction studies coordinator at The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley.

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Krystal L. Williams

By her own account, Dr. Krystal L. Williams admittedly took an “indirect route” to her post as an assistant professor in the College of Education at The University of Alabama.

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Zora J Murff

With a focus on conveying anti-Black violence through photographs, Zora J Murff’s work is inspired by how images function as social objects. Some of his projects have focused on the juvenile criminal justice system, redlining in North Omaha and points of extreme anti-Black violence.

New Report Analyzes Biden’s HBCU Policies

As President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris transition into office, a new report has analyzed the administration’s proposed education policies, specifically those that impact historically Black colleges and universities (HBCUs).

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Antonio L. Ellis

Although he has earned five degrees, authored numerous peer-reviewed articles and books and is currently scholar-in-residence and director of the Institute on Education Equity and Justice at American University, Dr. Antonio Ellis considers his most meaningful accomplishment his graduation from high school. K-12 was his toughest challenge.

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Kendrick B. Davis

Relatively new to a full-time career in academe, Dr. Kendrick B. Davis was named chief research officer and associate professor of research at the University of Southern California’s (USC) Race and Equity Center in November. The appointment brings Davis’ work — particularly in the arena of public policy as well as science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) — full circle.

Education Experts Advocate for Suspending High-Stakes Testing, Seek Equitable Alternatives

The National Center for Fair & Open Testing (FairTest) held a virtual town hall this week to urge individuals to sign a petition calling for high-stakes testing to be suspended in spring 2021.

Dr. Brian Harper Expands Role at New York Institute of Technology

Dr. Brian Harper, chief medical officer and associate professor at the New York Institute of Technology, has taken on yet another role: that of the school’s first vice president for equity and inclusion.

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2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Stephanie H. Cook

Utilizing a multidisciplinary approach, Dr. Stephanie H. Cook integrates the study of attachment theory, minority stress and health risk behaviors among young sexual minority men of color.

2021 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Cynthia Wang

Dr. Cynthia Wang was in Hong Kong looking for a gay bar in 2009. It wasn’t easy. She found herself scouring old Yahoo groups from the 1990s, going to places listed only to find they were gone.

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