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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Cathy Wong

As Dr. Cathy Wong tells it, she “stumbled” into her career in academia after she walked into a lab and saw how colorful the lasers were.

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Maria Rosa

An elementary school classroom activity called the “reading rainbow,” which highlighted the day in the life of various careers, sparked Dr. Maria Rosa’s desire to pursue marine biology. One of the books she had read focused on a female marine biologist who worked with sea turtles both inside and outside the lab.

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How Colleges Are Making Work-Study Programs More Equitable

A lot of students work to pay for college, many through work-study programs. The problem is work-study jobs often involve little professional development to help students prepare for future careers. But what if work-study wasn’t just about paying for college? What if it was a more intentional part of a student’s education?

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Que-Lam Huynh

Studying issues of ethnic minority identity and marginalization comes naturally to Dr. Que-Lam Huynh, associate professor in the department of psychology at California State University, Northridge (CSUN). She remembers what it felt like to be an 11-year-old refugee from Vietnam thrust into a new life.

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep

Dr. Nicholas D. Hartlep’s long list of publications tells the remarkable story of a productive scholar. With 22 books under his belt, including his latest — Racial Battle Fatigue in Faculty: Perspectives and Lessons in Higher Education, co-edited with Dr. Daisy Ball — Hartlep is intent on lending his voice to the national discourse surrounding the plight of education in America.

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Yomaira Figueroa

Raised in Hoboken, New Jersey, Dr. Yomaira Figueroa is a first-generation high school and college graduate. Now an assistant professor of global diaspora studies at Michigan State University, she finds the cultural shift in academia encouraging as more first-generation students continue their education and become professors.

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Miltonette Craig

Dr. Miltonette Craig, an assistant professor of criminal justice sciences at Illinois State University, wants to know why police violence happens and how officers justify racially biased incidents to themselves and others.

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Nichole Margarita Garcia

Garcia has found a way to do what so many scholars find difficult: to combine the personal with the theoretical, bringing her lived experiences to her scholarship, and, in doing so, inspiring a generation of younger scholars to do the same.

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2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Naomi Lee

Growing up on the Cattaraugus reservation, Dr. Naomi Lee was used to being surrounded by people who shared similar backgrounds and experiences to hers. However, upon leaving the reservation for college at Rochester Institute of Technology, Lee struggled with her identity.

2020 Emerging Scholars: Dr. Donald ‘DJ’ Mitchell Jr.

When it comes to researching issues about diversity, equity and inclusion in higher education, Dr. Donald “DJ” Mitchell Jr. has risen to the top of his field with his groundbreaking work on race, gender, identity and intersectionality within higher education contexts.

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AAC&U Conference Explores How to Support Women Leaders and Faculty of Color

Several sessions at the Association of American Colleges and Universities annual meeting delved into how to make the work of diversity, equity and inclusion a little bit easier for women leaders and minority faculty.

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U Michigan’s LSA Debuts New Facility For Transfer Students’ Success

The University of Michigan College of Literature, Science and the Arts (LSA) recently debuted a new building on campus with the goal of student access in mind.LSA’s 45,000 square-foot $35 million building includes classrooms, interview rooms, a lounge and event space, 24/7 food and beverage market and a prayer, meditation and wellness room. Planning for the centrally located building started in 2017 and was designed to be a place where students can connect with their fellow peers and meet with potential employers.

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