Tag: Faculty mentoring

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Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell to Take On New Role at Washington U in St. Louis

Washington University (WU) in St. Louis has named Dr. Kia Lilly Caldwell its new vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity. She succeeds Dr. Adrienne D. Davis who served as the university’s first vice provost for faculty affairs and diversity for 10 years. Caldwell comes to WU from the University of North Carolina at Chapel […]

June 18, 2021

Women

Scholars Mentored By Shalala Predict Support for Higher Ed and Diversity

Dr. Gloria Ladson-Billings is a proud member of “the Class of Shalala,” an informal name adopted by a group of Black women faculty at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UWM) whose academic careers were boosted by the newly elected Congresswoman, who mentored women and minority faculty in higher education long before she ventured into politics.

November 8, 2018