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Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs
Addressing Asian American/Pacific Islander College Students’ Mental Health Needs
Amidst increasing reports of anti-Asian hate crimes, the Steve Fund and the National Center for Institutional Diversity…
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jan 27
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Disabled and Chronically Ill: Navigating Work Inside and Outside the Academy
Disabled and Chronically Ill: Navigating Work Inside and Outside th...
Introduction by series curators Shanna Katz Kattari and Stephanie L. Kerschbaum
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Sep 23, 2020
Young, Gifted, @ Risk and Resilient
Young, Gifted, @ Risk and Resilient
A Video Toolkit to Support the Well-Being of Students of Color
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jun 2, 2020
The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce
The Intersection of Power, Race, and Commerce
Introduction by series curators, Dr. Roland L. Leak, associate professor of marketing at North Carolina A&T, and Rebekah Modrak, professor…
National Center for Institutional Diversity
May 30, 2021
Unmasked: Anti-Asian Violence amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Unmasked: Anti-Asian Violence amid the COVID-19 Pandemic
Introduction by series curator Melissa Borja, assistant professor in the Department of American Culture at the University of Michigan.
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jun 24, 2020
Immigration, Voter Suppression, and Political Engagement in the 2020 Election
Immigration, Voter Suppression, and Political Engagement in the 202...
Introduction by series curator Dr. Mara Ostfeld, University of Michigan
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Oct 26, 2020
Nonbinary Identities and Individuals in Research, Community, and the Academy
Nonbinary Identities and Individuals in Research, Community, and th...
A Series Beyond the Gender Binary
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jun 4, 2019
Trending Essays
Dr. Change Agent: How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love Committees
Dr. Change Agent: How I Learned to Stop Complaining and Love Committees
In focusing on the lost time, we underemphasize our ability to have meaningful impact on our work environment and possibly beyond.
Kentaro Toyama
Sep 10, 2018
College Students, Campus Culture, and Political Participation
College Students, Campus Culture, and Political Participation
By Caroline Harper
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jan 8, 2019
Parenting at the Intersections in the Academy
Parenting at the Intersections in the Academy
A Series on Raising Children as Faculty and Students
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Apr 2, 2019
My Sister’s Keeper
My Sister’s Keeper
Advancing scholarship and sustaining one another through an academic writing (life) group by Christa J. Porter, Tiffany J. Davis, and…
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Dec 13, 2018
The “Double Burden” Facing Nonbinary Faculty and Graduate Students
The “Double Burden” Facing Nonbinary Faculty and Graduate Students
by Jan Estrellado, Amanda Breen, and G. Nic Rider
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jun 4, 2019
Making space for them, her, him, and ‘prefer not to disclose’ in group settings: Why…
Making space for them, her, him, and ‘prefer not to disclose’ in group settings: Why…
by Oliver L. Haimson and Lee Airton
National Center for Institutional Diversity
Jun 4, 2019
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