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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Brooks continued his exploration of the vast African diaspora in 2011, alongside other internationally known scholars, as the general editor of the 1,600-page African American Almanac (Cengage Gale, 2011). Brooks takes pride in his profession, telling unheard stories and promoting the humanity and dignity of others’ lives. “If

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Brown University Exhibit on Mumia Abu-Jamal to Highlight American Prison System

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

He previously was given a death sentence, but that was overturned in 2011. By offering a glimpse into Mumia Abu-Jamal’s papers , and by engaging scholars across the country in conversation, we hope to catalyze more scholarship and conversation about a topic that affects so many lives.”

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Growth in assistant professorships is uneven (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

Over all, we found that the number of assistant professors increased in 101 of 154 academic disciplines between 2011 and 2021. But this is not the case in education, in social sciences and in particular in the humanities, all of which are characterized by stable or declining demand for assistant professors. granting universities.

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

Fernsten and Reda (2011) claim examining classroom practices that help challenge negative writer identity, especially in relation to formal academic discourses, may create greater student confidence to move through the multiple literacy tasks needed for academic research writing. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(6):736-741.

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Disability as a Valuable Form of Diversity, Not a Deficit

Faculty Focus

My lived experience with a disability and my professional positionality in disability scholarship and education systems is driving my efforts. Brown, 2011, para. 2011, August). Journal of Medical Humanities , 26 (2/3), 141–158. How did we get here? Strategy 3: Accept and normalize autistic traits in your classroom.

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Only Within Their Own Institutions, Are Black Scholars without Honor!

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

For instance, in an article titled, (Re)Deining departure: Exploring Black professors’ experiences with and responses to racism and racial climate (Griffin et.al, 2011), the authors highlighted that participants shared “they believe some of their colleagues see them first as black and second as professors.”

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Inspiring Your Students to Write, Cite, and Avoid Plagiarism

Faculty Focus

Fernsten and Reda (2011) claim examining classroom practices that help challenge negative writer identity, especially in relation to formal academic discourses, may create greater student confidence to move through the multiple literacy tasks needed for academic research writing. American Journal of Educational Research. 2015; 3(6):736-741.