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A Pioneer for Change - Dr. Brittany Williams

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I did it because of the implications of my scholarship around Black women, girls, my experience with social class and racial identity development, she says. Although she did not have extensive training in public health, she dove into research, finding books, articles, and speaking circuits to learn more. Thats the meat and potatoes.

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Open Access: It’s Not Just a Nice Thing to Do

ACRLog

It takes down the ivory towers of academia, bringing publicly funded research back to the public. As a Digital Projects Librarian, I primarily engage in the field of digital scholarship and receive daily inquiries regarding the scope and implications of Open Access publishing. motto in academia.

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Who are we gardening for?

ACRLog

These experiences inform current professional and scholarly interests in: information for public good; the open knowledge movement in scholarly communication; community-engaged scholarship; and research assessment reform. What is the impact academia is supposed to be making in the world?

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Searching for the Optimal Class Design to Maximize Learning

Faculty Focus

Reflecting on my years in academia, I find myself increasingly drawn to the challenge of designing the optimal classone that not only engages students but also maximizes student learning. Enhancing learning through the scholarship of teaching and learning: The challenges and joys of juggling. References McKinney, K.

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AHA: See textbooks, op-eds, gaming as historical scholarship

Inside Higher Ed

’” The American Historical Association’s new “ Guidelines for Broadening the Definition of Historical Scholarship,” published in the latest edition of its Perspectives on History magazine, suggests this broadening not just for public history, but history over all.

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Oil money undermines academic autonomy (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

But if top universities genuinely want to lead, a key roadblock remains: around the nation and the world, leading institutions are structurally unprepared for the fossil fuel industry’s assault on the interests and values of academia. Sometimes, fossil fuel companies’ routes of influence on scholarship can be very direct.

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An Invisible Population: Black Undocumented Students

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Kayon Hall wants to change the way academia thinks about undocumented students. This year, Hall published an article with the Journal of First-Generation Student Success about the lived experiences of Black undocumented students, highlighting the ways higher education has excluded them from immigration discourse and support.

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