Academia Document History 
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
MARCH 3, 2025
Jacinta Saffold In a world where academia often overlooks the nuanced narratives of Black women, the Black Womens Studies Association (BWSA) is spearheading a movement that seeks to center the lived experiences of Black women across disciplines, identities, and generations. That commitment to community-building is central to their ethos.
HEPI
OCTOBER 30, 2022
HEPI is running a series of blogs on the changing faces of academia in collaboration with the British Academy. In this blog, my aim is to bring together a few exemplars of experiences by people of colour within academia. As Black History Month comes to a close, there is an opportunity for reflection.
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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
OCTOBER 26, 2022
She feels it’s important to share her stories with women — in and out of academia — and build community with other scholars. I was always very conscious of the small number of Black women in the profession, in academia, but then in the discipline of political science,” she continues. I thought, ‘Why don’t we know this history?’”
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
SEPTEMBER 27, 2023
People outside of academia may be better positioned to evaluate the impact of candidate’s scholarship. · Carefully assess why disconnects occur between external and internal evaluators. The criteria should be read aloud, prior to evaluating that dimension.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
I appreciated the book's critical engagement with archival documents and photographs in the creation of a Black feminist poetics,” says Dr. Saidiya Hartman, professor of English and comparative literature at Columbia University. And then I'm interested in complicating them with the other truths of American history.”
Inside Higher Ed
OCTOBER 5, 2022
The university said in a statement late Tuesday that it "appreciates former director Patty Limerick’s significant scholarly contributions to academia and the American West. This does not affect Limerick’s tenured position as professor of history or her ability to conduct research."
Inside Higher Ed
MARCH 28, 2023
Image: When Julianna Barnes set her sights on a career in academia, she envisioned eventually becoming a vice president of an institution and assumed it would be her pinnacle role in the profession. “Serving as chancellor was a natural progression, given my professional history,” she said.
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