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Toward a more inclusive peer-review process (opinion)

Inside Higher Ed

As John Warner has explained in Slate , this “crisis” of peer review is linked to a much bigger one—namely, the ever-deepening crisis in the humanities and higher education more broadly. This new edition of the handbook: Makes equity, justice, inclusion and belonging a key component of peer review.

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A Scholarship in Telling Stories in the African Diaspora

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Belgrave, a psychology professor, vice president for inclusive excellence, and chief diversity officer at Virginia Commonwealth. Brooks takes pride in his profession, telling unheard stories and promoting the humanity and dignity of others’ lives. “If The story is a captivating read, according to colleague Dr. Faye Z.

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Scholar Who Creates Inclusive Spaces - Dr. Melva Treviño Peña

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Find your people, learn how to support them, and let them support you when you need it too.” Human interaction is at the center of Dr. Melva Treviño Peña’s work. At The University of Rhode Island’s (URI) Department of Fisheries, Animal and Veterinary Sciences, much of Treviño Peña’s scholarship involves listening to and studying people.

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Digital accessibility benefits everyone by creating a more inclusive experience for all

UW Presidential Blog

Here at the UW, we recognize that digital access and inclusion are crucial to a student’s meaningful and rewarding Husky Experience, and to being able to do our best work in a welcoming environment. I also deeply appreciate the outstanding work happening in every unit to increase digital accessibility for our community.

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Rethinking the Future of the Humanities

Inside Higher Ed

There’s a pervasive sense among many adults with humanities degrees that In the wake of deconstruction, poststructuralism, postmodernism, semiotics and the cultural, linguistic and discursive turns, literary studies, in particular, like other core humanities disciplines, is in deep trouble. The field has fragmented.

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Understanding Academic Exile After the 2024 Election

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

It’s a label that marks us as “unwelcome” and our scholarship as “controversial.” And while it’s incredibly unsettling, I believe there’s a powerful irony here – when we’re pressured and marginalized, our scholarship often grows stronger and more urgent. Today, the dynamics may be different, but the parallels are certainly clear.

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Why liberal arts leaders should know STEM isn’t the enemy

University Business

Not a week goes by without new laments about the decline of the humanities and social sciences. When STEM disciplines integrate the humanities and arts , learning outcomes include critical thinking, resilience, self-efficacy and other valuable traits, such as “recruitment, learning and retention of women and underrepresented minorities.”