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The Black Woman’s Burden: Battling Inertia in Higher Ed

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Malaklou, also chair and associate professor of women’s, gender, and sexuality studies at Berea College in Kentucky, got to know hooks when she came to Berea in 2019. Malaklou hosts events like "Evening with an Activist" at the bell hooks center, where students can learn tangible ways to make a difference outside of academia.

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Burnout and Work-Work Balance

Inside Higher Ed

In my book Unraveling Faculty Burnout: Pathways to Reckoning and Renewal (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2022), I dive deep into my personal experience and share those of other women from across academia with the goal of shedding light and providing language for us to have open conversations about this workplace phenomenon.

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A Commitment to Help Others

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In academia, she taught as an instructor in the Emory University Center for Human Health and assistant professor at the Morehouse School of Medicine, where she designed the Master of Public Health Global Health Track. These are things we’ve experienced throughout our life.

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The Vision and Strategies of Engineers Canada (EC)

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EC is Canada's national organization that represents the engineering profession. Engineers Canada (EC) is the national organization representing the engineering profession in Canada. According to Statistics Canada , in 2019, there were approximately 300,000 engineers in Canada, representing about 1% of the total workforce.

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HBCU’s Augment HyFlex Format Using Universal Design for Learning (UDL)

Faculty Focus

HyFlex has been around since 2005, designed to increase enrollment (Beatty, 2019). Additionally, all of the course materials are available on the school Learning Management System (LMS) (Binnewies, 2019; Wang, 2019). Action and expression. Expanding learning opportunities for graduate students with HyFlex course design.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

For instance, in 2019, 6.2% In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. Assisting students in organizing their projects and assignments by offering a comprehensive timeline that guides students in planning and allocating their time for the course and each assignment.

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Bridging the Gap: Overcoming Barriers in Higher Ed for Students with Disabilities including Neurodivergent Learners

Faculty Focus

For instance, in 2019, 6.2% In-person: There are two approaches to accessibility in academia—accommodations and universal design. Assisting students in organizing their projects and assignments by offering a comprehensive timeline that guides students in planning and allocating their time for the course and each assignment.