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Notes on a Banned Books Class

ACRLog

When I took over the class, I focused on recent examples of books that have been targeted by book challenges and bans, since that has been a relentless topic in the news. I selected most of my titles from the past few years of ALA’s Top 10 Most Challenged Books lists.

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Scholars Discuss Advantages and Pitfalls of Social Media in Academia

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I think it's important for folks to see the fullness of who we are as humans, that we're not just faculty or researchers writing these books. Amidst the stressors of academia and social media, the panelists spoke about finding joy and taking breaks from being online. "In My work is not my life. I have a full life outside of that.

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New Book Focuses on Anti-Asian Racism, Stereotypes, and Catholic Teachings

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

I would just stand there for hours, reading one book after another in Asian American studies. For the first time, I read somebody talking about me, and most of the books do not talk about me. Dr. Grace Ji-Sun Kim, a professor of theology at the Earlham School of Theology said that Cheah's book is much needed. "Dr.

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Discussion Topics for Book Clubbing ‘After the Ivory Tower Falls’

Inside Higher Ed

I’m hearing rumbles of book clubbing. ” After the Ivory Tower Falls is a book we in academia should be engaging with. You will have to tell us how your book clubbing conversations go, but the likely answer is “not really.” Published in August of 2022.

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Writer-Professor Explores the Voyage of ‘Becoming'

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hill has been writing since she was a child, growing up around books and hearing stories. And the very existence of her book itself made her the first American poet and second poet ever to be published by Bloomsbury Publishing house. “I Entering higher ed and academia, she went on to earn a B.A. Dr. DaMaris B.

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

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

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. She said this lesson is deliberate and acknowledges academia and graduate school can be “violent, especially for scholars of color, women, and queer folks of color.”

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Emotional labour in the ivory tower: highlighting the experiences of academics of colour

HEPI

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. Emotional labour has several meanings, and inevitably some are context dependent.

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