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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig Named Provost at Western Michigan University

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Dr. Julian Vasquez Heilig, an educational researcher whose work on racial equity and teacher preparation has received national recognition, will be the next provost and vice president for academic affairs at Western Michigan University. He will do the same as provost at Western Michigan University.”

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Looking Back to See Forward - Dr. Nic John Ramos

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Title: Assistant Professor, Department of History, Drexel University, Jointly Appointed, History and Africana Studies, Drexel University Tenured: No Age: 42 Education: B.A., Ramos, jointly appointed in History and Africana Studies, serves as an assistant professor in the Department of History at Drexel University in Philadelphia.

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Scholars Come Together to Present Evidence-Based Discourse on DEI

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On March 7, Dr. Shaun Harper, university professor, provost professor of education, business and public policy, and the founder and executive director of the USC Race and Equity Center, was watching a livestream from the U.S. They’re always continuing to refine them.

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Dr. Yolanda Pierce Named Dean of the Vanderbilt University Divinity School

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Cybele Raver, Vanderbilt provost and vice chancellor for academic affairs. Yolanda Pierce “During the search process, Yolanda Pierce stood out for her outstanding national leadership at the intersection of religion and public life,” said Dr. C.

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Power Couple Works to Improve Climate for Marginalized Students

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Dr. LaVar Charleston is the deputy vice chancellor for diversity & inclusion, vice provost and chief diversity officer at the University of Wisconsin – Madison. history, gender and race with the law. LaVar Charleston had a crush on Dr. Sherri Charleston from the moment he met her in ninth grade.

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College Board Updates AP African American Studies Course

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.; segregation and discrimination; grassroots organizing and the Civil Rights Movement; and Black feminism. Strayhorn, vice provost and director of research for the Center for the Study of HBCUs at Virginia Union University. "It

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Lifting As They Climb

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I worked hard to transform the organization because it was pretty lily white,” he says. She will lead the organization in 2024-2025. I am encouraged both by the shift in AERA, but the shift with other associations and organizations as well. Most of the officers were primarily white males, which was typical at the time.”