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Review of Reese, Sam V. S., Blue Notes: Jazz, Literature, and Loneliness, Louisiana State UP
Get PDFA book review by Christina Tourino, English faculty, of Sam Reese\u27s book Blue Notes and is in Volume 4 of the Wachtung Review in July 2021
An ecological model for building multiculturalism and social justice in institutions of higher education
No full textHow can we effectively create more diverse and inclusive colleges and universities? This is a pressing question facing institutions of higher education as they are challenged to comprehensively respond to rapidly changing demographics and urgent sociopolitical challenges in a way that will allow for all members of campus communities to thrive. In response to these common challenges and opportunities, the purpose of this presentation is to describe processes for moving an academic institution towards multiculturalism within a social justice context. We expand upon Wielkiewicz and Stelzner\u27s (2005) theoretical framework for leadership and apply it to address multiculturalism and social justice in higher education. This leadership theory is based upon ecological principles that defines leadership as a process instead of the actions and decisions of a positional leader. The central element of the theory is this: organizations are more adaptive when there is a diversity of genuine input into the decision-making processes (Wielkiewicz & Stelzner, 2005, p. 326). In addition, this approach emphasizes the role of ecological principles of interdependence among organizational leaders and multiple stakeholders, open systems with an emphasis on feedback loops, and cycling of resources which involves broadly engaging talent across the organization. From our perspective, current models of how to infuse a multicultural perspective on college campuses do not adequately account for the systemic context in which such change must take place. We argue that an extension of this theoretical model to the domain of higher education will help practitioners move colleges and universities toward more diverse, inclusive, and just orientations. Finally, we address potential applications of this theory to leading sustainable multicultural change on our campuses
Ethical Thinking in Modern Times: Dan Barry Conversation & a Public Reading
No full textDan Barry is a Pulitzer Prize winning author and New York Times columnist. He has covered many major events during his career as a columnist, including the World Trade Center disaster, the destructive wake of Hurricane Katrina and the unrest in Ferguson, Missouri, following the police shooting death of a young black man. His book “This Land” is a collection of nearly 100 essays from columns that appeared in the New York Times over the past decade. These columns come from visits to all 50 states and explore uniquely American moments such as a gathering of retired burlesque queens in Baraboo, Wisconsin; the economic struggles of a dairy farmer in Ferndale, California; and the larger meaning of a knocked-down telephone booth in Prairie Grove, Arkansas
The Political Economy of Automation: Its Effects on Workers Past, Present, and Future
Get PDFThis paper explores the state of the skill premium between skilled and unskilled labor in light of new forms of automation entering the workforce from 2008-2017. I build off the work started by Goldin and Katz in their book, The Race Between Education and Technology, answering the question: is demand for skilled labor currently outpacing the supply of skilled labor due to new forms of automation? I start with a historical review of the race between demand and supply of skilled labor, along with a study of policy influences on skilled labor supply. I then examine the literature currently published on automation to see if recent trends show demand for skilled labor increasing or not. I use data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics Current Population Survey to investigate whether current skill premiums have grown, diminished, or remained stagnant compared to the 2000 Census data where Goldin and Katz ended. The trends from this data is then forecasted out to 2020, 2025, 2030, and 2040 to see what current trends would augur for future skill premium levels. Trends points toward the skill premium for skilled labor increasing, contingent on the elasticity of substitution between skilled and unskilled labor. These findings would suggest that the American education system will need to explore supply side policies to keep skill premiums from sky-rocketing and income inequality in check
Vessel of Voices: The Call of a Spiritual Writer
No full textWho forms a spiritual writer? What is the writer\u27s responsibility to the common good? How can writing be a tool for visioning? This presentation reflects on the spiritual practice of writing as a way to explore God\u27s callings both individually and communally
Hidden Figures: The Mathematics of Katherine Johnson
No full textWhat’s the mathematics that Katharine Johnson used to send John Glenn into orbit and bring him back safely? Who was the mathematician that created the mathematics in the “Hidden Figures” Hollywood movie? Come and uncover the equations created by Johnson during the Space Race, and how the mathematical consultant, Dr. Rudy Horne, created the mathematics for the movie.
Speaker biography:
Dr. Talitha Washington is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at Howard University. She attended Spelman College (BSc), and the University of Connecticut (MSc,PhD). She was a VIGRE post-doctoral research associate at Duke University, and held assistant professorships at The College of New Rochelle and University of Evansville. She is currently interested in the applications of differential equations to problems in biology and engineering, as well as the development of nonstandard finite difference schemes to numerically solve dynamical systems.
Dr. Washington is also interested in education policy, especially advocating best practices for underrepresented students in STEM. She has been awarded a prestigious appointment by the NSF as the Division of Undergraduate Education Program Director for the Improving Undergraduate STEM Education program. She received the 2019 BEYA STEM Innovator Award at the Black Engineer of the Year Awards Conference.
She serves on the Council of the American Mathematical Society and has previously served on the Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics. She is active in programs led by the Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science, Enhancing Diversity in Graduate Education, and Mathematical Biosciences Institute Research Experiences for Undergraduates. Dr. Washington has also taken up the cause of sharing the story of the previously unheralded, but vastly important, history of the first Black person to earn a PhD in mathematics (1925), Dr. Elbert Frank Cox. Her work has been shared on radio and television, often showing his mathematics that appears in the film Hidden Figures. Dr. Washington continues to be a motivational speaker who enjoys sharing her expertise on STEM diversity and applied mathematics to all audiences
Letter from a Birmingham Jail
No full textFocus will be on why MLK wrote the letter in his time, and why it remains relevant for understanding racism and the needs of the marginalized in our time
