By Marcia Allen Owens “Is that healthy?” the administrator asks, as we discuss a female student’s concerns. Meanwhile, she watches me, an untenured Black woman professor,...
By Catherine Packer-Williams and Wendi Williams Sister-Colleagues Black/African descent women professors face several challenges to health and wellness in their attempts to successfully navigate the academy. ...
By Teresa Gilliams, Ph.D. Much that is beautiful must be discarded So that we may resemble a taller Impression of ourselves –John Ashberry, “Illustration” “If...
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Elizabeth Warren, candidate for the Senate in a highly contested race against Tea Partyer Scott Brown in Massachusetts, has faced an unprecedented type of scrutiny...
By C. Riley Snorton and Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Today marks the conclusion of the voting period, which will settle numerous electoral decisions, including various seats...
By Anonymous* I was so excited when I started receiving acceptance letters to pursue a graduate degree in Sociology. I knew that picking a graduate...
By Khahlia Sanders Is it possible to be a Black woman academic and live? I find myself asking this question every time I visit the university...
By Erica Lorraine Williams In response to Toni Cade Bambara’s classic question in The Salt Eaters, I am absolutely sure that I want to be...
By Liz A. As soon as I arrived, I was pissed that there were people standing in line outside. As I walked to my spot,...
By Traci-Ann Wint Forgive me. She fell into an abyss that had nothing to do with me – an unabashed misery paralleled by none but...
Because Gardasil is designed to protect young people against human papillomavirus, a common sexually transmitted disease, some people believe the inoculation gives teens the go-ahead...
In her groundbreaking text, Hine Sight: Black Women and the Reconstruction of American History, black feminist scholar Darlene Clark Hine makes a distinction between black...
By LeConté J. Dill The subject of Black Academic Women’s Health beckons an autoethnographic approach: October 2006. Excited to get new specs. “E D F C...
By Koritha Mitchell In November 2001, right before I began writing my dissertation, I experienced one of the defining moments of my life. I had...
By Kamilah Majied Renown educator and Buddhist leader, Dr. Daisaku Ikeda offers a vision for academia when he states, Education makes us free. It is...
“For every well-known black woman whose death has been noted and marked, there are countless other black women who have died in the shadows. These...
By J. Victoria Sanders I first dreamed of being a professor and writer in seventh grade after reading Breaking Bread: Insurgent Black Intellectual Life by...