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PUBLICATION ALERT
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Understanding Socio-Emotional Learning Through a Cultural Lens: A Focus on Racial Identity Development
For many valid reasons, there has been an increased focus on socio-emotional learning (SEL) among students, especially since COVID-19. Accompanying issues pertaining to the pandemic, students are cont...
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May 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
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NO to MAGA: Angelou nails it!

History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived, but if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

Maya Angelou, On the Pulse of Morning
March 22, 2025 at 6:05 PM
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ONE OF MY EARLY ARTICLES ON CREATING WELCOMING ENVIRONMENT FOR CULTURALLY DIFFERENT STUDENTS . ***NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER!!!
#CulturalDiversity #education #DEI

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March 10, 2025 at 5:18 PM
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If we can teach children how to be citizens, we damn sure can teach higher education students and adults!

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Teaching kids how to become better citizens
In our polarized society, a new study offers hope for the future: Even young children can learn to discuss and argue about meaningful problems in a respectful and productive way.Researchers at The Ohi...
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March 9, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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I absolutely LOVE this summary of my work and impact in gifted and talented education on behalf of Black students!! Hope you enjoy.

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Underrepresentation and Inequity: The More Things Change, the More They Stay the Same, Dr. Donna Ford
Learn about Dr. Donna Y. Ford’s “Dirty Dozen” with regard to underrepresentation in gifted programs.
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February 17, 2025 at 12:52 PM
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Addressing curricular violence - trauma

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How to Address Trauma Related to Curriculum Violence
Learn how to address trauma from curriculum violence. Create a supportive environment with trauma-informed strategies.
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February 12, 2025 at 10:19 PM
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Pleased to share our paper! In @diverseissues

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Fidelity Matters: Assessing Anti-Racism/Anti-Oppression in P-12 and Higher Education
In our quest for anti-racist academic organizations from preschool to higher education, we have urged educators to develop competencies - dispositions, knowledge, and skills - to put philosophy into p...
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January 29, 2025 at 4:56 PM
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***MUST READ****

Helping Black clients deal with racial trauma from anti-Blackness!!

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January 24, 2025 at 6:22 PM
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Important topic and read on Black males in higher education.
@diverseissues.bsky.social
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They Don’t Really Care About Us? Ensuring a Better Connection Between Research, Policy, and Practice to Ensure Success for Black Men in Higher Education
There is deep concern about the status of Black men in higher education.
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January 24, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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SIGH...views about racism in Britain. A frustrating read. Racism is a PANDEMIC!

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Are we a racist society? The majority of us say no – but science begs to differ
Although greater awareness of prejudice would suggest we are less bigoted than ever, empirical evidence indicates not
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January 23, 2025 at 3:09 PM
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More #racism in schools - California HS!! APPALLING. Disgusting. Inhumane.

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'Felt It Was Like the KKK Trying to Break In’: Mob of White Students Disrupt Black Student Union Meeting with Hateful Chant, Video Shows
Two Black teachers at Beverly Hills High School in California filed a formal complaint with the school district alleging harassment and racial
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January 6, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Great paper in @diverseissues.bsky.social by Jason Segrest on STEM and Black cultural wealth.

Much appreciation to @jamalwatson.bsky.social
Transforming Barriers into Assets: Prioritizing the Cultural Wealth of Black Students in STEM
For too long, negative stereotypes have fueled the belief that Black students lack preparedness for postsecondary STEM environments.
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January 3, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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December 26, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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STEM equity video. Ending miseducation

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Fostering STEM Engagement Among Gifted and Talented Black Students
YouTube video by Erik Hines
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December 5, 2024 at 3:00 PM
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CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE MENTAL HEALTH

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A Call to Action: Higher Education Must Implement Culturally Responsive Mental Health Practices
Racially minoritized students who attend PWIs often report feelings of isolation, marginalization, lack of support, and exclusion from faculty and peers.
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December 2, 2024 at 10:21 PM
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PUBLICATION ALERT
inspiring Black students with young Black STEM trailblazers
December 2, 2024 at 3:03 PM
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New video series coming soon - addressing racial inequities in schools.

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November 29, 2024 at 8:23 PM