Category: African Americans

• Education Deans for Justice and Equity?

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  January 22, 2020

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  African Americans, Latina/os

  I truly believe that our deans and other academic leaders can translate their community-engaged, community-relevant work that they have undertaken as researchers and teachers  into higher education leadership roles. I am seeking to do that on a daily basis in my role as dean at the University of Kentucky College of Education. https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1217243906334609409?s=20 As a…

  

• Blogging a Few Thoughts on MLK Jr Day

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  January 20, 2020

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  African Americans, Wisdom

  Had a chance to attend the University of Kentucky MLK Jr Day event today. Sharing a few quotes from the keynote. https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219302108605886464?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219304875655344129?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219306071354945536?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219307136221618176?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219307870078013440?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219308824173187072?s=20 https://twitter.com/ProfessorJVH/status/1219310327193571330?s=20 Please Facebook Like, Tweet, etc below and/or reblog to share this discussion with others. Check out and follow my YouTube channel here. Twitter: @ProfessorJVH Click here for Vitae.

  

• Will Texas be the first for African American studies?

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  November 5, 2019

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  African Americans

  Public comments for statewide adoption of African American Studies will be Wednesday, November 13th.  I encourage anyone with interest in the course to speak before our Board on the importance of adoption and maintaining factual integrity.  The curriculum framework can be found here https://www.ginatxsboe1.com/aas.html Public comments will be considered during the First Reading in January 2020 and…

• Blogging a few quick thoughts from @MichaelEDyson

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  October 28, 2019

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  African Americans, Higher Education Access, Wisdom

  I am in Phoenix Arizona today for the American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) presidents’ conference which is themed this year “Stewards of Place Reimagined.” ]I was honored to be invited by my new mentor Millie Garcia, AASCU president, to experience the professional learning that the presidents of our nation’s state colleges and…

  

• Spending an Hour Interviewing Trevor Noah

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  August 31, 2019

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  African Americans, Announcements, Wisdom

  Enjoyed spending an hour interviewing Trevor Noah yesterday at the University of Kentucky’s historic Memorial Coliseum. The conversation focused on race and equality. Here are the questions that I asked: Many are familiar with your life story told in “Born a Crime,” growing up mixed-race in Apartheid South Africa. Are there particular lessons from your experiences…