Award-winning GSE scholar studies social support networks and their impact on minoritized college student success and well-being
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Podcast: The academy won't save us: Black women's health in higher education
Podcast Description: Black women working in higher education as administrators, faculty, and staff face daily harms and traumas that affect their emotional, mental, physical, and spiritual health and well-being. Black women are often hazed, shamed, and... (Link)
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Presentation: Enhancing Mental Health and Well-Being through AI Innovations
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Guest Blog: A Web of Support for Black Women in Higher Education
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Podcast: Supporting Black Students and Families in the College Admissions Process
Episode Description We all do this work to best serve students - and this week we're holding a focused conversation on how we can best support Black students and families through the college admissions process. The conversation starts with Katie Math... (Link)
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2023 Highlights
Op-Ed: How to Stay Friends on the Academic Job Market
Published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, Dr. LaShawn F. Washington & I write about what's it's like to maintain a friendship while competing for the same academic openings. (Link)
Wicker Inducted into Edward Bouchet National Honor Society
The Bouchet Society commemorates the first person of African heritage to earn a PhD in the United States. Edward A. Bouchet earned a PhD in Physics from Yale University in 1876. Since then, the Bouchet Society has continued to uphold Dr. Bouchet’s legacy. (Link)
Wicker Awarded Ford Foundation Fellowship
Read more at: https://education.wisc.edu/news/uw-madisons-wicker-awarded-ford-foundation-fellowship/ (Link)
Women in Network Science Presentation
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Policy Brief: A Critical Policy Review of Well-Being and Equity Policy at Historically Black, Tribal, and Predominantly White Colleges and Universities
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Productivity Presentation
Book Review: Lean Semesters by Sekile M. Nzinga
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Scholar on the Rise
POD Innovation Award Finalist
The Healthy Academics Toolkit was one of four finalists for the Innovation Award of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network, a national community devoted to improving teaching and learning in higher education. Congratulations to C... (Link)
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Diversity Forum Presentation (UW Madison)
Who Belongs? Who Matters? Connecting Racism and Health Equity to Belonging at UW–Madison A sense of belonging is the psychological feeling of connectedness to a social, spatial, or cultural group or community. Mattering and seeing oneself as part of ...
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Food Pantry Institutionalized
Brand New Badger Feature
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Future 15 Young Professional Award
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