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Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and his legacy of strength, resilience and compassion are a worldwide touchstone of civic responsibility and action. In January 2016, the University broadened and deepened our recognition of the MLK holiday and expanded our recognition from a day of service to a week of service, leadership, learning, legacy-building and celebration. Click here to see video highlights from this year’s event organized by the Samuel E. Kelly Ethnic Cultural Center, Carlson Leadership & Public Service Center and the Center for Communication, Equity & Difference.

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The University of Washington is among more than 80 universities that have signed on to a new report and initiative encouraging changes to the college admissions process to promote greater ethical and intellectual engagement on the part of prospective students and level the playing field for economically diverse high school students. The report, entitled “Turning the Tide,” presses college admissions officers to place higher value on the things prospective students do for the greater good overall in their communities, for their families or at their schools as opposed to focusing so heavily on their personal achievements. Read the full UW Daily article. 

The University of Washington Press, the MIT Press, Duke University Press, the University of Georgia Press, and the association of American University Presses (AAUP) join forces to create the University Press Diversity Fellowship Program. See full announcement.

News from the Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity 

Chadwick Allen, a specialist in Native American and global Indigenous studies, joined the University of Washington as associate vice provost for faculty advancement on Aug. 17. In this role, Allen will work with the Office of Provost and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity to develop strategies and resources that facilitate the recruitment and retention of an inclusive faculty.

Chadwick Allen, a specialist in Native American and global Indigenous studies, joined the University of Washington as associate vice provost for faculty advancement on Aug. 17.

In this role, Allen will work with the Office of Provost and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity to develop strategies and resources that facilitate the recruitment and retention of an inclusive faculty. Most recently, he was a professor of English and associate dean for faculty and research in the Division of Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University’s College of Arts & Sciences.

“We are delighted that Dr. Chadwick Allen will be joining us at the UW,” said Interim Provost Jerry Baldasty. “He’s one of the leading scholars in Indigenous studies, and is highly recognized for the quality and intellectual rigor of his work. He brings a rich academic and administrative background to the UW and to this position, as well as a great deal of energy. He will be a significant leader for UW in our efforts to recruit, promote and retain an excellent and diverse faculty.”

Allen’s work at OSU also included stints as coordinator for the interdisciplinary program in American Indian Studies and director of the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective (DISCO). He is the recipient of two Fulbright fellowships to Aotearoa New Zealand, where he studied Maori literature and culture at Auckland University.
Allen has authored two books, Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts (2002) and Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies (2012). He is co-editor of The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, and editor of the journal SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literatures. From 2013-14, he served as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).

“I’m very excited to be joining the University of Washington, especially during a period of remarkable growth and change,” Allen said. “I’m looking forward to exploring campus and meeting faculty, staff and students over the next months as I work to gain insight into UW’s specific needs and goals for faculty advancement.”

In addition to his primary work in Indigenous studies, Allen has a strong interest in frontier studies and the popular western. He has written extensively on the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Allen received a Ph.D. in comparative cultural and literary studies from the University of Arizona, a master’s degree in writing from Washington University and a bachelor’s degree, magna cum laude, in the comparative study of religion from Harvard University.

Copy sources from Office of Minority Affairs and Diversity:

http://www.washington.edu/omad/2015/08/20/chadwick-allen-named-uw-associate-vice-provost-for-faculty-advancement/

 

The University of Washington communication department will open its new Center for Communication, Difference and Equity with public events May 27 to 29, on campus and off. “The CCDE is a space — a physical space, intellectual space and community space — where we as a department and as a university are going to be able to center these issues of power, privilege and difference,” said Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and the center’s director. Read the whole story.