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Two faculty, two students complete diversity research

Two faculty members and two students have completed their research on diversity in higher education â€" research funded by the President’s Commission on Diversity.

2008-10-08
Minnesota State University, Mankato Media Relations Office news release [10/8/2008]

Two faculty members and two students have completed their research on diversity in higher education – research funded by the President’s Commission on Diversity.

The four are:

• Susan Freeman, Women’s Studies faculty member, who studied “Education for Gay Liberation: The Emergence of Gay and Lesbian Studies in the 1970s and 1980s”;
• Leah White, director of forensics and Speech Communication faculty member, who took part in an international conference, “Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed”;
• LaTolya Carter, sophomore social work major, who studied abroad in Ghana, West Africa;
• Deborah White, Teacher Licensure Program graduate student, who took part in workshops for teachers of English to speakers of other languages.

The 2007-2008 grants were available to students, faculty or staff to attend conferences or to conduct research related to diversity in higher education.

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