Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Working to Dismantle Systemic Racism in Healthcare Delivery

June 7, 2021

A leading Michigan State University language and literacy scholar will extend her groundbreaking work in antiracist and anti-Blackness teacher education to pediatric medicine and public health with support from The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. April Baker-Bell, Associate Professor in the Department of English and Department of African American and African Studies, recently received a $218,000 Mellon New Directions Fellowship to support two new studies underway with the University of Washington.

COVID-19 / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Exhibition / News

MSU Survey Asks for Your Stories of Creativity in the Time of COVID-19

June 2, 2021

“Creativity in the Time of COVID-19,” an MSU project funded by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, asks the public to share their stories about the role creativity has played in their lives during the pandemic as well as any creative works they’ve made that have helped them get through this past year.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Publication

Curbing Anti-Asian Racism Through Poetry

June 1, 2021

Through her research and latest book, Divya Victor, Associate Professor in MSU’s Department of English and Creative Writing Program, tells the story of South Asian immigrants, and those belonging to the…

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / News / Research / Student

Five Students Earn First Place Awards from UURAF Presentations

May 5, 2021

Five students from the College of Arts & Letters received first place awards for their presentations at the 2021 University Undergraduate Research and Arts Forum (UURAF). The grand prize recipients will be announced in…

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News

MSU Digital Humanities Initiative Receives Garfinkel Prize

April 16, 2021

A digital humanities collective in the MSU College of Arts & Letters that draws on the legacy of creating spaces of liberation within oppressive societies has won the 2020 Garfinkel…

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Research / Scholarship

Professor Honored for Anti-Racist English Language Teaching and Scholarship

March 25, 2021

April Baker-Bell, Associate Professor of English and African American and African Studies, and Mimi Henderson-Hudson, Language Arts Teacher at Detroit Denby High School, have received two prestigious awards from Michigan…

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Programs / Student

Graduating Senior Influential with Curriculum Changes

February 23, 2021

Olivia Gundrum, a senior Honors College English major and first-generation college student, graduates this May and will leave MSU having made a positive impact through her work to cultivate a…

Award / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Exhibition / News / Student

Community Vote to Determine Final ‘Who Is a Citizen?’ Prize

February 18, 2021

Supporting the voices of emerging artists has never been more important. The MSU Broad and the College of Arts & Letters are honored to have been able to do this…

Alumni / Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Graduate Student Stories / News / Student / Students

Lisa M. Barksdale-Shaw

February 17, 2021

Dr. Lisa M. Barksdale-Shaw, a Visiting Assistant Professor in James Madison College’s Humanities Culture and Writing at Michigan State University, has just accepted a tenure-stream position as Assistant Professor, Department of English, Arizona State University.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion / Faculty / News / Research

The Trailblazing Life of MSU’s First Black Faculty Member

February 16, 2021

David W.D. Dickson’s trailblazing career, spanning more than 40 years and five academic institutions, began at Michigan State University in the Department of English in 1948 when he became the…