Research

• Professor Marianne Noble's (Literature) essay, "Emily Dickinson and Harriet Beecher Stowe Responding to Slavery," argues that Dickinson’s poem “One need not be a chamber to be haunted” derives from a passage in Uncle Tom’s Cabin and examines the limits of Dickinson's political thought and the implications of her identification with Stowe’s evil slaveholder.
• Michele Carter's (Psychology) study, "'Is It Because I’m Black?': A Study of the African American Perception of Microaggression Depending on Aggressor," furthers the understanding of microaggressions and how they are interpreted. This was the first study to demonstrate that the race of those who commit microaggressions matters in terms of viewing the microaggression as offensive.

Curriculum

Improvisation in Theory & Practice

Most music theory classes center on Western music and ideas; however, our new hybrid classroom/ensemble experience highlights a wide range of musical traditions and finds points of shared connection and difference. The course engages with non-Western approaches to tuning, scales, and meter; focuses on timbre and rhythm; and ultimately increases access to the field of composition by expanding the definition of composing to improvisatory practices from a wide-range of traditions.

See Yourself as an Economist

The number of economists from marginalized groups is growing. Our new video tutorials for Principles of Economics, narrated by a diverse group of faculty, graduate students, and alumni, allow students to see and hear the voices of a diverse group of economists who also happen to be AU community members!
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Representation in Biomed Research

This course discusses issues of inequality embedded in biological research and healthcare. Students learn concepts and technologies used in biomedical research and explore case studies that describe how underserved communities have been disadvantaged, leading to disparities and mistrust of the health system.

ADVANCE AU

The NSF awarded a two-year ADVANCE grant of $300,000 to support AU in an analysis of gender and racial equity among its STEM faculty, with the aim of increasing AU’s number of women and underrepresented minority STEM faculty. The ADVANCE grant has powered a symposium on gender and race in STEM, career development mini-grants, and a peer mentoring program.
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