Black British Academics

Ivory Tower Poem: On Sisterhood, Solidarity & Self-Empowerment

Newsdesk — Mon, 08 Mar 2021 18:46:19 +0000

Audio of Dr Gabriel reading her poem 'On Sisterhood, Solidarity & Self-Empowerment' from Inside the Ivory Tower.

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THE Live: Equalities agenda not fit for purpose BBA Founder says

Newsdesk — Thu, 26 Nov 2020 14:51:31 +0000

Dr Gabriel delivered a presentation at the THE Live Event for the session entitled: Has 2020 Destroyed the Equalities Agenda?

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Building racial equity and diversity in the peer review process

Dr Deborah Gabriel — Mon, 31 Aug 2020 05:00:36 +0000

Routledge is committed to working collaboratively with under-served communities...

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Can We Talk? How Allies Can Help Dismantle White Privilege

Dr Deborah Gabriel — Thu, 20 Aug 2020 13:49:40 +0000

...all Whites are complicit in the process of White privilege and ...the solution is payback and not goodwill gestures...

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Transforming the Ivory Tower review by Jessica Oddy

Newsdesk — Mon, 17 Aug 2020 12:02:53 +0000

Transforming the Ivory tower is a must-read for Black women considering a career in academia...

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Transforming the Ivory Tower review by Sheila Freeman

Newsdesk — Wed, 29 Jul 2020 22:07:39 +0000

An excellent review by competition winner Sheila Freeman...

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Dr Elizabeth Opara to join London Met University as School Head

Newsdesk — Mon, 06 Jul 2020 15:40:25 +0000

We congratulate Dr Elizabeth Opara, a contributor to Inside the Ivory Tower and Transforming the Ivory Tower on her new appointment as Head of the School of Human Sciences at London Metropolitan University. As our STEM Adviser, Dr Opara has

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Transforming the Ivory Tower: congrats to competition winners

Newsdesk — Mon, 22 Jun 2020 12:58:15 +0000

Congrats to our competition winners: Sheila Freeman, Shardia Briscoe-Palmer and Sasha Mc Koy, who each win a signed copy of the book. EXTRACTS FROM THE WINNING RESPONSES What action (s) have you taken in the past to resist, challenge or

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Race inequality and covid-19 – the uncomfortable truths

Newsdesk — Mon, 06 Apr 2020 15:47:35 +0000

The Covid-19 pandemic should not be viewed as race-neutral because survival and mortality rates are shaped by existing inequalities that are linked to race and racism...

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BBA founder says the Eurocentric media curriculum perpetuates whiteness

Newsdesk — Thu, 09 Jan 2020 08:30:26 +0000

Dr Deborah Gabriel delivered the keynote address on the opening day of the Media and Cultural Studies (MeCCSA) 2020 annual conference hosted by the University of Brighton.

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