tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post8137168061080115797..comments2023-10-15T04:23:50.187-04:00Comments on College Misery: Dr. Amelia asks us to ask ourselves "We can, but should we?"Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-13075260952098420012013-10-24T15:00:48.867-04:002013-10-24T15:00:48.867-04:00It's a real problem, and has been around for s...It's a real problem, and has been around for some time. I lost my first grad school advisor to token-exhaustion (she left our Ivy for a slightly-less-prestigious but more actually diverse public R1, where she could concentrate on her teaching and research. Interestingly, she later returned, I assume after putting herself in a position to say "no" when necessary). At the very Contingent Cassandrahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08161652083031423415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-73668092736923601352013-10-23T17:52:29.136-04:002013-10-23T17:52:29.136-04:00OH! THIS! Yeah: I'm often requested to be pres...OH! THIS! Yeah: I'm often requested to be present for photo opportunities when the PR and Marketing people are doing brochures or taking photos for any material that gets disseminated beyond the borders of our campus. Suddenly, our materials make us appear to be the United Colors of Benetton community. Granted, we do rank in the very top tier for most diversity student body (not so for The Contemplative Cynichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02088570661592922436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-82221510190167151682013-10-23T11:18:07.066-04:002013-10-23T11:18:07.066-04:00As a white person, I didn't realize how much o...As a white person, I didn't realize how much of a problem this is until I read some of Kerry Ann Rockquemore's columns and her book. Peter K assumes the admin at this school is equally interested in giving lip service to diversity and actually tenuring faculty members of color, which is frequently not the case. Not even necessarily due to malice, but due to a lack of anyone thinking aboutKatehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16403289509523215570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-12293225891095053322013-10-23T11:12:45.168-04:002013-10-23T11:12:45.168-04:00So, he is the only native-american faculty on camp...So, he is the only native-american faculty on campus? That makes him <i> untouchable</i>, right? So he can simply refuse to be on any committees that aren't "fun" for him (as @introvert.prof said). If he accepts the assignments, he must either like this kind of thing, or is too much of a "trooper", or has yet to realize how unassailable his position is. Now, if they get Peter Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00754472537710161295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-28670293181706924152013-10-23T08:26:37.089-04:002013-10-23T08:26:37.089-04:00It sounds like somebody should be asking about the...It sounds like somebody should be asking about the opportunity costs for all members of the committee. They are a waste of time.<br /><br />Here's how you know that the administration doesn't give a shit about something: They ask faculty for their opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2883226237165701608.post-9512751159408012812013-10-23T08:03:24.356-04:002013-10-23T08:03:24.356-04:00Someone wiser than I observed that it's not a ...Someone wiser than I observed that it's not a person of color's job to diversify the environment for white folks.<br /><br />That said, your colleague needs to find a way to say "no" and make it stick. There are a number of ways to spin it; if he's still TT rather than tenured, all this committee work is eating up time that could be used building his portfolio. <br /><br />introvert.profhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09042783611716432247noreply@blogger.com