Race, Ethnicity and Post-Colonial Studies Commons^™

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (I): African American And Native American Studies, C.J. White, Frances W. Kaye, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

The Need For American Ethnic Studies At Predominantly White Institutions (Ii): Latino And Judaic Studies, Miguel Carranza, Alan Steinweis, Keith Parker

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This session will provide a straightforward account of what ethnic studies is and the current state of ethnic studies.

Black Students' Perceptions: A Snapshot Of Their Experiences At A Predominantly White Campus, R. Deborah Davis

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Safe spaces” must be a part of the student’s experience for them to be successful.

A Campus Responds: Improving The Climate For People Of Color At A Small Liberal Arts Institution, Traci Howard, Kristi Rodriguez

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Five major themes will be suggested by panelists: problem identification is essential to change; the landscape determines the strategy; all constituencies must be involved; events influence the process; and there is no one best change arrangement.

Retaining Students Of Color Through Gateway: A Student Mentoring Program, Danielle M. Hornett, Jaclyn Piotrowski

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Mentors help new students adjust both socially and academically. The presenters will share some of Gateway’ keys to having a successful mentoring program.

Mentoring Diversity And The Majority Rules: The Power Of Purpose, Paul H. Gutierrez, Cathy Martinez, Warren Santistevan

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Tribal Societies selected special individuals to formally guide, grain, and indoctrinate the young in the arts, crafts, and behaviors necessary to function successfully and contribute to the community.”

Josephine Davis, Josephine D. Davis

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

No abstract provided.

Light-Skinned With Good Hair: The Role Of Christianity And Comptonization In The Maintenance Of Self-Hatred In African Americans, Omowale Akintunde

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Most African Americans deny or are at least unaware on a conscious level of the impact of the media and Christianity on the formulation of their self-image.”

Some Effects Of Solo Status For African Americans In Organizational Settings, Kellina Craig

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Despite the fact that in the last 30 years the number of African Americans who occupy senior positions in organization has increased substantially, these employees typically find themselves in ‘solo’ proportions relative to Whites.”

Empowering African American Students To Learn, Kimberly D. Ewing

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This presentation will encourage students to take African American courses and explore other cultures as well.

Racial Identity And Academic Achievement, Davita Fitzgerald

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“The evolution of old-fashioned racist beliefs to modern racist beliefs has presented elusive and subtle challenges to African American success in higher education.”

A Site Of Learning And Prejudice: A First-Year Teaching Journal, Yolanda Pierce

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

This presentation addresses how classroom dynamics and issues of race and gender can form the intersection between academia and activism.

Recruiting And Retaining Students Of Color For Careers In Education, Jennifer Robinson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Teachers of color are able to serve as ‘culture brokers’ who may assist in bringing cultural expertise to the teaching profession.”

African American Racial Identity Development In Predominantly White Institutions: Challenges For Student Development Professionals, R. Sentwali Bakari

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Educational institutions which focus on cultural awareness and institutional change, rather than changing African American students, reflect proactive student development.”

Multimedia Presentation Featuring A Case Study Of A Black Athlete In A Predominantly White University Competing In Sport While Battling Disability And Discrimination Affecting Family And Career, Wesley E. Sime, Shirley Trout

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Presenters will share perspectives from an athlete who is deaf and dealing with the pressures of the media and discrimination of society regarding race and disability.

Beastification Of The Black Athlete: Broadcasters, Word Symbols, And Racial Mythology, Matthew C. Stelly

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Of the approximately 90,000 college athletes who participate in football, basketball or baseball, fifty percent are black but only six percent of the scholarships go to black athletes.”

Recognition And Resolutions For An Amiable Campus Climate For People Of Color In Majority Institutions, Sharon Alston-Conn, Leslie Troy Niskey

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“African American administrators have recognized that the complaints of racial discrimination by the minority population usually have less than favorable consequences.”

The 4-1-1 On Hip Hop And Rap, Andrew S. Cho, Derrick Shield

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

Rap music is a powerful, multi-layered art that has deep roots ranging from traditional African music to jazz, rhythm and blues, and rock ‘n’ roll.

Minority Buoyancy In The Sea Of Elitism, Kirk A. Davis Commander, Cassandra Y. Johnson Lieutenant, Darell Singleterry Lieutenant

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“Although the ‘Ivory Towers’ provide very effective officers to the services, we are living in an extreme falsehood if we believe that despite their lack of diversity they are graduating the best our nation has to offer.”

The Minority Faculty Member In Predominantly White Institutions, Rebecca A. Lopez

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 2nd Annual Conference (1997)

“The politically conscientious academician encounters multiple conflicts in priorities when loyalty to community competes with responsibility to academia.”

Uncoverings: The Research Papers Of The American Quilt Study Group, Volume 18 (1997), Includes Cumulative Author Index, Volumes 1-17, Virginia Gunn, Sara Reimer Farley, Nancy Hornback, Barbara Carow, Lorre M. Weidlich, Catherine A. Cerny, Ruth Rhoades, Loretta B. Hammonds Woodward, Jill Hemming, Gayle R. Davis

Uncoverings Journal

Preface by Virginia Gunn

Research Papers

The Quilting Records of Rachel Adella Jewett and Lucyle Jewett by Sara Reimer Farley and Nancy Hornback

Art Quilt Makers and Their Critique Groups by Barbara Carow

The Sunday Friends: The Group and Their Quilts by Lorre M. Weidlich

Quilt Ownership and Sentimental Attachments: The Structure of Memory by Catherine A. Cerny

Feed Sacks in Georgia: Their Manufacture, Marketing, and Consumer Use by Ruth Rhoades

Hawaiian Outline-Embroidered Quilts by Loretta B. Hammonds Woodard

Waccamaw-Siouan Quilts: A Model for Studying Native American Quilting by Jill Hemming

Seminar Keynote Address

Women's Quilts and Diaries: Creative Expression …

Review Of The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry And Ornament In Islamic Architecture, By Gulru Necipoglu, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Reviewed work: The Topkapi Scroll: Geometry and Ornament in Islamic Architecture, Gulru Necipoglu. Santa Monica, CA: J. Paul Getty Publications, 1996.

Reproducing the patterns from a 15th-century scroll (Topkapi Palace Museum Library, MS H.1956) that served as a guide for architects and artisans, Necipoglu brilliantly explores the juncture of geometry and philosophy that informed art and architecture over the centuries. Lucid essays accompany illustrations the scroll's 114 sequential patterns and place this virtually unknown work the dynamic intellectual discourses on geometry, religion and building that taking place in Europe and parts of the Islamic world during the 15th century. …

The Legacy Of Timur: A Small Rug At The Textile Museum, Carol Bier

Textile Research Works

Among the two hundred lots offered oh the block by Christie's from Bernheimer Family Collection of Rugs in February 1996, a small shaped rug with white ground was acquired by the Textile Museum. The rug was Lot 192, published in the catalogue as an East Persian saddle rug dating to the 19th century. The Textile Museum's interest in the piece was sparked by my hunch, based upon its design, that this rug is far more significant than its published attribution might suggest. A carefully conceived trefoil scroll implies a Timurid heritage. To read the design correctly, it should probably have …

Dr. Harry Edwards, Harry Edwards

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

No abstract provided.

Examining The Experiences Of Black Student Athletes At Predominantly White Ncaa Division 1 Institutions Using An Internal Colonial Model, Billy Joe Hawkins

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

Economic and political exploitation, cultural ad social isolation, and experiences with racism were identified as shared experiences of internally colonized people and Black student athletes.

Prime Time: The Game Behind The Game, R. André Perry, Tom M. Jones

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

“…The sports community must adopt a mandate to seek out, discover, nurture, and develop electronic media professionals and journalists for the 21st century. The boundaries must be removed for people of color and women if we are sincerely committed to diversity in sports, on and off the court.”

For Their Own Good: A Case Study Of The Rules Governing Student¬ Athletes And The Ways In Which They Disadvantage Students Of Color, Mary Ann Cummins Prager, Audrey Moore

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

“A story emerges of student-athletes who trust the institutions to assist them in realizing their dreams, only to find that bureaucratic entanglements may impede their progress toward a degree.”

Educational Reforms: An Afrocentric Critique And New Approaches, Ruth Reviere, Janis Jones-Darrell

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

“A new approach is necessary because the literature is virtually silent on the views of Black people themselves, dealing almost exclusively with European scholars whose analyses are inevitably coloured by European views of Black people.”

Living Within Opaque Worlds: The Balkanized Experiences Of Collegiate Minority Student-Athletes, Franklin Ojeda Smith, G. Larry James

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

A long-term study yielded recommendations for college-wide policies to enhance mainstreaming and ameliorate against institutional balkanization of minority student-athletes.

Black Student Athletes: Why They Under-Utilize Traditional Outreach Programs And Methods For Increasing Utilization Of Those Programs, Shari Richardson

Different Perspectives on Majority Rules: 1st Annual Conference (1996)

“Counselors in higher education settings must be aware of and sensitive to those special needs of the athletes who are to receive the optimum benefits from those services available…”