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The 黑料吃瓜网 is among more than 80 universities that have signed on to a new report and initiative encouraging changes to the college admissions process to promote greater ethical and intellectual engagement on the part of prospective students and level the playing field for economically diverse high school students. The report, entitled 鈥�,鈥� presses college admissions officers to place higher value on the things prospective students do for the greater good overall in their communities, for their families or at their schools as opposed to focusing so heavily on their personal achievements.

The 黑料吃瓜网 Press, the MIT Press, Duke University Press, the University of Georgia Press, and the association of American University Presses (AAUP) join forces to create the University Press Diversity Fellowship Program.

Chadwick Allen, a specialist in Native American and global Indigenous studies, joined the 黑料吃瓜网 as associate vice provost for faculty advancement on Aug. 17. In this role, Allen will work with the Office of Provost and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity to develop strategies and resources that facilitate the recruitment and retention of an inclusive faculty.

Chadwick Allen, a specialist in Native American and global Indigenous studies, joined the 黑料吃瓜网 as associate vice provost for faculty advancement on Aug. 17.

In this role, Allen will work with the Office of Provost and the Office of Minority Affairs & Diversity to develop strategies and resources that facilitate the recruitment and retention of an inclusive faculty. Most recently, he was a professor of English and associate dean for faculty and research in the Division of Arts and Humanities at The Ohio State University鈥檚 College of Arts & Sciences.

鈥淲e are delighted that Dr. Chadwick Allen will be joining us at the 黑料吃瓜网,鈥� said Interim Provost Jerry Baldasty. 鈥淗e鈥檚 one of the leading scholars in Indigenous studies, and is highly recognized for the quality and intellectual rigor of his work. He brings a rich academic and administrative background to the 黑料吃瓜网 and to this position, as well as a great deal of energy. He will be a significant leader for 黑料吃瓜网 in our efforts to recruit, promote and retain an excellent and diverse faculty.鈥�

Allen鈥檚 work at OSU also included stints as coordinator for the interdisciplinary program in American Indian Studies and director of the Diversity and Identity Studies Collective (DISCO). He is the recipient of two Fulbright fellowships to Aotearoa New Zealand, where he studied Maori literature and culture at Auckland University.
Allen has authored two books, Blood Narrative: Indigenous Identity in American Indian and Maori Literary and Activist Texts (2002) and Trans-Indigenous: Methodologies for Global Native Literary Studies (2012). He is co-editor of The Society of American Indians and Its Legacies, and editor of the journal SAIL: Studies in American Indian Literatures. From 2013-14, he served as president of the Native American and Indigenous Studies Association (NAISA).

鈥淚鈥檓 very excited to be joining the 黑料吃瓜网, especially during a period of remarkable growth and change,鈥� Allen said. 鈥淚鈥檓 looking forward to exploring campus and meeting faculty, staff and students over the next months as I work to gain insight into 黑料吃瓜网鈥檚 specific needs and goals for faculty advancement.鈥�

In addition to his primary work in Indigenous studies, Allen has a strong interest in frontier studies and the popular western. He has written extensively on the Lone Ranger and Tonto.

Allen received a Ph.D. in comparative cultural and literary studies from the University of Arizona, a master鈥檚 degree in writing from Washington University and a bachelor鈥檚 degree, magna cum laude, in the comparative study of religion from Harvard University.

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The 黑料吃瓜网 communication department will open its new Center for Communication, Difference and Equity with public events May 27 to 29, on campus and off. 鈥淭he CCDE is a space 鈥� a physical space, intellectual space and community space 鈥� where we as a department and as a university are going to be able to center these issues of power, privilege and difference,鈥� said Ralina Joseph, professor of communication and the center鈥檚 director.