Diverse Faculty Interest Group at Kingsborough 

Welcome

  The KCC/CUNY Diverse Faculty Interest Group was created to:

• Offer KCC faculty from diverse backgrounds and from under-represented groups the opportunity to explore issues pertaining to faculty in higher education.  Specifically, the challenges that under-represented faculty (people of color; women; lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender individuals; and differently-abled people) experience in higher education.
• Provide a forum in which the participants can discuss research, published articles, educational strategies and share resources pertaining to the specific needs of students and faculty from diverse/under-represented populations.
• Foster the collaboration of diverse/under-represented faculty in the development and completion of individual or group scholarly and service activities.
• Create a supportive and safe environment in which the participants can discuss professional concerns and receive feedback/information concerning the process of re-appointment, tenure and promotion.

Kevicha Echols (Health, Physical Education & Recreation) and Keisha Thompson (Behavioral Sciences) serve as co-facilitators of the KCC/CUNY Diverse Faculty Interest Group (DFIG). The group meets monthly to discuss assigned readings, share their challenges, new initiatives and on-going projects.  

For more information or to join the DFIG, please contact Kevicha (ke[email protected]) or Keisha ([email protected]).

 

Group Facilitators

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kevicha Echols, Ph.D.
Doctoral Lecturer, Dept. of Health, Physical Education & Recreation

 

Keisha Thompson, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Dept. of Behavioral Sciences