IDEAS AND INSIGHTS

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Thuy Thi Nguyen

Thuy Thi Nguyen serves as the seventh president of Foothill College in Los Altos Hills, California, a position she has held since July 2016. Nguyen is the first Vietnamese American college president in the country.

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Ted Mitchell

Former college president and top federal policymaker Ted Mitchell became president of the American Council on Education (ACE) on September 1, 2017. Mitchell brings a wide array of experience and accomplishments from across the higher education sector to ACE, as well as a longstanding focus on helping more students gain access to a postsecondary education and complete their degrees.

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Damian Fernandez

Damian Fernandez is the Albert and Suzanne Lord Chancellor of Penn State Abington. Fernandez has established a distinguished career as a teacher, scholar, and administrator. As chancellor, he oversees approximately 3,700 students, over 330 faculty, 21 baccalaureate degree programs, an MBA in partnership with Great Valley, an NCAA Division III athletics program, and numerous outreach initiatives and partnerships that benefit the region and beyond. 

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Kevin McDonald

Kevin McDonald is the University of Virginia’s (UVA) vice president for diversity, equity, and inclusion. He joined UVA after serving as the chief diversity officer and vice chancellor for inclusion, diversity, and equity at the University of Missouri System and the University of Missouri–Columbia.

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Ronald A. Crutcher

Ronald A. Crutcher is a national leader in higher education, a distinguished classical musician, and a professor of music. He became president and professor of music at the University of Richmond in 2015, having previously served as president of Wheaton College in Massachusetts for 10 years.

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Sylvia Hurtado

Sylvia Hurtado is professor, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, at the University of California, Los Angeles, in the Division of Higher Education and Organizational Change. She served as director of the Higher Education Research Institute for over a decade.

Let’s Talk About Race: An Interview with Beverly Daniel Tatum

Beverly Daniel Tatum is president emerita of Spelman College in Atlanta, Georgia. Tatum is a nationally recognized scholar and authority on issues of race in America and a licensed clinical psychologist whose areas of research include Black families in White communities, racial identity in teens, and the role of race in the classroom.