Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture

The new issue (06-29-2009) of Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org.

This issue features columns from Celine Parreñas Shimizu, Kiri Miller, Bernard Timberg, Konrad Ng, Aswin Punathambekar and Ted Friedman.


This issue's columns in brief:

"The Making of My Mothering Movie: Birthright" by Celine Parreñas Shimizu (http://flowtv.org/?p=4023) A new film explores the complex mix of the emotion, politics, and personal obligations of motherhood.

"What Brown Cannot Do For You: MTV-Desi, Diasporic Youth Culture, and the Limits of Television" by Aswin Punathambekar
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4028)
A look at disaporic media cultures and MTV's efforts to target Asian-American youth.

"Just Add Performance" by Kiri Miller (http://flowtv.org/?p=4019) Exploring the industry effects and phenomena of 'musicking' of the video games Rock Band and Guitar Hero.

"Gertrude Berg, Yoo-Hoo, Mrs. Goldberg, and the Re-Discovery of a Television Auteur" by Bernard M. Timberg (http://flowtv.org/?p=4034) A revisitation of the iconic early television series The Goldbergs.

"A Look Back at the Campaign: Asian American Political and Cultural Representation" by Konrad Ng (http://flowtv.org/?p=4035) An examination of Asian American political participation and cultural expression within Barack Obama?s grassroots campaign.

"Tweeting the Dialectic of Technological Determinism" by Ted Friedman
(http://flowtv.org/?p=4052)
A skeptical look at the technological determinism at work in American perceptions of the effects of Twitter on the recent Iranian conflict.

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MA or PhD Exam Applications

Just a reminder that grad exam apps are due by this Friday, July 3rd. You can print the fomr from the web - click here or on Forms on the menu to the left under the Links list. I won't be in the office on Friday, but you may leave your app in my mailbox.

K

Free Music in Bloomington

If you're looking for some good free music in B-town this summer, check out Bloomington Parks and Rec and the IU Art Museum Jazz in July schedules.

For Bloomington Parks and Rec Concert series, click here.

For Jazz in July, click here.

Enjoy!

Graduate Assistant Position – Campus Instructional Consulting

The office of Campus Instructional Consulting invites applications for a graduate assistant position beginning August 17, 2009 and continuing through the end of May 2010. Experience in college teaching as well as completion of a pedagogy course preferred. Graduate students from any discipline with excellent organizational, written, and interpersonal skills are welcome to apply. The hourly position involves 10 to 12 hours per week at $12.00 per hour. A fee remission is not included.

Tasks will include participating in, assisting with, and co-presenting workshops (e.g. Campus Climate, Teaching Portfolio, Microteaching, etc.); observing and consulting with associate instructors and undergraduate peer instructors; organizational support of campus and departmental workshops (copying and emailing); library research and data collection; assisting with scholarship of teaching and learning projects; and other assigned tasks.

You can learn more about the activities of our office and our projects at these websites:
Campus Instructional Consulting: http://www.indiana.edu/~teaching
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Program: http://www.indiana.edu/~sotl
Freshman Learning Project: http://www.indiana.edu/~flp

To apply, please send an email letter of application and a curriculum vita to kkearns@indiana.edu by Monday, July 13, 2009.

Call for Papers: GLOBAL STUDIES CONFERENCE

Pusan National University
Busan, South Korea
21-23 June 2010
http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com

We are excited to be holding the Third Global Studies Conference in Busan, South Korea. Busan the second largest South Korean city and, as one of the busiest world's ports, is significantly involved in globalizing processes. Busan's growing financial services sector promises to increase its involvement in globalization, as does its commitment to international sport. In 2002, Busan was a host city for both the Asian Games and the FIFA World Cup. In addition, it has submitted a bid to be the host of the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. Busan is also a center for higher education, and includes the distinguished Pusan National University, the host of the Global Studies Conference.

The Global Studies Conference and Global Studies Journal are devoted to mapping and interpreting new trends and patterns in globalization. The Conference and Journal attempt to do this from many points of view, from many locations in the world, and in a wide-angle kaleidoscopic fashion.

As well as impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the ?Global Studies Journal. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the Call-for-Papers (a title and short abstract) is 9 July 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within two weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.GlobalStudiesConference.com.

We look forward to receiving your proposal and hope you will be able to join us in Busan in June 2010.

NYC Sublet

If anyone is looking for an apt in NYC, here's sublet information from Prof. Jennifer Robinson:

A good friend of mine is leaving New York City to start a grad program in Ohio. She is looking to sublet her apartment. She would like to sublet to someone she knows or has a recomendation for, but she's going to put it on Craig's list in a week or so.
Feel free to tell people you know about it. Email me if you want her contact info or pictures (lramert@indiana.edu).
Lynn

Here's the info:
Beautiful Midtown West Studio
7 ½ - Month Sublease

What You Get:
Located on W. 56th St., between 9th and 10th Aves. Just steps away from the Theatre District/Times Square, Lincoln Center, and the beautiful Time Warner Center (Shopping, Borders, Whole Foods, Bars/Restaurants, Jazz at Lincoln Center). Subway lines A, C, 1, B, and D at 59th St. N, R, and W @ at 57th St. Perfect for actors.

Spacious, first-floor walk up apartment with a lot of New York character. Building has security door. While this is a studio, it is divided into two distinct areas, in addition to a separate kitchen/bathroom. About 400 square feet.

Apartment may or may not be partially furnished (to be discussed with potential sublease tenants, furnished will be at an addition monthly charge,). Sublease tenant will be responsible for setting up and paying for their own phone (there is currently no land line activated in the apartment), cable/internet (through Time Warner), and electricity/gas (through ConEd).
Nicely decorated with a very "home-y" feeling. Windows let in a good amount of light.
Laundry Drop-Off / Laundry Mat / Dry Cleaners just one block away.
Superintendent lives in the building next door.
24-hour deli right next door.

Reasonably-priced parking garage directly across the street. Street parking available Monday through Friday 7pm to 8am and on weekends.

How You Get It:
Dates Available: September 12, 2009 – April 30, 2010 (7 ½ months). There is the possibility to take over the lease in May 2010, but this cannot be guaranteed or even determined until February or March 2010.

Looking for an individual (no couples or roommates) to rent for the entire period at a rate of $1150/month. The month of September is pro-rated at $700.00.
Refundable deposit of $720 required. Deposit will be returned if the apartment has been maintained according to the permanent tenant’s standards (to be outlined further upon signing of sublease).

Deposit, plus September rent (total of $1,420) due prior to move-in on August 25th, 2009. Rent due for the following month to the permanent tenants on the 15th of each month (October rent due September 15, etc.)

Non-smokers only. No pets.

CALL FOR PAPERS: INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPORT AND SOCIETY

University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
8-10 March 2010
http://www.SportConference.com/

We are excited to be holding the inaugural Conference in Vancouver - scheduled between the Olympic Games and the Paralympic Games, at the University of British Columbia. The Conference hopes to engage university and international academics to consider broad questions about the connections between sport and society in the exciting context of the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

The International Conference on Sport and Society and its companion International Journal of Sport and Society provide a forum for wide-ranging and interdisciplinary examination of sport, including: the history, sociology and psychology of sport; sports medicine and health; physical and health education; and sports administration and management. The discussions at the conference and in the journal range from broad conceptualisations of the fundamental logics of sport, to highly specific readings of sporting practices in particular times and places. The conference and journal focus on four logics of sport: Game Logic; Body Logic; Aesthetic Logic; and Organisational Logic.

As well as impressive line-up of international plenary speakers, the Conference will also include numerous paper, workshop and colloquium presentations by practitioners, teachers and researchers. We would particularly like to invite you to respond to the Conference Call-for-Papers. Presenters may choose to submit written papers for publication in the International Journal of Sport and Society. If you are unable to attend the Conference in person, virtual registrations are also available which allow you to submit a paper for refereeing and possible publication in this fully refereed academic Journal.

Whether you are a virtual or in-person presenter at this Conference, we also encourage you to present on the Conference YouTube Channel. Please select the Online Sessions link on the Conference website for further details.

The deadline for the next round in the call for papers (a title and short abstract) is 9 July 2009. Future deadlines will be announced on the Conference website after this date. Proposals are reviewed within three weeks of submission. Full details of the Conference, including an online proposal submission form, are to be found at the Conference website - http://www.SportConference.com/.

Flow: A Critical Forum onTelevision and Media Culture

The new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum onTelevision and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org.

This issue features columns from Aniko Imre, Lisa Parks, Christine Quail, Serra Tinic and Lisa Kelly.

This issue's columns in brief:

Gypsy Stars in the New Europe? by Aniko Imre
http://flowtv.org/?p=3990
A discussion of Gypsy musicians, reality, and television stars in New Europe.

When Satellites Fall: On the Trails of Cosmos 954 and USA 193? by Lisa Parks
http://flowtv.org/?p=3989
What happens when falling satellites become high profile events.

Towards a Typology of Dance TV Contestants? by Christine Quail
http://flowtv.org/?p=3987
A consideration of the varying motivations inspiring dancers to audition for So You Think You Can Dance Canada.

No Rerun Nation: Canadian Television and Cultural Amnesia? by Serra Tinic
http://flowtv.org/?p=4006
An examination of how the absence of reruns of Canadian programming on Canadian television effects Canadian nostalgia and national memory.

And the winner of Britain?s Got Talent is . . .? by Lisa W. Kelly
http://flowtv.org/?p=3986
A look at some of the issues raised by Britain?s Got Talent including the emotional labor of both audiences and contestants and advertising revenue on television and the internet.

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Northwestern University - Summer Rhetoric Workshop: Rhetoric, Nietzsche, and After

Graduate students are invited to apply for a one-week seminar on "Rhetoric, Nietzsche, and After" that will be offered at Northwestern University, July 13-17, 2009. The seminar, directed by Professors Keith Topper and Dilip Gaonkar, will consist of five days of presentations and discussions led by a distinguished group of visiting faculty. In this year's seminar, we will focus on the interplay of rhetoric, politics, and philosophy in the work of Friedrich Nietzsche and some of his most influential intellectual progeny, e.g. Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin, and Michel Foucault. The visiting faculty will include Babette Babich (Fordham University), Tracy Strong (University of California, San Diego), Leslie Paul Thiele (University of Florida), and others. Each faculty member will deliver an afternoon lecture, lead a seminar discussion on selected readings (assigned in advance) the following morning, and attend a colleague’s presentation that afternoon. The overlapping format enables both student and faculty participants to continue informal scholarly discussion during group lunches and dinners.

This year's theme, “Rhetoric, Nietzsche, and After,” will further extend the inquiries that organized our 2007 and 2008 summer seminars, “Rhetoric and the Roots of Modern Political Thought: Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau” and “Political Thought and Rhetoric in the Classical World.” In those seminars, we investigated historically the relationship between rhetoric and political theory, looking closely at the work of key political theorists--from Plato, Aristotle, and Cicero to Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, and Rousseau--who fundamentally altered the development of modern political thought. While grounded in the historical approach that animated our 2007 and 2008 inquiries, the 2009 seminar will alter the temporal focus of those inquiries from the ancient world and the dawn of modernity to the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. In particular, we will examine the rhetorical dimensions of Friedrich Nietzsche’s political thought and the work of leading figures in twentieth century political theory and philosophy who have looked to Nietzsche as an important source of intellectual inspiration. As is well-known, Nietzsche was not only a student and teacher of rhetoric, but also a writer whose work both demands and engages in rhetorical analysis. By attending closely to Nietzsche’s writings and legacy, we hope to attain a better understanding of the interplay between rhetoric, philosophy, and political theory in Nietzschean and post-Nietzschean political thought and philosophy. Simultaneously, we hope to explore more general questions about the role of rhetoric and style in nineteenth and twentieth century political theory and philosophy.

The summer seminar will also provide a platform for developing future work on a variety of closely related themes. These include future conferences and book projects.

The seminar is sponsored by the Center for Global Culture and Communication and the Department of Communication Studies at Northwestern University. The Center will subsidize transportation (up to $250), lodging, and some meals for admitted students. Applicants should send a letter of nomination from their academic advisor, along with a one-page rationale for their participation, to Professor Keith Topper (ktopper@uci.edu). We will adopt a policy of rolling admissions. Priority will therefore be granted to strong applications that are submitted in a timely fashion, preferably by June 15th. Inquiries should be directed to Jesse Baldwin-Philippi (j.baldwin.philippi@northwestern.edu).

Visiting Faculty

Babette Babich (Professor of Philosophy, Fordham University). Professor Babich is the Executive Editor of New Nietzsche Studies. In addition, she is the author and editor of several books, including Words in Blood, Like Flowers: Philosophy and Poetry, Music and Eros in Hőlderlin, Nietszsche, Heidegger (2007), Habermas, Nietzsche, and Critical Theory (2004), and Nietzsche’s Philosophy of Science: Reflecting Science on the Ground of Art and Life (1994).

Tracy Strong (Distinguished Professor of Political Science, University of California, San Diego). Professor Strong is the author of numerous articles, essays, and books, including Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration, 3rd ed. (2000), The Idea of Political Theory: Reflections on the Self in Political Time and Space (1990), and Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the Politics of the Ordinary, 2nd ed. (2001).

Leslie Paul Thiele (Professor of Political Science, University of Florida). Professor Thiele is the author of many articles and books, including Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of the Soul (1990), Timely Meditations: Martin Heidegger and Postmodern Politics (1995), Environmentalism for a New Millennium (1999), Thinking Politics (2003) and The Heart of Judgment: Practical Wisdom, Narrative, and Neuroscience (2006).

Application Due Date for August Exams

The Deadline to apply for August MA and PhD Exams is Friday, July 3rd. This year only, PhD Exam takers have the option of choosing from two exam periods: August 3-17, or August 10-24. When you apply, be sure to let Kathy know which you prefer - the default will be the 10-24 period.

The MA Exam period will be August 10-14.

Call For Papers- GLOBAL FUSION 2009: A Global Media and Communication Conference

The Purpose of the Global Fusion Conference Series is to promote academic excellence in global media and international communication studies. These conferences bring together scholars and professionals interested in media and communication in global contexts. This year's conference theme is "New Directions in Global Media and International Communication." Submissions on this theme are preferred, but proposals for conference panels and papers may be on any topic related to global media and international communication.

The conference will be held at the University of Texas at Austin, October 16-18, 2009.

The conference series is sponsored by a consortium of schools including the University of Texas at Austin, Texas A&M University, Ohio University and Southern Illinois University. The organizing committee members are professors Joseph Straubhaar, Karin Wilkins and Shanti Kumar in the Radio-Television-Film Department, College of Communication, UT.

The Global Fusions conference will immediately follow a short conference on New Agendas in Global Media Research, October 15-16, at UT with invited speakers. Global Fusion participants are encouraged to attend. Details will follow.

CALL FOR PAPERS & PANEL PROPOSALS
Submissions for Global Fusion 2009 are due by 1 July 2009.
Submissions can be in three formats:
1) full papers
2) abstracts
3) panel proposals.

Full papers (not to exceed 30 pages, including references) are eligible for awards, based on peer-reviewed competition. Abstracts are limited to 200 words. Panel proposals should include names and titles of all involved, an abstract for the panel and for each presentation.

Please send papers and proposals to globalfusion2009@gmail.com.
Please attach papers in Word (not .docx) or. rtf format. Or mail to Global Fusion papers, care of Joseph Straubhaar, RTF Dept., CMA 6.118, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78735.

AWARDS
There will be awards for paper competition winners, based on peer review

Summer Workshops: IT Training & Turning Tech. (clickers)

This summer, IT Training and Education, in partnership with TLTC, is offering a selection of technology workshops to help you develop skills and enhance your teaching. These workshops are offered at no charge to a limited number of faculty and staff. Faculty and staff should sign up via the TLTC Technology Integration Series link at the TLTC website. Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~tltc and click on the TIS link under "Workshop Registration". NOTE TO AIs: If you are a student, sign up via the IT Training and Education site: http://ittraining.iu.edu/

Also listed in the TIS Workshops are two TLTC/Turning Technologies sessions on June 17. Turning Technologies provides a portfolio of classroom response systems (aka "clickers") that can help you actively engage students in your courses. IU recently signed an agreement with Turning Technologies that includes integration into Oncourse. In these session, we will provide the details of the IU agreement, give you a hands-on demonstration of the Turning Technologies solutions, and answer your questions about classroom response systems. The morning and afternoon sessions will provide similar information; choose to attend the session most convenient for your schedule. Visit http://www.indiana.edu/~tltc and click on the TIS link under "Workshop Registration".

IU Art Museum to host 'Midsummer Night' celebration

Thursday, June 18
7-9 p.m.

In honor of summer solstice, the shortest night of the year, the Indiana University Art Museum will host a special reception.

From Shakespeare's play A Midsummer Night's Dream to Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night, Midsummer Night (also known as summer solstice, which technically occurs June 21 in the northern hemisphere) has inspired artists, who are attracted to its associations with ancient rituals, lovers' escapades and nature's bounty.

All three permanent collection galleries will be open, with works on display that evoke the spirit of the Midsummer Night.

Live music will be provided by local folk/jazz musicians Davis and Devitt.
Light hors d'oeuvres will be served, with a cash bar in the museum's atrium.

"We're pleased to offer evening hours that allow more people to participate in this fun, casual event," said Joanna Davis, manager of external relations for the museum. "It's a great opportunity for community members to take advantage of a quieter campus and stop by to celebrate the summer with good food, live music and galleries filled with exceptional works of art."

The event is sponsored by Becky Wann, Realtor for E.R. Lewis & Company.

INTERNATIONAL SHORT FILM FESTIVAL "PEOPLE'S AWARDS" 2009

(PAIFF 2009) (organized and sponsored by the Octaedro Foundation) Click here for INFORMATION IN ENGLISH

WIN A 1000 US DOLLARES WITH YOUR SHORT

Categories:
1) Documentary
2) Fiction
3) Experimental
4) 1 minute (exact length must be one minute)
5) Animation
6) SMS

MORE INFO: http://www.octaedro.org/festival/english.htm

APPLY THROUGH WITHOUTABOX

Flow: Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture

the new issue of Flow: A Critical Forum on Television and Media Culture is available at http://flowtv.org.

This issue features columns from Melissa A. Click and Nina B.
Huntemann, Alicia Tan Min Qi, Nadia White, Michael Serazio, Louisa Stein, Kristina Busse, Vanessa Au, Leigh H. Edwards, Tony Nadler, Liz Ellcessor, and Anne Helen Petersen

This issue's columns in brief:

" Gender in the Media Studies Blogosphere"
by Melissa A. Click and Nina B. Huntemann
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3921):
A look at the gendering of the media scholars? blogosphere.

"Shut Up and Sit Down: Singapore?s Social Movements through Twitter"
by Alicia Tan Min Qi
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3919):
A look at Singapore?s social movements through Twitter.

"The Grace Case Project: An experiment in collaborative journalism using social media tools" by Nadia White
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3947):
How journalism and law students used new media to cover a landmark criminal pollution trial and discovered along the way the advantages and challenges of large group do-it-yourself journalism via social networking media.

" Shooting for Fame: The (Anti-) Social Media of a YouTube Killer" by Michael Serazio
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3918):
A consideration of high school shooters and their use of video, the Internet and social media as anti-social media.

" It's Contagious: Twitter and the Palimpsest of Authorship" by Louisa Stein (http://flowtv.org/?p=3922):
An examination on how twitter exemplifies the prismatic processes of individual and collective authoring.

" Attention Economy, Layered Publics, and Research Ethics" by Kristina Busse
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3913):
An examination of the disconnect between online users? awareness of their information being both accessibility and often archived outside of their control.

" Digg, Flickr, and the Colonizing of Bridging Texts" by Vanessa Au
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3923):
An look at how social media web sites like these can in fact reignite expressions of traditional or ?old fashioned? racism.

" Twitter: Democratizing the Media Versus Corporate Branding" by Leigh H. Edwards
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3920):
A look at the tensions between access and branding in social media.

" For Every Citizen-Journalist, a Flock of User-Editors: Digg and the Social News Challenge to Professional Journalism" by Tony Nadler
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3912):
A look at how social news sites challenge the professional authority of journalists.

"People I Want to Know: Twitter, Celebrity and Social Connection" by Liz Ellcessor
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3954):
At what point does the broadcast potential of social networking sites intersect with genuine social engagement?

"Everywhere Means Nowhere: Cell Phones and the Reconfiguration of Space and Information" by Olivier Tchouaffe
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3938):
How mobile telephony is defining itself, particularly in relationship to space and news.

"'We're Making Our Own Paparazzi': Twitter and the Construction of Star Authenticity" by Anne Helen Petersen
(http://flowtv.org/?p=3960):
A look at how the ?disclosure? of ghost-twittering affects current celebrity Twitterers.

2009 Diversity Research Symposium

Exploring Diversity Research and Writing Across Disciplines
Muncie, Indiana
http://lnlittleford.iweb.bsu.edu/DRS2009.htm

Sponsored by the Ball State University
Office of Institutional Diversity
and the Department of Psychological Science
Saturday, November 14, 2009
9 a.m.—5 p.m.

Free Registration—Spaces Limited

Submit your proposals between May 1 and July 1, 2009.

The 2009 Diversity Research Symposium will focus on research and writing projects in any discipline that involve cultural identities such as age, race, geographical location, ethnicity, physical and mental ability, socioeconomic class, gender, religion, sexual orientation, nationality, language, and their intersections.

You are invited to submit a proposal to present your diversity related research and writing via a 15-minute talk, a poster, or a facilitated discussion. Papers and research studies already published and/or presented elsewhere are welcome. Presenting at the symposium offers you the opportunity to share your diversity research and writing with other participants and to be
eligible for the following awards:

· Creative Content Presentation Award: Outstanding poster or presentation judged to have the most creative and original content
· Creative Methodology Presentation Award: Outstanding poster or presentation judged to have used the most creative and original research methodology
· GLBT Presentation Award: Outstanding poster or presentation judged to contribute the most to the knowledge and/or awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered issues.

Each award winner will receive a certificate, and each winning poster/presentation will receive a check for $200. The symposium committee will determine the best posters and/or presentations. Winners will be announced at the event.

To submit a proposal, visit www.bsu.edu/inqsit/inqsit.cgi/littleford/DRS2009?Submission and enter the following information:
· the title of your presentation
· author name(s) and status (e.g., faculty, staff, graduate student, or undergraduate student)
· your institution and department or major(s)
· whether the proposal is for a poster, a 15-minute talk, or a facilitated discussion
· a summary of no more than 250 words.


Some examples of topics appropriate for the symposium include:

1. current theory and research about privilege, power, marginalization, discrimination, and difference

2. interdisciplinary research on diversity and interdisciplinary topics, such as:
• how the social construction of race intersects with the history of slavery in the United States or with gender roles in different groups

3. research on access and success of underrepresented groups, such as:
• academic preparation and success
• retention
• international and immigrant students
• students from multiracial backgrounds
• first generation students
• program design and evaluation
• cultural support
• underrepresented students in graduate programs

4. research on campus climate and inter-group relations, such as:
• institutional environment
• groups that experience marginalization/harassment on campus
• group membership and group interactions
• campus heterogeneity
• institutional commitment to diversity
• students’ multiple group identities

5. research on education and scholarship, such as:
• curriculum reform
• benefits of diversity on learning
• diversity and pedagogy

6. research on institutional viability and vitality, such as:
• institutional roles and commitments
• diversity and institutional dynamics
• institutional leadership and diversity
• diverse faculty and decision-making
• hiring patterns and diversity
• university partnerships with the community
• longitudinal and cross-campus data
• community colleges and transfers
• assessment, evaluation, and outcomes for diverse students
• international perspectives on diversity.