Hide and seek: diversity in the Ivy League.(LAST WORD): An article from: Black Issues in Higher Education

by Yolanda Pierce

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Hide and diversity in the Ivy League.(LAST WORD)
Yolanda Pierce
Black Issues in Higher Education (Refereed)
April 7, 2005
Cox, Matthews & Associates
22 4 106(1)

Distributed by Thomson Gale

2 pages, Kindle Edition

Published April 7, 2005

About the author

Rev. Dr. Yolanda Pierce is Professor and Dean of the Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, DC. She is the first woman to be appointed as Dean in the Divinity School’s 150-year history. In 2016, Pierce served as the Founding Director of the Center for African American Religious Life at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC). Previously, she served as the Founding Director of the Center for Black Church Studies and Associate Professor of Religion and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary. Pierce holds degrees from Cornell University and Princeton University.

Pierce’s research specialties include African American Religious History; Womanist Theology; African American Literature; and Race and Religion. A widely-published author, her work focuses on the historical and contemporary significance of the African American religious tradition. Pierce has written over 50 critical essays and articles in academic and trade journals which consider the relationship between religious faith, race, and gender in the American context. You can find her work in a wide variety of publications, including: Time Magazine; Christian Century; Theology Today; and Christianity & Literature.