Preparing Diverse Students for Success in the Academic and Private Sectors: The PhD Project and GSU’s DEI Database

Supporting diverse students doesn’t end when they leave the classroom. In fact, our guests on this four-part series demonstrate that meaningful, valuable, and equitable support should begin before a student steps on campus and extend past graduation—even if they make their way outside of academia. This month, two academics and two publishers join us on the Authority File to discuss their unique perspectives, strategies, and needs to ensure equitable student support.

The first academic, Dr. Pamela Queen, a finance professor at Morgan State University, understands the importance of post-graduation support all too well. After reaching the glass ceiling in her corporate management position, she decided to return to academia with the aid of The PhD Project—a non-profit organization that works to increase workplace diversity by helping African Americans, Hispanic Americans, and Native Americans earn their doctorates in business.

Joining Pamela, Dr. Rihana Mason, a research scientist at Georgia State University, found that GSU lacked a comprehensive list of DEI programs, curricula, and resources for students and the greater community. She and her colleague, Dr. Curtis D. Byrd, developed the Georgia State University Diversity Database, with the help of their indexing and inventory tool, THRIVE (Type, History, Research Preparation/Routines & Activities, Inclusion/Identity, Voice, Expectation).

Finally, Todd Baldwin and Miranda Nunhofer, both of SAGE Publishing, highlight projects that SAGE has introduced in support of DEI, including video resources, targeted author recruitment, and expanding their reach at student conferences.

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