Black Faculty Alliance

Recognition

To truly tap into the knowledge stores and intellectual reserves maintained by African American scholars, academe must first meet their most basic needs: Establish a safe and inclusive environment to successfully engage in critical discourse, create a forum to bond with peers, develop a means to foster viable connections with students and increase opportunities to interface with the institution. By attempting to meet the needs of these African American tenure-track scholars, academe can convert the unfamiliar temple into a familiar shrine.

Fred A. Bonner II, Dr.

Excerpt from “The Temple of My Unfamiliar: Faculty of Color at Predominantly White Institutions.” Black Issues in Higher Education 20.18 (23 Oct. 2003)

Mission

Our mission is to advocate and provide a support network for the concerns and professional development needs of Black faculty at TAMU.

Objectives

  • To communicate and advocate the concerns of Black faculty at TAMU to the administration at TAMU and to state legislators.
  • To promote and assist in the efforts to increase the number of Black faculty, staff, and students at TAMU.
  • To provide a supportive and mentoring network for Black junior faculty and future Black faculty at TAMU.
  • To foster research collaborations among Black faculty at TAMU.
  • To facilitate an improved climate and environment for Black faculty at TAMU.
  • To work with other organizations at TAMU (such as the African American Professional Organization, Mexican American Latino Faculty Association, and the Hispanic Professional Organization) to promote the development and advancement of people of color at TAMU.

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