Five new faculty members will be joining Washington State University in the fall as the inaugural cohort of the “Racism and Social Inequality in the Americas,” cluster hire program. Four of the five are in the College of Arts and Sciences.
The program was initiated to address system-wide needs for scholarship, teaching, and outreach aimed at dismantling systemic racism and to recruit and retain a more diverse faculty and student body.
The faculty positions were created based on proposals submitted by departments and campuses across the WSU system last fall. The program will continue in 2022, and will focus on health inequities and health justice in marginalized communities.
Michelle Brown
Digital Technology and Culture, WSU Tri‑Cities
Alan Malfavon
History, WSU Pullman
Arifa Raza
Criminal Justice and Criminology, WSU Pullman
Darryl Singleton
Music, WSU Pullman