Research and Teaching
Michigan faculty and graduate students are leaders in research and teaching in a wide range of disciplinary and interdisciplinary fields that contribute to the study of diversity. Such fields of study are found in many academic units, including:
As well as in centers and programs such as:
- The Center for Research on Ethnicity, Culture, and Health
- The Institute for Research on Women and Gender
The academic resources and flexible structures of the University make it a highly fertile environment for launching new research initiatives on diversity, such as. The University of Michigan Initiative on Disability Studies (UMiNDS), which seeks to expand diversity by integrating the study of disability into research, scholarship and teaching.
The Rackham Graduate School’s Interdisciplinary Workshops include several recent initiatives devoted to the scholarly exploration of diversity issues, among them:
- The Black Humanities Collective, a graduate student and faculty group engaged in the qualitative study of Africa and its diaspora.;
- The Pacific Island Studies Workshop which brings together scholars to share and discuss work on the Pacific and its populations.; and
- Prohibido Pensar, a workshop that explores issues of censorship and human rights in Latin America through analysis of artistic expressions.