Two U. Michigan Scholars to Receive Extra $20K Per Year for ‘Social Justice’ Work in Math and Science

Two U. Michigan Scholars to Receive Extra $20K Per Year for ‘Social Justice’ Work in Math and Science

Gee, why has college tuition become so expensive?

The College Fix reports:

UMich scholars get extra $20,000 per year for ‘social justice’ work in math, science

Two University of Michigan scholars will receive an extra $20,000 per year for their “social justice” work in math and science as part of a “Diversity & Social Transformation Professorship.”

The public university’s Board of Regents approved Professors Ron Eglash (pictured left) and Isis Settles (pictured right) to the honorary positions last week, according to an announcement on the university website.

Laurie McCauley, provost and executive vice president for academic affairs, said in a statement Eglash and Settles are being honored for their work “at the crossroads of STEM, indigeneity, well-being and social justice.”

“[T]hese UDSTP appointees have given us new ways of seeing the world with an eye toward making tangible impact,” McCauley said.

Eglash is a professor of information technology, art, and design, and Settles is an associate dean for diversity, equity, and inclusion as well as a professor of psychology, Afroamerican and African studies, and women’s and gender studies.

Their honorary diversity professorships include “an annual stipend of $20,000 for their first five years … to support their scholarly and professional work,” the university states.

Along with their regular professor positions, Eglash and Settles also will receive “special faculty fellow status” at the National Center for Institutional Diversity, according to the university.

The announcement states:

The professorship is sponsored by the Office of the Provost and jointly administered by the National Center for Institutional Diversity and the Office of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion. Eglash and Settles join 33 senior faculty members who have been appointed to the professorship since it was established in 2019.

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