Guest Editors: Kim A. Case, NiCole T. Buchanan, Desdamona Rios

Abstract

Kim A. Case, Ph.D., is the Director of Faculty Success and Professor of Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies at Virginia Commonwealth University. As Director, she develops and implements faculty mentoring programs, supports faculty career development and scholarship productivity, and oversees the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Dr. Case also provides faculty development for diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts within learning environments and in support of retention of a diverse faculty. Her mixed-methods research examines ally behavior, interventions to increase understanding of intersectionality and privilege, prejudice reduction, and creation of inclusive spaces. She is editor of Deconstructing Privilege: Allies in the Classroom (2013) and Intersectional Pedagogy: Complicating Identity and Social Justice (2017). In service to national and international education and workplace settings, she provides faculty and leadership development promoting intersectional allies, diversity, equity, and inclusion. Her scholarship, blog, and teaching resources are available at www.drkimcase.com