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Federalist essay on racial identity

Posted on December 16, 2015 by Praj / 10 Comments

As you all know, I care about diversity–racial as well as intellectual. As someone who increasingly leans right on many issues, it bothers me how conserva...

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Diversity, ctd.

Posted on October 8, 2015 by Praj / 1 Comment

It’s often assumed that a problem must be understood and explained before it can be solved. Let’s call this view the linear model problem solving, a...

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Diversity, cont.

Posted on October 1, 2015 by Praj / 4 Comments

Victor has a fantastic response to my last post that I strongly recommend. I hope to have a more detailed response soon. In the meantime, I’ll highlight t...

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Why not go straight to personality and thinking styles?

Posted on September 30, 2015 by Praj / 2 Comments

About two months ago I highlighted this quote: Diversity is not just demographic/identity. It includes knowledge, expertise, personality and thinking styles #NP...

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The multiple dimensions of diversity

Posted on August 6, 2015 by Praj / 1 Comment

This post is a placeholder for something I want to expand on. Here’s a quote from Shakira Nelson at a post-doc conference in March: Diversity is not just ...

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Strategy versus operations in religious freedom

Posted on April 4, 2015 by Praj / 5 Comments

The other day I was chatting with one of my more successful friends about her career. She’s worked in international development for a global foundation, c...

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Who speaks for the black Pentecostal?

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Praj / 1 Comment

Last month I was trying to work through some thoughts on diversity. Rather than make a strained link to science and religion, I decided to write a stand-alone e...

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The virtues of diversity

Posted on February 9, 2015 by Praj / 1 Comment

Lani Guinier of Harvard Law School touts the virtues of diversity (emphasis added): Diversity is not simply a matter of having people who look different sitting...

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Beyond the pipeline

Posted on December 20, 2014 by Praj / 1 Comment

My friend Kenny Gibbs has a follow-up to his last post on diversity in science. From the introduction: One of the most commonly used metaphors for describing th...

Education/Values

‘Scientific thinking’ as a barrier to diversity in science

Posted on November 21, 2014 by Praj / 11 Comments

  A couple months ago my friend Kenny Gibbs wrote a great post about diversity and science for Scientific American. I want to reflect on this sentence (emphasis...

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