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Augustana Magazine Winter 2019
Augustana Magazine is published by the Office of Communication and Marketing at Augustana College, 639 38th St., Rock Island, Ill., 61201. For information, contact Editor Debbie Blaylock, 309-794-8979.
Transgender Lives: Your Stories
As part of a series of editorials about transgender experiences, The New York Times featured personal stories that reflect the strength, diversity, and challenges of the community.
Women in IT: The Facts
This report (PDF), sponsored by the National Center for Women & Information Technology’s Workforce Alliance, brings together the latest findings from recent research on women in technology.
Managing Generational Diversity at the Workplace: Expectations and Perceptions of Different Generations of Employees
This article (PDF) qualitatively highlights the expectation perception gap as a potential source of misperception and misunderstanding between employees from three generational groups: Baby Boomer, generation X, and generation Y.
Pronoun Introductions
What are "gender pronouns?" When should we ask for them? How should we ask for them? This resource (PDF) from the Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity at Duke University covers an array of questions in regard to gender pronouns that one may have.
Segregation had to be Invented
In this article, Alana Semuels explores how, during the late 19th century, black and white people in the South lived closer together than they do today.
Pro Infirmis: Because who is perfect?
The "Because who is perfect? Get closer." campaign was devised for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities by Pro Infirmis, an organization for the disabled. It was designed to provoke reflection on the acceptance of people with disabilities. Director Alain Gsponer has captured the campaign as a short film.
Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions
We know it’s awkward, talking about class. Especially in the United States, talking about class is considered taboo. When the subject comes up, otherwise articulate extroverts suddenly find themselves caught up in the social awkwardness that is a customary partner of conversations about class.
Why Companies Should Add Class to Their Diversity Discussions
When Activism Rises
The most recent wave of student activism on college and university campuses typically took the form of building or office “takeovers,” as well as lists of “demands” presented to administrators. Among the challenges for these leaders at all levels of the academy, but presidents and chancellors, in particular, were how do they productively engage in dialogue with students angered by what they perceive as decades of inaction on issues of inclusivity, diversity and racism, how do they extract valuable lea
Ten Types of Cognitive Biases that Affect Hiring Decisions
Though you can’t fully eliminate your biases, you can take steps to mitigate their influence. The infographic in this article details 10 of the most common cognitive biases that can affect hiring decisions.