Overheard: Tales from the Professoriate

"I'm the boss."

   - a department chair interviewing a candidate for a staff position.

"Well, all this concern about diversity and yet we certainly seem to be increasing diversity with this group."

    - one faculty member to another after three women of color were introduced as new faculty.

"I've always felt like a black woman trapped in a white woman's body."

   - a faculty member describing why she thinks diversity training is important.