Women-of-color matter: Notes on contribution and representation at Dickinson

Women-of-color matter: Notes on contribution and representation at Dickinson

“Have you cited a woman of color today?” My colleague and friend Koritha Mitchell, Associate Professor, English, Ohio State University regularly posts this question on social media as a directive to other writers, thinkers and thought leaders. Her request is not racial or gender cheerleading. Rather, her query responds directly to the underrepresentation of female…