Category: Colleagues

Denver7: Politics Unplugged CU Denver professor says caravan images can lead to internalized racism Carlos Hipolito-Delgado, an associate professor counseling at the University of Colorado Denver, recently worked on a study looking at how repeated exposure to racism predicts internalized racism – or self-hatred – in Latino undergraduate students. Dr. Hipolito-Delgado talks about his study…

Exposure to racism made undergraduate Latino students internalize self-hatred, CU Denver study finds Professor wanted to conduct study following increase in racist rhetoric after 2016 presidential election A Colorado professor wondered how racist rhetoric stoked by the 2016 presidential election was impacting Latino students, so he conducted academic research that found exposure to racism often…

Pathways2Teaching, meanwhile, is a nationally recognized initiative founded by CU Denver Professor Margarita Bianco that aims to get more minority students into classrooms to better reflect the diversity of a local student population, Schultz said. Students of color interested in teaching face a variety of barriers, including poverty, language and being first-generation college students, said…

Amid Colorado’s short-grass prairies, hidden-jewel farming communities and small historic mountain towns, educators, non-profits and community members are feeling the pinch. School districts are facing remarkable challenges finding and retaining highly qualified teachers, especially in high-needs fields, such as special education, math and science. Nonprofits and human-services agencies in rural Colorado are having issues finding…