Ensuring a Diverse Faculty

Faculty Initiatives

• Nancy Kaplan, Associate Professor of Radio, Television, Film, Darra A. Pace, Associate Professor of Counseling, Research, Special Education, and Rehabilitation and Julie A. Yindra, Director of Services for Students with Disabilities presented their research titled, “Diversity on Campus: People with Disabilities”, May 2, 2011 at the Diversity Task Force Advisory Council. Links | Powerpoint
• Mary Ann Allison, Assistant Professor, Department of Journalism, Media Studies and Public Relations for her research titled, Against Formidable Odds: Community Revitalization in New Cassel, New York, Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2010 [more]
• Deborah Elkis-Abuhoff, Assistant Professor, Department of Counseling, Research, Special Education and Rehabilitation for her research titled, Hofstra Educator Brings Art Therapy for Patients with Parkinson’s Disease to the World. Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2010 [more]
• Andrea Garcia, Clinic Director; Associate Professor of Literacy Studies  and Michele A. Marx,  Administrative Coordinator,Reading/Writing Learning Clinic: Building Literacy Connections One Community at a Time, Hofstra Horizons,  Spring 2010 | more |
• Ann Feuerbach, Adjunct Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Innovation, Here, There and Everywhere: Developing Appropriate Technology to Improve Quality of Life and Retain Cultural Diversity, Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2009 | more |
• Blidi S. Stemn, Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Teaching,The Mathematics Learning Community Project: Placing Resources Where It Matters the Most, Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2009 | more |
• Phyllis Zagano, Senior Research Associate-in-Residence and Adjunct Professor, Department of Religion Catholic Rituals and the Question of Women Deacons, Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2009 | more |
• Denny Taylor, International Center for Everybody’s Child, and Professor and Doctoral Director of Literacy Studies, The World’s Children in Crisis: What Can We Do?, Hofstra Horizons, Spring  2009 | more |
• Marlene S. Munn-Joseph, Assistant Professor, Department of Curriculum and Teaching for her research titled, Black Suburbia: Panacea for Urban Education? Horizon Horizons, Fall 2008
• Dr. Daniel T. Sciarra, Department of Counseling, Research, Special Education and Rehabilitation for his research Diversity In and Out of the Classroom, Hofstra Horizons, Spring 2008
• Professors Christopher Matthews and Jenna Coplin of the Department of Anthropology's Center for Public Archaeology for their research titled, The Archaeology of Captivity and Freedom in Early New York, Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2007
• Professor Gregory Maney, Department of Sociology for his research titled, Conflicting Dreams: Immigrant Workers and Suburban Exclusion, Hofstra Horizons, Spring 2007
• Russell Burke, Associate Professor, Department of Biology for his research titled, "Italian Immigrants Flourish on Long Island", Hofstra Horizons, Fall 2005

Recruitment and Retention

• Throughout the University, there have been increased efforts to recruit and retain minority faculty.
• Hofstra University Full-time Faculty Ethnicity and Gender Distribution, 2001-2009 | more |
• Hofstra University Faculty Diversity Task Force Report, Fall 2004-Fall 2006