Category Archives: Diversity In Practice
Friday Factoids Catch-Up: Bilingualism, Biculturalism and Personality
There is plenty of research dedicated to the topics of bilingualism and biculturalism, but they may often be lumped together and defined as one in the same. Grosjean (2015) attempts to describe how a bicultural bilingual can take on different … Continue reading
Living with Mental Wellness
I have a group about living with mental illness on Wednesdays, and as a group, we decided to rename it to āLiving with Mental Wellness.āĀ One of the things we discussed was taking the power away from our mental illnesses.Ā … Continue reading
Friday Factoids: Islamophobia
At the beginning of the 1990s, the term Islamophobia emerged for the first time in the United States and Great Britain. It is a term used to describe an intense fear, dislike or hate of Muslims. A wealth of misinformation … Continue reading
Friday Factoid- Rising Mortality Rates for Middle-Aged White Americans
Case and Deaton (2015), both economists from Princeton, found that mortality rates for middle-aged white Americans have risen since 1999. In contrast, the death rate for middle-aged blacks and Hispanics continued to decline during the same period, as did death … Continue reading