Norma and Demetri
Bridging Cura
DRS. NORMA LÓPEZ AND DEMETRI MORGAN WORK TO BENEFIT LOYOLA FACULTY OF COLOR
In an ever-changing world where society is forced to constantly adapt to its new realities, academia, too, faces this same obstacle. Recently, Drs. Norma López and Demetri Morgan–School of Education faculty–were awarded funding from the Joan and Bill Hank Center for Catholic Intellectual Heritage for their research project, Bridging Cura: Faculty of color socialization at a Jesuit institution.
The project aims to utilize analyses and methodological approaches to study how Loyola University Chicago confronts the strain between cura apostolica, care for the institution, and cura personalis, care for people, as a Jesuit-Catholic university. Their research focuses specifically on the experiences of faculty of color and how their career paths are impacted by this strain.
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“I am excited to extend previous research about faculty of color to the Jesuit context and better understand how the Jesuit mission influences faculty of color’s career trajectories." Dr. Norma López
López and Morgan are each thrilled about this project and the opportunities it brings. “I am excited to collaborate on another project with Dr. López as we work to examine and elevate the narratives of faculty of color who are resisting and persisting and finding success in the academy despite the many barriers and hurdles placed in their way because of the history and continued legacy of organizational oppression,” says Morgan.
They hope that this research will allow them to serve their communities and transform faculty of color’s experience in academia.
Congratulations to López and Morgan on this accomplishment. The School of Education is delighted to see the continued success of its faculty members in their research. We wish López and Morgan all the best as they continue with their project and undoubtedly discover important, beneficial findings.
Story by Kate Roudebush
López and Morgan are each thrilled about this project and the opportunities it brings. “I am excited to collaborate on another project with Dr. López as we work to examine and elevate the narratives of faculty of color who are resisting and persisting and finding success in the academy despite the many barriers and hurdles placed in their way because of the history and continued legacy of organizational oppression,” says Morgan.
They hope that this research will allow them to serve their communities and transform faculty of color’s experience in academia.
Congratulations to López and Morgan on this accomplishment. The School of Education is delighted to see the continued success of its faculty members in their research. We wish López and Morgan all the best as they continue with their project and undoubtedly discover important, beneficial findings.