The Pipeline Is Broken Graduate Students of Color on Racism, Justice, and Joy in the Academy

Orly Clerge is associate professor of sociology and faculty affiliate in African American and African studies at the University of California, Davis. She is author of The New Noir: Race, Identity, and Diaspora in Black Suburbia and coeditor of Stories from the Front of the Room: How Higher Education Faculty Overcome Challenges and Thrive in the Academy.

Asia Ivey is a sociologist and research data analyst at the UC Davis Centers for Violence Prevention.Her work explores the intersections of community violence intervention and prevention, educationalequity, and racialized organizational policy, examining how these systems shape public health outcomes.

Michelle Harris is professor emerita in the department of Africana, Latin American, Caribbean, and Latinx studies at the State University of New York at Albany.

Sherrill Sellers is professor in the Department of Family Science and Social Work, director of the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Program, and associatedean in the College of Education, Health, and Society at Miami University. Her work focuses on expanding culturally and linguistically responsive services and promoting institutional practices that lead to meaningful, systemic change.