On Facing Boogeymen or, What the Horror Genre Taught Me
About Anti-Racist Leadership
Marita Gilbert, PhD, Associate Dean of Diversity and Campus
Inclusion, MSU College of Osteopathic Medicine
WACSS Building Anti-Racism Insight Series | Wednesday, January 12, 2022
Dr.
Gilbert has dedicated her life to advocacy for the most marginalized
and vulnerable populations through leadership, scholarship, and
practice. Her passion for transforming communities and institutions has
guided over twenty years of progressive experience in higher education,
serving in faculty and administrative roles ranging from athletics to
senior leadership.
Dr. Gilbert works across the College and its affiliated institutions to
advance MSUCOM’s diversity initiatives and mission. Dr. Gilbert serves
as a member of the dean's advisory board and the College's executive
staff. She oversees diversity efforts on all three campuses and works
directly with the Dean--providing influence and guidance over areas of
college climate.
Resources mentioned by Dr. Gilbert:
Saad, Layla F. 2020. Me and white supremacy: combat racism, change the world, and become a good ancestor.
Brown, Austin Channing. 2021. I'm still here: black dignity in a world made for whiteness.
Oluo, Ijeoma. 2020. So you want to talk about race.
Wilkerson, Isabel. 2020. Caste: the origins of our discontents.
Taylor, Keeanga-Yamahtta. 2017. How we get free: black feminism and the Combahee River Collective.
Horror Noire
Kendi, Ibram X. 2021. How to be an antiracist.
Matthew, Dayna Bowen. 2018. Just medicine: a cure for racial inequality in American health care.