A Texas A&M entity that promotes race‑ and ethnicity‑themed “research” steeped in grievance studies jargon is currently accepting applications for faculty “seed grants.”
According to an event listing on the website for TAMU’s Race and Ethnic Studies Institute, the group is soliciting submissions for “multiple Interdisciplinary Faculty Seed Grants of $5,000 to $10,000 each.”
The event listing “invites full-time faculty and researchers at TAMU who have a terminal degree in their field (and for whom research is a formal component of their annual assessment) to submit interdisciplinary pilot study proposals that address current racial and ethnic social problems.”
The listing explicitly states, “To be considered, proposals must include race and/or ethnicity as a central focus.” [Boldface and italics in original.]
The deadline for applications is Monday, November 2.
As previously reported, the RESI runs the gamut of the left-wing academic framework, including: “Racial/Ethnic/Ethnoracial Equity & Inequality,” “Africana Studies/African American Studies/Black Studies,” and “Latina/o/x/e Studies/Mexican American Studies/Chicano/o/x Studies.”
This institute describes itself as “dedicated to fostering, celebrating, and producing world-class cutting-edge research related to race and ethnic studies among the community of scholars at Texas A&M University and beyond.”
Founded in 1991, the institute functions as a research-focused organization dedicated to studying race, ethnicity, and their “intersections” with “societal factors” such as class, gender, and sexuality.
RESI receives at least $100,000 in annual institutional support. A follow-up open records request remains outstanding.
Senior officials with the Texas A&M System discussed RESI with their attorneys this past summer. A similar records request for officials from the College Station campus remains in bureaucratic processing.
RESI falls under the College of Arts and Sciences. Simon North is the dean.
North reports to interim Provost Jerry R. Strawser, who reports to President Susan Ballabina. Ballabina reports to the Board of Regents.
Texas A&M University is a component of the Texas A&M University System. The Texas A&M System is overseen by a Board of Regents that is appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Texas Senate. Robert Albritton of Fort Worth is the current board chairman.
Texas A&M System regents approved tenure applications for several RESI faculty affiliates this past May.
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