Search Results for: Carlos Cortes

Advisors, Authors A-H, Race & Ethnicity

Renewing Diversity: Part 15: Perspectives from Intercultural Pioneers – by Carlos Cortés

In August, 2023, two of my friends — Sandra Fowler and Daniel Yalowitz — set out to make a difference.  They envisioned a book on the field of interculturalism structured around individual professional autobiographies written by twelve people, mostly in their eighties, whom they deemed to be intercultural pioneers .  I was one of the … Continue reading Renewing Diversity: Part 15: Perspectives from Intercultural Pioneers – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, AI, Authors A-H, Of Women, Women in STEM

Renewing Diversity No. 14: Interrogating Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence – by Carlos Cortés, Angela Antenore

In 1816, 19-year-old Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin captivated her close friends with a story about a monster.  Two years later, now married and  known as Mary Shelley, she stunned the reading world with her novel, Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus (1818).   Frankenstein’s monster was a man.  It remained so in most film renditions.  Notable exceptions … Continue reading Renewing Diversity No. 14: Interrogating Gender Bias in Artificial Intelligence – by Carlos Cortés, Angela Antenore →

Advisors, Authors A-H, Gender, Race & Ethnicity, Religious Diversity

Renewing Diversity #13: Diversity History as a Foreign Country – by Carlos Cortés

In his mesmerizing novel, The Go-Between, L. P. Hartley wrote one of the finest opening lines of any novel I have ever read:  “The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there.” That certainly holds true for the historical trajectory of diversity.  At age 91, I’ve lived through myriad changes in the American … Continue reading Renewing Diversity #13: Diversity History as a Foreign Country – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, AI, Authors A-H, Inclusion, Trends 2026

Renewing Diversity Part 12:  Diversity and the AI Frenzy – by Carlos Cortés

During 2025 few trends, if any, received more attention than developments in artificial intelligence.  You can hardly pick up a magazine or listen to a newscast without hearing something about AI.  However, I have encountered relatively little addressing the intersection of AI and diversity.  What might AI mean for diversity?  What can diversity advocates do … Continue reading Renewing Diversity Part 12:  Diversity and the AI Frenzy – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, Authors A-H

Renewing Diversity Part 11: The Mysterious World of Diversity and Economics – by Carlos Cortés

I’ve always been a bit perplexed when it comes to the intersection of economics and diversity.  Maybe this is inevitable because of the sprawling, multifaceted, and contentious nature of the field of economics itself.  As the old saying goes, “You can stack all of the world’s economists end to end and never reach a conclusion.” … Continue reading Renewing Diversity Part 11: The Mysterious World of Diversity and Economics – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, Authors A-H, Gender

Renewing Diversity Part 10: Unpacking the Inclusivity Dilemma in Health Care – by Carlos Cortés

I recently received an invitation to attend the national conference of the Society for Intercultural Education, Teaching, and Research.   The conference theme was “Inclusive Interculturalism.” The implicit message was simple: in order to be inclusive, interculturalists need to make a conscious effort .  Inclusivity doesn’t come naturally. In my last month’s ADR column I … Continue reading Renewing Diversity Part 10: Unpacking the Inclusivity Dilemma in Health Care – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, Authors A-H, Education, Inclusion

Renewing Diversity Part 9: Rediscovering My Professional Journey – by Carlos Cortés

For nearly a year I’ve been going through an out-of-body experience. It was launched by a simple request that has turned into a not-so-simple journey.  Here’s what happened. In the fall of 2024, Steven Mandeville-Gamble, Director of the University of California, Riverside, Library, asked me to donate my professional papers to the library’s Special Collections.  … Continue reading Renewing Diversity Part 9: Rediscovering My Professional Journey – by Carlos Cortés →

Advisors, Authors A-H

Renewing Diversity No. 8: Updating the Classics – by Carlos Cortés 

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To a great extent, popular culture is a series of remakes.  Remakes of classical theatre.  Remakes of children’s stories.  Remakes of old movies. There’s nothing basically wrong with that.  Hamlet has been restaged thousands of times, sometimes preserving its original historical context, other times being modernized.  Film director Akira Kurosawa transported “Macbeth” and “King Lear” … Continue reading Renewing Diversity No. 8: Updating the Classics – by Carlos Cortés  →

Advisors, Authors A-H, Generational, Religious Diversity

Renewing Diversity No. 7: A Sliver of Bone – by Carlos Cortés 

“Do you have any religious or ethical reservations about what kind of bone we put in your mouth?”  That question both startled and pleased me.  As I answered with a simple “no,” I broke into a broad smile. Some context.  My young periodondist was in the midst of trying to save my 90-year-old mouthful of … Continue reading Renewing Diversity No. 7: A Sliver of Bone – by Carlos Cortés  →

Advisors, Authors A-H, Gender, Sports

Renewing Diversity #6: Trans Talk – by Carlos Cortés 

“Can we finally stop talking about trans sports?” read the headline in the February 11, 2025, Los Angeles Times.  Of course this was followed by a column talking about — you guessed it — trans sports.  So the answer is no, we have to keep talking about trans sports for the same reason that people … Continue reading Renewing Diversity #6: Trans Talk – by Carlos Cortés  →