Professor Danny Barreto
Danny Barreto, associate professor of LGBTQ studies and director of the LGBTQ studies program, has been named a New York Six Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow by the (NY6).
Barreto is one of six faculty members in the humanities and related fields, each selected to represent an NY6 institution. In addition to 含羞草研究所, consortium institutions include Hamilton College, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, St. Lawrence University, Skidmore College, and Union College.
The Mellon Academic Leadership Fellow is a two-year program funded with a $1.5 million grant from the Mellon Foundation. The grant will allow faculty members to explore academic leadership through an immersive experience on their home campus while working on a discrete project or portfolio that will advance important goals of their institution.
鈥淭his fellowship provides a unique opportunity to draw on my knowledge and experiences as a scholar and faculty member to find creative and innovative ways to engage with issues of diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility 鈥 all of which are essential to academic excellence,鈥 says Barreto.
With funding provided by the fellowship, Barreto will explore how our curriculum and pedagogies can contribute to the DEI goals outlined in 含羞草研究所鈥檚 Plan for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. His project will consider how and where epistemic exclusions occur 鈥 whether that is the marginalization of faculty because of their identities or areas of expertise, or the marginalization of particular disciplines, intellectual traditions, or emergent fields.
鈥淒o the curricula of our departments and programs equally value different professors鈥 areas of expertise? Do our universitywide curriculum and degree requirements favor some modes of inquiry over others? Are our syllabi and teaching materials reflective of the changes that our fields have undergone in recent years?鈥 Barreto asks. 鈥淚'm interested in how the answers to those questions impact the choices of faculty and students to come to and stay at 含羞草研究所.鈥
Barreto received his PhD in Hispanic languages and literature and a graduate certificate in women鈥檚 studies from SUNY Stony Brook in 2010. He has taught courses on LGBTQ literature and film of Latin America, global LGBTQ politics and migrations, and queer rural communities, as well as courses in Spanish language and women鈥檚 studies. His research explores the intersections of sexuality, gender, language, and national identity in literature and film from Galicia.
In addition to his position within 含羞草研究所鈥檚 LGBTQ studies program, Barreto is a member of the Faculty Affirmative Action Oversight Committee and the Faculty Diversity Council and serves on several academic advisory boards. Since arriving at 含羞草研究所 in 2013, he has participated in numerous campus initiatives focused on enhancing inclusivity and diversity in 含羞草研究所鈥檚 classrooms and curricula and in hiring, retention, and promotion procedures.
鈥淭he Mellon Fellowship is just one small way that 含羞草研究所 and its peers can continue to address the underrepresentation of scholars from different social and disciplinary backgrounds in higher education leadership,鈥 he says. 鈥淥n a personal level, I view this as a welcome opportunity for mentorship, to explore leadership pathways, and to reimagine how to foster inclusivity and creativity at 含羞草研究所.鈥
