History
CRGE was founded in 1998 by a group of pioneers who developed a small but growing and increasingly important area of knowledge in the contemporary academy, intersectional scholarship. It was the first university-wide interdisciplinary research center of its kind and has been integral to the process of advancing intersectional qualitative and mixed-methods research on the University of Maryland, College Park campus.
Since its founding, CRGE has remained dedicated to its goals of promoting and advancing intersectional scholarship and transferring knowledge gained to the upcoming generation of scholars. The work of CRGE continues to demonstrate the ways faculty engagement in institution building, intellectual collaboration, and mentoring can transform and strengthen diversity efforts throughout a campus. CRGE is poised to continue its growth as a first-class research center dedicated to understanding the intersections of inequality and social justice. We would like to thank all of you who make this possible.
Mission
The Consortium on Race, Gender and Ethnicity’s mission is to promote intersectional scholarship that examines dimensions of inequality through the lived experiences of historically underrepresented minorities and also provide support through outreach, mentoring, education and research experiences along the high school to undergraduate and early career faculty trajectory.
Vision
The Consortium’s vision is to create a university environment that promotes racial and ethnic diversity through sponsorship of intersectional research, collaboration and mentorship of historically underrepresented minority scholars.
Why are we important?
- Building human capital and promoting equity is at the core of our mission and programmatic activities.
- Interdisciplinary scholarship and collaboration are the driving forces of our research-building efforts.
- Qualitative and mixed methodologies form a central core of our expertise.
- Combining efforts with other units enhances the academic pathways of students and faculty, particularly URM.
What is Intersectionality?
Intersectionality describes the ways in which oppressive institutions are interconnected and cannot be examined separately from one another. In other words, a person who identifies as both a woman and a person of color may experience discrimination differently than someone who identifies as both a man and a person of color. Intersectionality is a lens for seeing the way in which various forms of identity often operate together and integrate together. (SCCADVASA, retrieved 1/20/2022).
