Many, many years ago, when I was studying at Stanford, there were reasonably good programs in place for recruiting Native students, and a fair presence/visibility of students, and still the statistics were frighteningly low.
That program matching students with local families is very smart. I will remember that if I ever get back home and teach in a place with even a minimal concern about such issues.
As for the gender question, while I'm straight, and very femme looking now, I think of myself as an overgrown tomboy. And if I were in a different profession, I'd probably still be a lot butch-er looking than I am now. Oddly, now that I'm fairly senior, I'm drifting back to an older less femme daily style. Feels a bit like homecoming
That program matching students with local families is very smart. I will remember that if I ever get back home and teach in a place with even a minimal concern about such issues.
As for the gender question, while I'm straight, and very femme looking now, I think of myself as an overgrown tomboy. And if I were in a different profession, I'd probably still be a lot butch-er looking than I am now. Oddly, now that I'm fairly senior, I'm drifting back to an older less femme daily style. Feels a bit like homecoming
15 years