Time for a change

AtlanticWire named a Time magazine column by Noliwe M. Rooks, associate professor of Africana studies and feminist, gender and sexuality studies, to its best five columns of Oct. 11.

Read Rooks’ column, “Why It's Time to Get Rid of Standardized Tests.”

An interdisciplinary scholar, Rooks studies the racial implications of beauty, fashion and adornment; racial inequality in education; race, migration and urbanization; and black women’s studies.