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Deborah Plummer Bussey

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Born

in Cleveland, The United States

April 21

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http://www.dlplummer.com/

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Nonfiction, Mystery, Business

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Also publishes under Deborah L. Plummer.

Deborah Plummer is a psychologist, university professor and diversity thought leader. She currently serves as Chief Diversity Officer at UMass Medical School and UMass Memorial Health Care.
Her groundbreaking and timely book, Some of My Friends Are…The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross Racial Friendships (Beacon Press) examines how cross-racial friendships work and fail within American society. She is editor of the Handbook of Diversity Management (Rowman and Littlefield) and author of Advancing Inclusion: A Guide for Effective Diversity Council and Employee Resource Group Membership (Half Dozen Publications), and award-winning Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations through ...more

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My Pay off for Writing for Free

When I read the same message three times in one week from different sources it gets my attention. Apparently the message is not to write for Huffington Post... at least not for free.

The most pointed of these messages came in the current issue of Authors Guild Bulletin in which Authors Guild President Roxana Robinson questions the benefits of writing for HuffPo. In her message, Writing for Free, R Read more of this blog post »

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	Some of My Friends Are.: The Daunting Challenges and Untapped Benefits of Cross-Racial Friendships by Deborah L. Plummer, Deborah Plummer Bussey (Goodreads Author) 4.28 avg rating — 87 ratings — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	They Still Call Me Sister 3.84 avg rating — 38 ratings — published 2011 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Advancing Inclusion: A Guide to Effective Diversity Council and Employee Resource Group Membership by Deborah L. Plummer, Deborah Plummer Bussey (Goodreads Author) 3.78 avg rating — 27 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Family That Stays Together (A Sister Nun Mystery, #2) 4.39 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations Through Friendship by Deborah L. Plummer, Deborah Plummer Bussey (Goodreads Author) 4.36 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Handbook of Diversity Management: Inclusive Strategies for Driving Organizational Excellence by Deborah L. Plummer, Deborah Plummer Bussey (Goodreads Author) 4.60 avg rating — 5 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Racing Across the Lines: Changing Race Relations Through Friendships it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2009	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	[ They Still Call Me Sister By Plummer Bussey, Deborah ( Author ) Paperback 2011 ] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Diversity Management: The Handbook by Deborah L. Plummer, Deborah Plummer Bussey (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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