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Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2015This book offers a range of perspectives from culturally, racially, linguistically, ability, and gender-diverse contributors who demonstrate that effective leadership springs from those who engage, link theory to practice, and promote access, equity, and educational improvement for underserved students.
Pedagogy of the Oppressed by Call Number: LB880.F73 P4313 2001Publication Date: 2001Freire's work has taken on especial urgency in the United States and Western Europe, where the creation of a permanent underclass among the underprivileged and minorities in cities and urban centers is increasingly accepted as the norm.
Teaching to Transgress by Call Number: LC196 .H66 1994Publication Date: 1994In this book, the author shares her philosophy of the classroom, offering ideas about teaching that fundamentally rethink democratic participation.
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Engaging the Race Question by Call Number: LC213.2 .D68 2015Publication Date: 2014This book is for anyone who is challenged or troubled by the substantial disparities in college participation, persistence, and completion among racial and ethnic groups in the United States.
Making a Real Difference with Diversity by Call Number: LC1099.4.C2 M35 2007ISBN: 0977921050Publication Date: 2007This publication is drawn from the work of the James Irvine Foundation Campus
Diversity Initiative (CDI), established to assist twenty-eight independent colleges and universities in California with
strategically improving campus diversity.
Presumed Incompetent by Call Number: e-bookISBN: 0874219221Publication Date: 2012Presumed Incompetent is a pathbreaking account of the intersecting roles of race, gender, and class in the working lives of women faculty of color.
Social Justice Issues and Racism in the College Classroom by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2013The focus of this book is faculty and students of color at postsecondary institutions and the racial challenges they encounter in college classrooms.
Teaching Across Cultural Strengths by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2016This comprehensive guide addresses the continuing gaps in our knowledge about the role of culture in learning; and offers an empirically-based framework and model, together with practical strategies, to assist faculty in transforming college teaching for all their students through an understanding of and teaching to their strengths.
Teaching Race and Anti-Racism in Contemporary America by Call Number: HT1506 .T43 2014Publication Date: 2014This book presents thoughtful reflections and in-depth, critical analyses of the new challenges and opportunities instructors face in teaching race during what has been called the "post-racial era".
- [Book Chapter] From Safe Spaces to Brave SpacesChapter publicly available online.
- [Paper] Toward a Model of Inclusive Excellence and Change in Postsecondary InstituionsPaper publicly available online.
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- Culturally Responsive Leadership in Higher Education by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2015This book offers a range of perspectives from culturally, racially, linguistically, ability, and gender-diverse contributors who demonstrate that effective leadership springs from those who engage, link theory to practice, and promote access, equity, and educational improvement for underserved students.
The Department Chair As Transformative Diversity Leader by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2015This is the first book to address the role of the department chair in diversity by providing a research-based, systematic approach to diversity leadership in the academic department based upon survey findings and in-person interviews.
Power, Privilege and Education by Call Number: e-bookPublication Date: 2013Provides perspectives on the dynamics of power and privilege in education. This book offers recommendations and policy considerations that are aimed at increasing social justice in education and improving student performance and student outcomes.
