Professional Development Readings

The focus of Social Justice Issues and Racism in the College Classroom is faculty and students of color at postsecondary institutions and the racial challenges they encounter in college classrooms. To achieve this aim, the book highlights the voices of various racial/ethnic groups of faculty and students, including international scholars. Additionally, the book will inform and bring attention to non-minority faculty and students of social justice issues related to race in the classroom and offer suggestions on how to be supportive of people of color. Several frameworks will be utilized in this book to assist readers in better understanding ideas, concepts, and practices. Specifically, a social justice framework, critical race theory, and White privilege are used to better explore the featured topics. Both quantitative and qualitative (e.g., auto-ethnographic, interviews, etc.) data are utilized throughout the book to give voice to the authors. Questions posed for this edited book are as follows: How do faculty members include social justice issues related to race/ethnicity in their curricula? How are issues associated with race or ethnicity discussed in the classroom by students, as well as minority and nonminority faculty? What are the experiences of students of color in the classroom working with faculty of different races and ethnicities? Overall the book provides information to assist students and faculty of color with survival skills in complex environments.
TOC: Advocating for change : a reflection on my journey to social justice education / Bonita K. Butner --
Confessions of a border-crossing brotha-scholar / Ty-Ron M.O. Douglas --
The experiences of marginalized academics and understanding the majority : implications for institutional policy and practice / Dannielle Joy Davis --
Chicanos teaching social justice in higher education/chicanos enseñando justicia social en la universidad : experiences at predominately white and hispanic serving institutions / Juan Carlos González, Edwardo L. Portillos --
Revolutionary reforestation and white privilege in a critical race doctoral program / Amy A. Hunter, Matthew D. Davis --
Research as activism / Linda Sue Warner --
Reflective journaling in a college multicultural education classroom : looking past, present, and future / Eunyoung Kim --
Classroom experiences through the lens of social justice : the postsecondary experiences of three black female students / Katrina M. Hubbard, Annette M. Burris, Ashley L. Gray --
The experience of conducting a study of racial or ethnic dynamics : voices of doctoral students in colleges of education / Aimee Howley ... [et al.] --
Perspective of a majority student / Kathleen M. Kanz-White --
Reflections on a critical race theory project with educational leaders / Abul Pitre.

Contents:Starting With Ourselves: Telling Our Stories About Race -- Insider’s Guide Part I: Race, Ethnicity, and Identity -- Insider’s Guide Part II: Discrimination, Racism, and Race Hatred -- Classroom Confrontations -- Having a “Civil Conversation” -- Start With Students Where They Are: White Student Reactions -- Mixing It Up: Reactions of Students of Color -- Exercises, Assignments, and Advice 1-- Annotated Resources and More Ideas for Assignments and Discussions -- Critical Incidents for Faculty Discussion

Contents:Naming ourselves -- Negotiating sexuality and gender -- Representing cultural knowledge in interpersonal and mass mediacontexts -- Celebrating cultures -- Valuing and contesting languages -- Living in bicultural relationships -- Economic class and cultural identity -- Traversing cultural paths -- Reflections on 9/11.

Contents: Teaching about culture / David Matsumoto -- Got culture? Incorporating culture into the curriculum / Regan A.R. Gurung -- Teaching about diversity: reflections and future directions / Loreto R. Prieto -- A metapedagogical approach to culture in the classroom / Thomas N. Robinson, III -- Learning styles as self-fulfilling prophecies / Kris Vasquez The "why's" and "how's" of being a social justice ally / Sandra L. Neumann -- The diversity monologues: increasing understanding and empathy, decreasing stereotypes and prejudice / Amy Hackney -- Infusing cross-cultural experiences into the classroom / Craig Abrahamson -- Teaching about the social psychology of disability: issues of being, not becoming / Dana S. Dunn -- Foreign language learning: a different form of diversity / Paul C. Smith -- Teaching gender diversity through diverse lenses / Janet E. Kuebli, Accalia R. Kusto, and Karen Wilson -- Pedagogical intersections of gender, race, and identity: signs of a feminist teacher / Karlyn Crowley -- Developing democracy: encouraging multiple viewpoints and community in classrooms / Kathie E. Shiba -- Creating inclusive science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (stem) courses / Nilhan Gunasekera and Katherine Friedrich -- Teaching diversity through literature: urging voyages toward deeper understanding / Nancy L. Chick -- Internationalizing the psychology curriculum: examples of course transformation / LeeAnn Bartolini, Afshin Gharib, and William Phillips -- Experiential activities for teaching about diversity / Carlos M. Diaz-Lazaro, Sandra Cordova, and Rosslyn Franklyn -- Enlisting the participation of students in diversifying the curriculum / Susan B. Goldstein -- A seat at the table for everyone: exercises in valuing diversity / Christy Price, Lynn Boettler, and Larua Davis-- Diversity and distance education: cultural competence for on-line instructors / Savitri V. Dixon-Saxon -- Using educational technology to teach diversity content / Mary Jo Blazeka and Magdalena Linhardt -- Developing global connections: connecting students in cross-cultural online teaching activities / Cindy J. Lahar -- Pleased to meet you: introducing multicultural competence and diversity awareness to your students / Karen Cone-Uemura -- Intercultural simulations and games: having fun while discussing serious matters / Ly U. Phan -- The use of action learning techniques in a race relations course / Peter L. Kranz, Sylvia Z. Ramirez, and Nick L. Lund -- Keeping it real: authenticity in the diversity learning environment / Kelley D. Haynes -- Coping strategies for diversity scholars / Kelley D. Haynes -- Teaching diversity in the high school classroom / Amy C. Fineburg -- Diversity issues in community colleges / Robin Hailstork -- Assignments and course content in teaching diversity / Champika K. Soysa ... [et al.] -- Beyond the classroom: an experiential model for developing multicultural competence / Angelica M. Díaz-Martínez and Letizia A. Duncan.

Contents: Introduction : Vipers in Shangri-la : whiteness, writing, and other ordinary terrors / Mike Hill -- Sympathy for the devils : notes on some white guys in the ridiculous class war / Fred Pfeil -- White looks : hairy apes, true stories, and Limbaugh's laughs / David R. Roediger -- The whitest I : on reading the Hill-Thomas transcripts / Michael E. Staub -- Bulletproof settlers : the politics of offense in the New South Africa / Grant Farred -- The whiteness of film noir / Eric Lott -- Basketball, Rodney King, Simi Valley / Matthew P. Brown -- The possum, the hag, and the rhinestone cowboy : hard country music and the burlesque abjection of the white man / Barbara Ching -- "Story untold" : the black men and white sounds of doo-wop / Jeffrey Melnick -- One of the boys? Whiteness, gender, and popular music studies / Gayle Wald -- What is "white trash"? Stereotypes and economic conditions of poor whites in the United States / Annalee Newitz and Matthew Wray -- The unexamined / Ross Chambers -- Outing whiteness : a feminist/lesbian project / Kate Davy -- If Uncle Tom is white, should we call him "Auntie"? Race and sexuality in postbellum U.S. fiction / Warren Hedges -- Performing men of color : male autoperformance, highways performance space, the NEA, and the white right / Robert H. Vorlicky -- Conditions of immigration / Amitava Kumar -- The universalization of whiteness : racism and enlightenment / Warren Montag -- Racial politics and the pedagogy of whiteness / Henry A. Giroux -- The "look" returned : knowledge production and constructions of "whiteness" in humanities scholarship and independent film / E. Ann Kaplan -- Literature in the country of "whiteness" : from T.S. Eliot to the Tempest / Jerry Phillips -- Toward a new abolitionism : a Race traitor manifesto / John Garvey and Noel Ignatiev.

Contents: Diversity and higher education : theory and impact on educational outcomes / Patricia Gurin ... [et al.] -- Against repetition : addressing resistance to anti-oppressive change in the practices of learning, teaching, supervising, and researching / Kevin K. Kumashiro -- Learning in the dark : how assumptions of whiteness shape classroom knowledge / Frances A. Maher and Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault -- Blind vision : unlearning racism in teacher education / Marilyn Cochran-Smith -- Moving beyond polite correctness : practicing mindfulness in the diverse classroom / Barbara Vacarr -- Talking about race, learning about racism : the application of racial identity development theory in the classroom / Beverly Daniel Tatum -- Teaching and practice / Sondra Perl -- A dialogue : culture, language, and race / Paulo Freire and Donaldo P. Macedo -- Freire and a feminist pedagogy of difference / Kathleen Weiler -- Afterword : realizing a more inclusive pedagogy / Frank Tuitt.

Description:Written by college instructors from many disciplines, this volume of essays takes a bold first step toward a nationwide conversation. Each of the twenty-nine contributors addresses one central question: what are the challenges facing a college professor who believes that teaching responsibly requires an honest and searching examination of race? Professors from the humanities, social sciences, sciences, and education consider topics such as how the classroom environment is structured by race; the temptation to retreat from challenging students when faced with possible reprisals in the form of complaints or negative evaluations; the implications of using standardized evaluations in faculty tenure and promotion when the course subject is intimately connected with race; and the varying ways in which white faculty and faculty of color are impacted by teaching about race.

Contents: An introduction : at the root of identity A mysterious link between identity and intellectual performance; Stereotype threat comes to light, and in more than one group; A broader view of identity : in the lives of Anatole Broyard, Amin Maalouf, and the rest of us; The many experiences of stereotype threat; Identity threat and the efforting life; The mind on stereotype threat : racing and overloaded; The strength of stereotype threat : the role of cues; Reducing identity and stereotype threat : a new hope; The distance between us : the role of identity threat; Conclusion : identity as a bridge between us.

Contents: A definition of terms. Defining racism, "Can we talk?" ---The complexity of identity, "Who am I?" -- Understanding blackness in a white context. The early years, "Is my skin brown because I drink chocolate milk?" -- Identity development in adolescence, "Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria?" -- Racial identity in adulthood, "Still a work in progress ..." -- Understanding whiteness in a white context. The development of white identity, "I'm not ethnic, I'm just normal" -- White identity and affirmative action, "I'm in favor of affirmative action except when it comes to my jobs" -- Beyond black and white. Critical issues in Latino, American Indian, and Asian Pacific American identity development, "There's more than just black and white, you know" -- Identity development in multiracial families, "But don't the children suffer?" -- Breaking the silence. Embracing a cross-racial dialogue, "We were struggling for the words" -- Epilogue 2003: Continuing the conversation -- Appendix. Getting started: a resource guide -- Reader discussion guide.