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  Resources for Attending to Diversity Issues  
     
 

Resources for "Attending to Diversity Issues in the Sociology Major"

originally prepared by Carolyn Vasques Scalera, Washington D.C.
Tracy Ore, St. Cloud State University

Some National Higher Education Associations

ASA
http://www.asanet.org/
See especially:
Research program: data briefs and articles on sociology as a discipline and profession. For eg: The Pipeline for Faculty of Color in Sociology; Gender in the Early Stages of the Sociological Career; Minorities at Three Stages in the Sociology Pipeline.
Section on Teaching & Learning in Sociology
Department Resources Group (DRG)
Hiring Diverse Faculty

Included in Sociology: Learning Climates that Cultivate Racial and Ethnic Diversity. Chin, Jeffrey, Catherine Berheide, and Dennis Rome (eds). American Association for Higher Education in collaboration with ASA. This book can be ordered from ASA.

Association of American Colleges and Universities
http://www.aacu-edu.org/
Institutional membership organization whose Office of Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives has produced numerous resources around diversity in higher education. See especially DiversityWeb and Diversity Digest.

American Council on Education (ACE)
http://www.acenet.edu/
Institutional membership organization. See especially Center for the Advancement of Racial and Ethnic Equity and Office of Women in Higher Education and the Educating All of One Nation Conference.

The following are all short (3-5 page) articles from Diversity Digest that may be helpful for chairs in working with faculty around diversity issues:

Advice on Effective Curriculum Transformation (Winter 1997) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W97/advice.html

Questions for Faculty Dialogue on Diversity and Learning (Winter 1997) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W97/questions.html

Faculty Development: Shaking Foundations/Renewing Minds (Fall 1997) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/F97/development.html

A Multidimensional Approach to Faculty Development (Winter 1999) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W99/multidimensional.html

New Research on Faculty Attitudes on the Benefits of Diverse Learning Environments (spring summer 2000) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/Sp.Sm00/attitudes.html

Diversifying the Curriculum: A Study of Faculty Involvement (Fall 2000) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/F00/research.html

Research on the Benefits of Diversity in College and Beyond (Spring 1999) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/Sp99/benefits.html

Race, Gender and Faculty Work Lives (Fall 2000) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/F00/analysis.html

Moving Beyond Myths: Faculty of Color in Academe (Winter 1999) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W99/myths.html

Recent Facts about Faculty Diversity (Winter 1999) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W99/myths.html#facts

Faculty of Color and Scholarship Transformed (Winter 1999) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/W99/diversifying.html

Leadership to Recruit and Promote Minority Faculty (Spring 1998) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/Sp98/faculty.html

Transforming Institutions: Importance of Faculty Diversity (Fall 1997) http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/F97/transforming.html

These articles and others can also be found by looking in the Diversity Digest Archives at http://www.diversityweb.org/Digest/archives.html

Some Online Resources for Faculty on Diversity in the Classroom

University of Michigan Center for Research on Learning and Teaching: Multicultural Teaching: Annotated Bibiliographies http://www.crlt.umich.edu/multiteaching/multibiblio.html

Arizona State University Intergroup Relations Center resources for faculty and teaching assistants to help manage classroom diversity and achieve desired educational outcomes http://www.asu.edu/provost/intergroup/resources/facresources.html

The Center for Teaching and Learning- University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 1998. Diversity in the College Classroom. http://www.unc.edu/depts/ctl/tfitoc.html

Background Readings on Diversity in Higher Education
Adams, Maurianne, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin (eds.). 1997. Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice: A Sourcebook. New York: Routledge.

Association of American Colleges and Universities. 1995. American Pluralism and the College Curriculum: Higher Education in a Diverse Democracy. Washington, DC: AAC&U.

Bowen, William G. and Derek Bok . 1998. The Shape of the River: Long-Term Consequences of Considering Race in College and University Admissions. Princeton University Press.

Dews, C.L. Barney and Carolyn Leste Law (eds.). 1995. This Fine Place So Far From Home: Voices of Academics from the Working Class. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Gainen, Joanne and Robert Boice (eds.). 1993. Building a Diverse Faculty. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.

Hurtado, Sylvia, Jeffrey Milem, Alma Clayton-Pedersen, and Walter Allen. 1999. Enacting Diverse Learning Environments: Improving the Climate for Racial/Ethnic Diversity in Higher Education. ASHE-ERIC Higher Education Report Vol. 26(8). Washington, DC: The George Washington University, Graduate School of Education and Human Development.

Ibarra, Robert A. 2001. Beyond Affirmative Action: Reframing the Context of Higher Education. University of Wisconsin Press.

Johnson, Irene Harris and Allen Ottens (eds). Leveling the Playing Field: Promoting Academic Success for Students of Color. New Directions for Student Services No. 74. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass Publishers.

McNaron, Toni A. H. 1997. Poisoned Ivy: Lesbian and Gay Academics Confronting Homophobia. Philadelphia: Temple University Press.

Moody, JoAnn. 2004. Faculty Diversity: Problems and Solutions. New York: Routledge Press.

Schoem, David et al. (eds.). 1993. Multicultural Teaching in the University. Westport: Praeger.

Seymour, Elaine and Nancy M. Hewitt. 1997. Talking about Leaving: Why Undergraduates Leave the Sciences. Boulder, CO: Westview Press.

Smith, Daryl G. 1996. Achieving Faculty Diversity: Debunking the Myths. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Smith, Daryl G. and Associates. 1997. Diversity Works: The Emerging Picture of How Students Benefit. Washington, DC: Association of American Colleges and Universities.

Steele, Claude. 2000. “Confronting a Little-Known Threat to Black Students: How a climate of racial mistrust can undermine individual success. AAHE Bulletin February 52(6).

Tinto, Vincent. 1993. Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and Cures of Student Attrition. 2nd edition. University of Chicago Press.

Wall, Vernon A. and Nancy J. Evans (eds.). 2000. Toward Acceptance: Sexual Orientation Issues on Campus. Lanham, MD: University Press of America.

Adams, Maurianne, Lee Anne Bell, and Pat Griffin (eds.). 1997. . New York: Routledge.