Published in The Learning Assistance Review, volume 26 #1 (May 2021), the article provides a literature review of the value of diversity training, and identifies the dearth of research on training student academic support staff at colleges and universities on social diversity topics and issues. This article also defines and discusses key topics and terms related to diversity, and lays out a framework for learning center directors to organize, curate, develop, deliver and assess social diversity training for this important population. The work is written by and based on the experiences of learning center directors from three universities.

Haley, J., Saunders, A., Pokhrel, R. & Kennedy, T.K. (May 2021). Diversity Training for Learning Center Student Staff: Developing a Framework of Diversity and/or Social Justice. The Learning Assistance Review, 26(1).

Published by Academic Impressions in November 2020, the article details my experience identifying a need to better prepare my university student academic support staff to help retain our highest need, most underrepresented college students as we help them develop and practice cognitive skills for higher level learning. The article features research, curated content, and popular and scholarly articles on developing an anti-racist approach to creating positive societal change. Student testimonials on the impact of the program are included immediately following the training, and collected again three months post-training.

Kennedy, T.K. (2020, Nov. 20). Developing Social Justice Training for Student Staff: One Administrator’s Experience. Academic Impressions. https://www.academicimpressions.com/blog/developing-social-justice-training-for-student-staff-one-administrators-experience/