Below are a list of texts on which we may draw throughout the semester. Details are on the class schedule.
Sidney Muntean Journey to the center: Why identity is important (6.45 min video)
Edutopia Exploring perceptions about identity through self-portraits (2 min video)
Marcus Lyon Is your identity given or created? (12.15 min video)
Lala Akindoju The power of telling our own stories (7.15 min video)
Gwen Randall-Young Be the change you want to see in the world (reading)
Chiara Gizi Be the change you wish you see in the world (reading)
Julie Beck Life’s Stories (reading)
Sadie Dingfelder Our stories, ourselves (reading)
Schlossberg’s transition theory (6 page reading)
Applying Schlossberg's transition theory to my transfer experience: A digital story (5 minute video)
Kerstin Pilz The Healing Power of Writing (16 min TED talk video)
Melissa Donovan The personal benefits of poetry writing
Brene Brown The Power of Vulnerability (TED talk video)
Brene Brown Embracing vulnerability (5 minute video)
Lovelyn Bettison How to change your life by changing the stories you tell yourself (reading)
Vignoles et al Beyond the East-West Dichotomy: Global variation in cultural models of selfhood (reading, pp. 967-974)
In-groups, out-groups and social identity theory (8 min video)
Magdalena Zawisza The terrifying power of stereotypes -- and how to deal with them (reading)
Baxter-Magolda’s self-authorship theory (video)
Sauer and Hartwig on Baxter Magolda’s self-authorship theory (video)
Baxter Magolda’s theory of self-authorship (video with example of Billy)
Self-authorship and the learning partnership model (2 page reading)
Ellis Adams Bochner (2011) Autoethnography: An overview (11 page reading)
Overview of autoethnography (5 minute video)
America Ferrera My identity is a superpower -- not an obstacle (TED talk)
Chimamanda Adichie The danger of a single story (TED talk)
Canwen Xu I am not your Asian stereotype (TED talk)
Alex Dang Tell me about yourself: Stories through poetry (TED talk)
Andrea Pennington My journey to self love (TED talk)
The hate u give (film)
Mindtools Content Team The seven dimensions of culture (reading)
Texts about social categories:
Jubilee's Middle Ground has a number of videos related to social categories in which participants of different social categories/points of view come together to discuss and try to understand one another.
Learning for social justice -- site that offers information on a number of social categories in relation to social justice.
Gender:
6 types of sexism, examples and their impact
Race and ethnicity:
What to know about racial microaggressions
What to know about racial trauma
Everything you need to know about white fragility
Social class and global stratification:
The sociology of social inequality
The nature and extent of global stratification
Religious affiliation:
A matter of life and death: Two scholars make the case for teaching religious freedom
Ability/disability:
What is ableism and what is its impact?
Culture:
General/Intersectional: