Resources
DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING
Inclusive Language Guidelines
These guidelines aim to raise awareness, guide learning, and support the use of culturally sensitive terms and phrases that center the voices and perspectives of those who are often marginalized or stereotyped. They also explain the origins of problematic terms and phrases and offer suitable alternatives or more contemporary replacements (American Psychology Association, 2021).
Equity and Justice
Racial Equity and the Justice System: resources from the American Bar Association on bias and racism in the justice system.
Campaign Zero: an organization and platform that offers solutions for ending police violence in America.
Step Up and Lead for Equity: The Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU) presents the role of higher education in addressing the inequities that affect low-income students and students of color.
Resources to Support the Black Community as an Ally: This guide shares best practices and resources to help individuals and organizations navigate becoming an ally.
Juneteenth Readings
The Soul of My Pedagogy: A Biologist Teaches Students to Believe They Can Be Better Than They Ever Imagined by Bryan Dewsbury, Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of Rhode Island, published in Scientific American.
Teaching While Black: Witnessing and Countering Disciplinary Whiteness, Racial Violence, and University Race-Management by Carmen Kynard, John Jay College of Criminal Justice, CUNY, published in Literacy in Composition Studies.
The Stories They Tell: Mainstream Media, Pedagogies of Healing and Critical Media Literacy by April Baker-Bell, Raven Jones Stanbrough, and Sakeena Everett, published in Critical Media Literacy in English Education and English Education Special Edition: From Racial Violence to Racial Justice: Praxis and Implications for English (Teacher).
Critical Race Theory (1970s-present) and reading list from the Purdue OWL.
In the News
Why Celebrating Juneteenth is More Important Now Than Ever by By P.R. Lockhart, published in VOX.
The Historical Legacy of Juneteenth by Tsione Wolde-Michael for NMAAHC, published in The Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture.
The 1619 Project, an initiative from the New York Times.
Implicit Bias Self Assessment
Project Implicit is a nonprofit organization and collaboration of researchers interested in implicit social attitudes. The Implicit Association Test (IAT) on social attitudes is an exercise to help you identify unintentional biases or associations you have about race, gender, sexual orientation, and more. To take the test, log in or register with the Project Implicit site.
Diversity in Higher Education
Purdue University Department of Diversity and Inclusion: Cultural Resource Centers and Diversity Initiatives.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education: News, information, and commentary.
Dos and Don’ts When Working with International Students in the Classroom
How to Build Inclusive Practices in Education: Insights into fostering inclusion.
Inside Higher Ed: Diversity Matters: News, essays and career advice about diversity. View past articles or subscribe to the weekly newsletter here.
3 Ways to Improve Your Cultural Fluency: Harvard Business Review article with tips on building cultural fluency.
ACS Inclusivity Style Guide: Diversity and Inclusion in Images: ACS guide to including authentic and realistic diverse and inclusive images.
Best Practices for Inclusive and Diverse Photography in Higher Education: University & College Designers Association guide for using inclusive and diverse images.
Cultural Identity and Accessibility
Better Together - Diversity - Purdue Summit.pdfThe Better Together Toolkit "provides resources you may use to facilitate conversations with your faculty, staff, or students on diversity topics. These resources may be used individually or combined based on the needs and interests of the individuals or groups you are working with." This resource is from the Working Together Purdue System-wide Summit held in September of 2018.
Roadmap to Web Accessibility in Higher Education is a white paper from 3PlayMedia. It provides explanations and resources for accessibility in higher education.
Roadmap-to-EducationAccessability.pdf