Overview 

Kennesaw State University and the English Department value Diversity and Inclusion, as well as a student-centered classroom. However, while many faculty members do include diversity, equity, and inclusion pedagogy in their classrooms, this website seeks to establish a more purposeful, accessible, and cost-free way for faculty to center DEI. Many faculty express willingness and excitement about including DEI components in their classrooms, as well as OER and affordable learning resources, but might not know where to start. These modules will serve as models for faculty in the department as a whole. The standard writer’s manuals currently in use are not explicitly focused on diversity and inclusion and can cost up to $60 dollars per student. To transform this experience for both faculty and students, we have both created and collected replacement materials for the standard writer’s manual that are cost-free, accessible, and inclusive. 

The “Teaching to Everyone”: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Materials for the English 1101 and 1102 Classroom assignment modules will save students up to 100% on their course materials by providing them with OER materials focused on diversity and inclusion concepts, such as belonging in the classroom, place-based learning, and intersectionality. The “Teaching to Everyone” assignment modules will reorient the FYC classroom to focus on voices and perspectives often left out of conversations about writing. This approach will acknowledge the difference between productive and oppressive discomfort in the classroom in order to push students to engage in critical thinking in an inclusive environment.

KSU’s student population is increasingly diverse-in 2021, almost 50% of all students identify as non-white, 38.3% of undergraduates identify as first-generation students, and international students hail from over 100 different countries. This website displays free and accessible modules that speak to these multiple student perspectives and experiences.