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Academic Center for Equity and Inclusion Resources

ACEI Resources and Suggested Readings

The ACEI has complied resources that will help create a foundation for social justice, equity and inclusion in teaching and learning.

Academic Center for Equity and Inclusion

Collection of Inclusive Teaching Resources

Social Justice Foundations for the Educator

Bell, Lee Anne, Diane J. Goodman, and Rani Varghese. “Critical Self-Knowledge for Social Justice.” In Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice. Accessed July 6, 2020. https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9781138023345/.

Goodman, Diane. “Cultural Competence for Equity and Inclusion.” Understanding and Dismantling Privilege X, no. 1 (April 2020). https://www.wpcjournal.com/article/view/20246.

Niemann, Yolanda Flores. Microagressionsions in the Classroom, 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZahtlxW2CIQ.

Obear, Kathy. “Recognizing and Interrupting Microaggressions,” nd. https://drkathyobear.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/Microaggressions-Handout-Formatted.pdf

Russell McClain. Implicit Bias, Stereotype Threat and Higher Ed. TEDxUniversity of Maryland Baltimore, 2018. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yiZQaE0q9BY.

Teaching Tolerance. “Test Yourself for Hidden Bias.” Teaching Tolerance, September 10, 2009. https://www.tolerance.org/professional-development/test-yourself-for-hidden-bias.

University of Michigan. “An Instructor’s Guide to Understanding Privilege – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, nd. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/inclusive-classrooms/an-instructors-guide-to-understanding-privilege/.

———. “Doing One’s Own Personal Work on Privilege and Oppression – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, nd. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/29/doing-ones-own-personal-work-on-privilege-and-oppression/.

———. “Stereotype Threat – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, nd. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/inclusive-classrooms/stereotype-threat/.

University of Missouri. “Self-Guided Curriculum: Race, Racism, and the American Experience.” UM_Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity. Division of Inclusion, Diversity & Equity (blog), nd. https://diversity.missouri.edu/education-development/self-guided-curriculum-race-racism-and-the-american-experience/.

Building an Inclusive Syllabus 101

Brantmeier, Ed, Andreas Broscheid, and Carl S Moore. “Inclusion By Design: Survey Your Syllabus and Course Design,” September 18, 2017, 10.

Bryn Mawr College. “Revolutionizing My Syllabus: The Process.” BMC-Teaching and Learning Institute, nd. https://www.brynmawr.edu/tli/syllabusdesign/theprocess.

Luckett, Kathy, and Shannon Morreira. “Questions Academics Can Ask to Decolonise Their Classrooms.” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. http://theconversation.com/questions-academics-can-ask-to-decolonise-their-classrooms-103251.

St. John’s University. “Office of Equity and Inclusion.” SJU Office of Equity and Inclusion, nd. https://www.stjohns.edu/about/leadership-and-administration/administrative-offices/office-equity-and-inclusion.

University of California Los Angeles. “Inclusive Syllabus Design.” UCLA Center for Education Innovation & Learning in the Sciences, nd. https://ceils.ucla.edu/resources/teaching-guides/syllabus-design/.

University of Michigan. “An Introduction to Content Warnings and Trigger Warnings.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, December 12, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/12/12/an-introduction-to-content-warnings-and-trigger-warnings/.

———. “Inclusive Syllabus Language.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/inclusive-syllabus-language/.

Creating an Inclusive Classroom 101

Andreas Brocheild, Edward Brantmeir, and Carl S. Moore. “Inclusion by Design: Tool Helps Faculty Examine Their Teaching Practices.” Faculty Focus | Higher Ed Teaching & Learning (blog), September 18, 2017. https://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/course-design-ideas/inclusion-by-design-tool-helps-faculty-examine-teaching-practices/.

Creating a Culturally Responsive Classroom. ISTE 2019. Philadelphia: International Society for Technology in Education, 2019. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VixB5WBiLqE.

Education, Liberal. “Transparency in Teaching: Faculty Share Data and Improve Students’ Learning.” Text. Association of American Colleges & Universities, April 22, 2013. https://www.aacu.org/publications-research/periodicals/transparency-teaching-faculty-share-data-and-improve-students.

Gay, Geneva. Culturally Responsive Teaching : Theory, Research, and Practice. Vol. Third edition. Multicultural Education Series. New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2018. https://jerome.stjohns.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=nlebk&AN=1716646&site=ehost-live.

———. Culturally Responsive Teaching: Theory, Research, and Practice. Multicultural Education Series; Variation: Multicultural Education Series (New York, N.Y.). New York, NY: Teachers College Press, 2018.

Harvard University. “Inclusive Moves.” Derek Bok Center for Teaching and Learning, nd. https://bokcenter.harvard.edu/inclusive-moves.

Keele University. “Decolonising the Curriculum Network.” KU-Race Equity Charter, nd. https://www.keele.ac.uk/equalitydiversity/equalityawards/raceequalitycharter/keeledecolonisingthecurriculumnetwork/#keele-manifesto-for-decolonising-the-curriculum.

Montero, M. Kristiina. “Creating Cultural Sustenance in the Classroom: A Review of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 62, no. 6 (2019): 698–701. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.956.

Sensoy, Özlem, and Robin DiAngelo. “Respect Differences? Challenging the Common Guidelines in Social Justice Education.” Democracy and Education 22, no. 2 (September 26, 2014). https://democracyeducationjournal.org/home/vol22/iss2/1.

University of Michigan. “An Introduction to Content Warnings and Trigger Warnings.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, December 12, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/12/12/an-introduction-to-content-warnings-and-trigger-warnings/.

———. “Guidelines For Classroom Interactions | CRLT.” UM-Center for Resesrch on Teaching and Learning. Accessed July 1, 2020. http://crlt.umich.edu/examples-discussion-guidelines.

———. “Inventory of Inclusive Teaching Strategies.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/inventory-of-inclusive-teaching-strategies/.

———. “Stereotype Threat – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 29, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/29/stereotype-threat/

Additional Resources

Decolonizing/De-centering Whiteness

Keele University. “Keele Decolonising the Curriculum Network,” nd. https://www.keele.ac.uk/equalitydiversity/equalityawards/raceequalitycharter/keeledecolonisingthecurriculumnetwork/#keele-manifesto-for-decolonising-the-curriculum.

Luckett, Kathy, and Shannon Morreira. “Questions Academics Can Ask to Decolonise Their Classrooms.” The Conversation, October 17, 2018. http://theconversation.com/questions-academics-can-ask-to-decolonise-their-classrooms-103251.

Discover Society. “Navigating the ‘Decolonising’ Process: Avoiding Pitfalls and Some Do’s and Don’t’s,” February 6, 2019. https://discoversociety.org/2019/02/06/navigating-the-decolonising-process-avoiding-pitfalls-and-some-dos-and-donts/.

Culturally Responsive Pedagogy

Brown University. “Culturally Responsive Teaching.” BU-Education Alliance Teaching Diverse Learners. Accessed July 8, 2020. https://www.brown.edu/academics/education-alliance/teaching-diverse-learners/strategies-0/culturally-responsive-teaching-0#ladson-billings.

Caraballo, Limarys, Danny C. Martinez, Django Paris, and H. Samy Alim. “Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies in the Current Moment: A Conversation With Django Paris and H. Samy Alim.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy 63, no. 6 (2020): 697–701. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.1059.

Ladson-Billings, Gloria. “But That’s Just Good Teaching! The Case for Culturally Relevant Pedagogy.” Theory Into Practice 34, no. 3 (Summer 1995): 159. https://doi.org/10.1080/00405849509543675.

———. “Culturally Relevant Pedagogy 2.0: A.k.a. the Remix.” Harvard Educational Review 84, no. 1 (April 2014): 74–84. https://doi.org/10.17763/haer.84.1.p2rj131485484751.

Montero, M. Kristiina. “Creating Cultural Sustenance in the Classroom: A Review of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies: Teaching and Learning for Justice in a Changing World.” Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy62, no. 6 (2019): 698–701. https://doi.org/10.1002/jaal.956.

Difficult Dialogues

Landis, Kay, University of Alaska Anchorage, and Alaska Pacific University. Start Talking: A Handbook for Engaging in Difficult Dialogues in Higher Education, 2008.

University of Michigan. “Discussion Guidelines – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/discussion-guidelines/.

———. “Facilitating Through ‘Perfectly Logical Explanations’ – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/facilitating-through-perfectly-logical-explanations/.

———. “Hot Moments – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/hot-moments/.

———. “Jigsaw Collaborative Discussion Method – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 29, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2018/08/29/jigsaw/.

———. “Responding to Common Dialogue Blockers – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/dialogue-blockers/.

———. “Useful Questions for Dialogue Facilitation – Inclusive Teaching.” UM-LSA Inclusive Teaching, August 24, 2017. https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/inclusive-teaching/2017/08/24/useful-questions-for-dialogue-facilitation/.

Vanderbilt University. “Difficult Dialogues.” VU-Center for Teaching, August 8, 2011. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/difficult-dialogues/.

———. “Teaching Race: Pedagogy and Practice.” VU-Center for Teaching, April 10, 2019. https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-race/.

Inclusive Principles for Online Teaching

Amanda Jungels. “Inclusion, Equity, and Access While Teaching Remotely.” Rice University Center for Teaching Excellence, March 13, 2020. https://cte.rice.edu/blogarchive/2020/3/13/inclusion-equity-and-access-while-teaching-remotely.

Cat Hicks, Emeline Brule, and Roberta Dombrowski. “You Have To Put Your Class Online: Simple Things to Think About.” Google Docs. Accessed June 10, 2020. https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ahtGfrSGFn1XYNehH-u8IKAuwtBvr7-Ox8kbXZCzbVg/edit?usp=embed_facebook.

Lindsey Passenger Wieck. “An Equitable Transition to Online Learning – Flexibility, Low Bandwidth, Cell Phones, and More.” Pedagogy Playground (blog), March 9, 2020. http://pedagogyplayground.com/inclusive-pedagogy/an-equitable-transition-to-online-learning-flexibility-low-bandwidth-cell-phones-and-more/.

Northwestern University. “Inclusive Teaching Online.” Digital Learning | Educational Innovation Across Northwestern, May 14, 2020. https://digitallearning.northwestern.edu/keep-teaching/inclusive-teaching.

Universal Design for Learning

AEM. “Accessible Educational Materials for Higher Education Faculty.” National Center on Accessible Educational Materials. Accessed July 16, 2020. http://aem.cast.org/about/quick-start-higher-education-postsecondary-faculty.html.

CAST. “About UDL.” CAST: UDL On Campus. Accessed July 14, 2020. http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/udl_about.

———. “About Universal Design for Learning.” Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Accessed July 16, 2020. http://www.cast.org/our-work/about-udl.html?utm_source=udlguidelines&utm_medium=web&utm_campaign=none&utm_content=homepage#.XxC-2_IpCfU.

———. “Course Design - UDL.” CAST: UDL On Campus. Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST). Accessed July 16, 2020. http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/planning_landing.

———. “UDL Syllabus.” CAST: UDL On Campus. Accessed July 16, 2020. http://udloncampus.cast.org/page/planning_syllabus.

Rebecca Koenig. “How Colleges Can Improve Accessibility In Remote Courses - EdSurge News.” EdSurge, April 30, 2020. https://www.edsurge.com/news/2020-04-30-how-colleges-can-improve-accessibility-in-remote-courses.

Rose, David H, Wendy S Harbour, Catherine Sam Johnston, Samantha G Daley, and Linda Abarbanell. “Universal Design for Learning in Postsecondary Education: Reflections on Principles and Their Application” 19, no. 2 (n.d.): 17.

Sheryl Burgstahler. “ADA Compliance for Online Course Design.” Accessed July 16, 2020. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2017/1/ada-compliance-for-online-course-design.

Washington University. “Legal Cases by Issue.” Accessible Technology (blog). Accessed July 16, 2020. https://www.washington.edu/accessibility/requirements/legal-cases-by-issue/.