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Equity, Inclusion and Diversity Resources

Videos

Diversity and Inclusion in STEM: ‘Thru the lens of chemistry.” VCU, Department of Chemistry.
Kattari, S. (2021). LGBTQIA2S+ individuals and communities: Best practices for inclusion [Webinar]. VCU Clark-Hill Institute for Positive Youth Development.
Smedley, B. (2021, March 3). Race, place and chronic disease: Addressing the roots of health inequity [Video]. YouTube.
Stovall, J. (2018, July). How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace [Video]. TEDx, YouTube.

Books

Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an antiracist. One world.
Kite, M.E, Case, K. A, & Williams, W.R. (Eds.). (2021). Navigating difficult moments in teaching diversity and social justice. American Psychological Association.

Online Articles

AAPA (2021, February 10). Statement condemning violence against Asian and Asian Americans [PDF]. Asian American Psychological Association.
American Psychological Association (2021). Inclusive language guidelines [PDF].
Brown, Sarah. (2021, August 31). Race on campus: DEI or antiracism? The Chronicle of Higher Education
Casey, R. (2021, March 16). The pandemic’s sexist consequences: Academe’s stark gender disparities are being exacerbated by COVID-19. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Chen et al. (July 2022). Decades of systematic racial disparities in funding rates at the National Science Foundation. OSF Pre-prints.
Doherty, Maggie. (2021, September 20). The quiet crisis of parents on the tenure track. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Gray, K. (2021, February 23). Will the current focus on Black Lives Matter lead to a lasting change? Diverse Issues in Higher Education.
Hamlin, K.A. (2021, March 30). Why are there so few women full professors? The obstacle to parity is a lack of constitutional will. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Harrison-Kelly, T. (n.d.). Finding Amanda Gorman: Guess what? She’s sitting in your classroom right now. School Leadership for Social Justice.
Flaherty, C. (2021, Jan 6). Illusion of inclusion. Inside Higher Ed.
Karp, Jack. (2021, August 22). Non-English speakers find justice can be lost in translation. Law 360.
McFarling, Usha Lee. (2021, September 23). ‘Health equity tourists’: How white scholars are colonizing research on health disparities. STAT News.
Rajkumar, Shruti (2022, August). How to talk about disability sensitively and avoid ableist tropes. NPR.
The National Academy of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (2022). Measuring sex, gender identity, and sexual orientation [PDF].
Trivedi, Isha (August 2022). More colleges are adding diversity to tenure standards. But the debate's not settled. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Wood, J. Luke. (2021, September 7). Five ways to make a real improvement in hiring Black professors. The Chronicle of Higher Education.
Zamudia-Suarez, F. (2021, February 2). Race on campus. The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Checklists and Toolkits

American Council on Education. (2021). Equity-minded faculty workloads [PDF].
Case, Kim. Highlighting your IDEAS in promotion [Google Doc].
Crenshaw, Judith. (2022). Tools and resources for inclusive learning.
University of Calgary. (2011) Inclusive teaching checklist [Word].

Articles from Peer Reviewed Journals

Case, K.A. (2007). Raising white privilege awareness and reducing racial prejudice: Assessing diversity course effectiveness. Teaching of Psychology, 34(4), 231–235.
Clauson, C., & McKnight, J. (2018). Welcome to campus: Planning for diversity, inclusion, and equity. Planning for Higher Education, 47(1), 39-47.
Marta, T. (2013). Diversity ≠ inclusion: Promoting integration in higher education. Educational Researcher, 42(9), 467–475.
Otten, M. (2003). Intercultural learning and diversity in higher education. Journal of Studies in International Education, 7(1), 12–26.
Rogelberg, S.L., Summerville, K., & Ruggs, E.N. (2020). I-O psychology for everyone: Use of culturally responsive teaching to increase diversity and inclusion in undergraduate classrooms. Industrial and Organizational Psychology, 13(4), 509–514.
White, K.N, Vincent-Layton, K., & Villarreal, B. (2021). Equitable and inclusive practices designed to reduce equity gaps in undergraduate chemistry courses. Journal of Chemical Education, 98(2), 330-339.

Reports

Taylor, M., Turk J.M, Chessman, H.M, & Espinosa, L.L. (2020). Race and ethnicity in higher education: 2020 supplement.
The Steve Fund. (2020). Adapting and innovating to promote mental health and emotional well-being of young people of color: COVID-19 and beyond [PDF].

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