Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education » (New Edition)

This practical guide will empower even the busiest faculty members to create culturally inclusive courses and learning environments. In a collection of more than 50 vignettes, exceptional teachers from a wide range of academic disciplines—health sciences, humanities, sciences, and social sciences—describe how they actively incorporate diversity into their teaching. Different strategies discussed include a role-model approach, creating a safe space in the classroom, and the cultural competency model. Written for teaching faculty in all disciplines of higher education, this book offers practical guidance on culturally inclusive course design, syllabus construction, textbook selection, and assessment strategies. In addition, examples of diversity initiatives are detailed at six institutions: Duquesne University, Emerson College, St. Louis Community College, University of Connecticut, University of Maryland University College, and University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill. This book also contains an overview of the following areas:

• Diversity as an integral component of college curricula
• Structuring diversity-accessible courses
• Practices that facilitate diversity across the curriculum
• Diversity and disciplinary practices

About the Editors     v
About the Contributors     vii
Introduction
An Overview   John W. Mullennix     2
Barriers to Diversity   Jerome Branche     5
Diversity as an Integral Component of College Curricula   Ellen R. Cohn   John W. Mullennix     11
Faculty Members as Architects: Structuring Diversity-Accessible Courses   Ellen R. Cohn   John W. Gareis     18
Practices That Facilitate Diversity Across the Curriculum: Inclusive Classroom Assessment   Barbara A. Frey     23
Diversity and Disciplinary Practices   Jean Ferguson Carr     30
Diversity Initiatives at Six Institutions
Multiculturalism and Diversity: One Institution's Cultural Journey   Jaime P. Munoz   Laurel Willingham-McLain     40
Diversity Initiatives in an Online University   Helen Bond     48
"The City in Transition": A Multiyear Thematic Initiative at an Urban Institution   David Bogen     52
Diversity Initiatives at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill   Lynne Degitz     55
Diversity Initiatives at St. Louis Community College   Diane Pisacreta     58
Institutional Diversity Initiatives: Theory and Practice   Xae Alicia Reyes     63
Humanities
Introducing Gender and Race Into the Curriculum of Medieval Italian Studies   Dennis Looney     70
Black German Studies: Curriculum Initiatives for Diversity in German Studies   Sarah McGaughey     75
Afro-Hispanic Studies and Implications for Diversity in the Spanish Curriculum   James Davis     81
Diversity and Discipline: Approaching French Literary Studies   Roberta Hatcher     88
Keeping Up With Current Demographic Changes: Responsive Course Content in Foreign Language Departments   Flore Zephir     94
Diversity in the Linguistics Classroom   Shelome Gooden     102
Latin American Film and Culture   Maria Cristina Saavedra     107
Reframing the Reference: Diversity in Modern Design Culture   Linda Lindroth     113
Introduction to Dance   Susan Gillis Kruman     118
Health Sciences
Diversity Curricula in Medical Education   Jeannette E. South-Paul     124
Diversifying Medical Ethics   Anita Silvers     130
Transforming a Public Health Curriculum for the 21st Century   Martha Ann Terry   Robert M. Goodman   Ravi K. Sharma   Kenneth J. Jaros     136
Dialogues on Diversity in Speech-Language Pathology: Not a Job for the Faint of Heart   Shelly S. Chabon   Dorian Lee-Wilkerson     145
Cultural Diversity as More Than a Lecture Topic: Bridging the Divide Between School and Real Life   Kris English     158
Preparing Culturally Responsive Practitioners in Occupational Therapy   Jaime P. Munoz     163
Threading Diversity Through an Occupational Therapy Curriculum   Denise Chisholm     170
Enhancing Multicultural Education in Rehabilitation Counseling   Michael Pramuka     175
Enhancing Diversity Appreciation in a Nursing Degree Completion Curriculum   Lisa Marie Bernardo   Susan A. Albrecht     180
Enhancing Diversity Training and Culturally Responsive Caring in the First Year of the Pharmacy Curriculum   Gary P. Stoehr   Teresa E. Donegan     185
Training Dentists to Meet the Needs of a Multicultural Society   Deborah E. Polk   Richard W. Rubin     192
Guidelines for Disability Diversity   Katherine D. Seelman     197
Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication: Electronic Health Record Technology for Health and Rehabilitation Students   Valerie J. M. Watzlaf   Mindy L. Columbus     200
Natural and Social Sciences
Diversity Across the Curriculum: Teaching the Business Case for Diversity    Audrey J. Murrell   Raymond Jones     208
Introducing Students to Islam and The Qur'an   Jack Meacham     213
On Diversity and the Teaching of Religions in India   Fred W. Clothey     219
Teaching Diversity for Social Change   Kathryn Russell     223
Diversifying a Political Science Core Class: American Political Process   Reinhard Heinisch     231
Designing an Advanced Course in Cross-Cultural Psychology   Dereece Smither     236
Incorporating Diversity Into a History of Psychology Course   John W. Mullennix     241
Cultural Diversity and the Public Speaking Course   John W. Gareis   Ellen R. Cohn     247
"But That's Not How My Family Does It!" Reducing the "Weird!" of Cultural Difference in Family Communication   Lorin Basden Arnold     253
Infusing Diversity Into an Introductory Communication Course   John W. Gareis   Ellen R. Cohn   Janet Skupien     259
Teaching "Experiential" Intercultural Communication at an Ethnically and Culturally Homogeneous University   Ako Inuzuka     268
Diversity-Focused Service-Learning in General Studies and Cultural Studies Classes   Meredith Guthrie     273
Recognizing Student Diversity in Political Communication Classes: A Simple, Effective Approach   Gerald R. Shuster     280
Learning by Teaching: African-American Students Teaching Black Studies   Monica Frolander-Ulf     285
Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Science Classroom   Lydia B. Daniels     293
Integrating Diversity and Multicultural Education Into a Digital Library Course   Daqing He     298
Teaching Computer Skills Using Peer Tutoring   Dan P. Dewey     303
WISE Women: Women in Science and Engineering   Bonnie Shulman     308
Index     315