Designing Transformative Multicultural Initiatives

Theoretical Foundations, Practical Applications, and Facilitator Considerations
Herausgeber: Watt, Sherry K

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Higher education is facing a perfect storm as it contends with changing demographics, shrinking budgets, concerns about access and cost, while underrepresented are voicing dissatisfaction and demanding changes to structural inequities. This book argues that, to address the changes ahead, colleges and universities need both to centralize the value of diversity and inclusion and employ a set of strategies that are enacted at all levels of their institutions.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 270
• Erscheinungstermin: 8. Juni 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781620360590
• ISBN-10: 1620360594
• Artikelnr.: 41969311

Autorenporträt

Sherry K. Watt, Ph.D., NCC, LPC is a professor in the Higher Education and Student Affairs program the University of Iowa. She is also the co-creator of the Multicultural Initiatives (MCI) Research Team. Prior to becoming a faculty member, she worked as a residence life director and a career counselor at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina State University, and Shaw University. She earned a bachelor's degree in Communication Studies from University of North Carolina at Greensboro and masters and doctoral degrees in Counselor Education, with an emphasis in student affairs, from North Carolina State University. She is also founder of The Being Institute (thebeinginstitute.org). Sherry is a facilitator prepared by the Center for Courage and Renewal. She is the editor of Designing Transformative Multicultural Initiatives: Theoretical Foundations, Practical Applications, and Facilitator Considerations (Stylus, 2015). She has over 25 years of experience in designing and leading educational experiences that involve strategies to engage participants in dialogue that is meaningful, passionate, and self-awakening. Marybeth Gasman is the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Endowed Chair in Education and a Distinguished Professor at Rutgers University. She serves as the Executive Director of the Samuel DeWitt Proctor Institute for Leadership, Equity & Justice and the Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Minority Serving Institutions. Prior to joining the faculty at Rutgers, Marybeth was the Judy & Howard Berkowitz Endowed Professor in the Graduate School of Education at the University of Pennsylvania. While at Penn, Marybeth also served as the founding director of the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions (MSIs). Her areas of expertise include the history of American higher education, Minority Serving Institutions (with an emphasis on Historically Black Colleges and Universities), racism and diversity, fundraising and philanthropy, and hig

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword Acknowledgements Introduction Part One. Guiding Principles for
Transformative Multicultural Initiatives (What are some useful guiding
principles that help conscious scholar practitioners design transformative
multicultural initiatives?. 1. Multicultural Initiatives as a Practice of
Freedom-Sherry K. Watt 2. Authentic, Action-Oriented Framing for
Environmental Shifts (AAFES. Method-Sherry K. Watt 3. Privilege Identity
Exploration (PIE. Model Revisited. Strengthening Skills for Engaging
Difference-Sherry K. Watt Part Two. Designing Multicultural Initiatives. A
How to Manual (What techniques do conscious scholar practitioners use to
develop a multicultural initiative that will lead to a successful outcome?.
4. Multicultural Initiatives as Bridges. Structures Necessary for
Successful Facilitation-Cindy Ann Kilgo and Richard Barajas 5. In Pursuit
of a Strong, Clear Vision. Initiating and Sustaining Multicultural Change
in Higher Education Organizations-Lacretia Johnson Flash 6. Sharing Power
and Privilege through the Scholarly Practice of Assessment-Wayne Jacobson
Part Three. Scholarly Examples of Multicultural Initiatives in Teaching,
Higher Education Administration, and Student Affairs Practice (What are
examples of the varying types of multicultural initiatives in higher
education and student affairs?. 7. Teaching Contemporary Leadership.
Advancing Students' Capacities to Engage With Difference-John P. Dugan and
Daviree Velázquez 8. Aligning Actions With Core Values. Reflections of a
Chief Diversity Officer and National Science Foundation ADVANCE Director on
Advancing Faculty Diversity-Paulette Granberry Russell and Melissa
McDaniels 9. Creating Inclusive Organizations. One Student Affairs
Division's Efforts to Create Sustainable, Systemic Change-Kathy Obear and
Shelly Kerr 10. Dialogue Matters. Applying Critical Race Theory to
Conversations About Race-Sherri Edvalson Erkel 11. Confronting Systems of
Privilege and Power Through Classroom Discussion. Uses of Power- Bridget
Turner Kelly and Joy Gaston Gayles 12. The Transformational Potential of
Academic Affairs and Student Affairs Partnerships for Enacting
Multicultural Initiatives-Lucy A. LePeau Part Four. Conscious Scholar
Practitioners' Reflections on Identity, Power, and Privilege (How do
conscious scholar practitioners face the challenges within the convergence
of identity, power, and privilege that are inherent to multicultural
initiatives and campus organizational change?. 13. Politics of Intersecting
Identities-John A. Mueller and Craig S. Pickett 14. Toxic Environments.
Perseverance in the Face of Resistance-Mary F. Howard-Hamilton 15. Facing
the Proverbial Lion of Racism-Jodi L. Linley and Sherry K. Watt 16. The Art
of Reflective Teaching-Ellen E. Fairchild 17. Daring Greatly. A Reflective
Critique of the Authentic, Action-Oriented Framing for Environmental Shifts
(AAFES. Method-Tracy Robinson-Wood and Sherry K. Watt About the Editor and
Contributors Index