About the Editors v
About the Contributors vii
Part I: Introduction
1 An Overview
John W. Mullennix 2
2 Barriers to Diversity
Jerome Branche 5
3 Diversity as an Integral Component of College Curricula
Ellen R. Cohn John W. Mullennix 11
4 Faculty Members as Architects: Structuring Diversity-Accessible
Courses
Ellen R. Cohn John W. Gareis 18
5 Practices That Facilitate Diversity Across the Curriculum:
Inclusive Classroom Assessment
Barbara A. Frey 23
6 Diversity and Disciplinary Practices
Jean Ferguson Carr 30
Part II: Diversity Initiatives at Six Institutions
7 Multiculturalism and Diversity: One Institution's Cultural
Journey
Jaime P. Munoz Laurel Willingham-McLain 40
8 Diversity Initiatives in an Online University
Helen Bond 48
9 "The City in Transition": A Multiyear Thematic Initiative at an
Urban Institution
David Bogen 52
10 Diversity Initiatives at the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill
Lynne Degitz 55
11 Diversity Initiatives at St. Louis Community College
Diane Pisacreta 58
12 Institutional Diversity Initiatives: Theory and Practice
Xae Alicia Reyes 63
Part III: Humanities
13 Introducing Gender and Race Into the Curriculum of Medieval
Italian Studies
Dennis Looney 70
14 Black German Studies: Curriculum Initiatives for Diversity in
German Studies
Sarah McGaughey 75
15 Afro-Hispanic Studies and Implications for Diversity in the
Spanish Curriculum
James Davis 81
16 Diversity and Discipline: Approaching French Literary
Studies
Roberta Hatcher 88
17 Keeping Up With Current Demographic Changes: Responsive Course
Content in Foreign Language Departments
Flore Zephir 94
18 Diversity in the Linguistics Classroom
Shelome Gooden 102
19 Latin American Film and Culture
Maria Cristina Saavedra 107
20 Reframing the Reference: Diversity in Modern Design Culture
Linda Lindroth 113
21 Introduction to Dance
Susan Gillis Kruman 118
Part IV: Health Sciences
22 Diversity Curricula in Medical Education
Jeannette E. South-Paul 124
23 Diversifying Medical Ethics
Anita Silvers 130
24 Transforming a Public Health Curriculum for the 21st Century
Martha Ann Terry Robert M. Goodman Ravi K. Sharma Kenneth J. Jaros
136
25 Dialogues on Diversity in Speech-Language Pathology: Not a Job
for the Faint of Heart
Shelly S. Chabon Dorian Lee-Wilkerson 145
26 Cultural Diversity as More Than a Lecture Topic: Bridging the
Divide Between School and Real Life
Kris English 158
27 Preparing Culturally Responsive Practitioners in Occupational
Therapy
Jaime P. Munoz 163
28 Threading Diversity Through an Occupational Therapy
Curriculum
Denise Chisholm 170
29 Enhancing Multicultural Education in Rehabilitation
Counseling
Michael Pramuka 175
30 Enhancing Diversity Appreciation in a Nursing Degree Completion
Curriculum
Lisa Marie Bernardo Susan A. Albrecht 180
31 Enhancing Diversity Training and Culturally Responsive Caring in
the First Year of the Pharmacy Curriculum
Gary P. Stoehr Teresa E. Donegan 185
32 Training Dentists to Meet the Needs of a Multicultural
Society
Deborah E. Polk Richard W. Rubin 192
33 Guidelines for Disability Diversity
Katherine D. Seelman 197
34 Enhancing Interdisciplinary Communication: Electronic Health
Record Technology for Health and Rehabilitation Students
Valerie J. M. Watzlaf Mindy L. Columbus 200
Part V: Natural and Social Sciences
35 Diversity Across the Curriculum: Teaching the Business Case for
Diversity
Audrey J. Murrell Raymond Jones 208
36 Introducing Students to Islam and The Qur'an
Jack Meacham 213
37 On Diversity and the Teaching of Religions in India
Fred W. Clothey 219
38 Teaching Diversity for Social Change
Kathryn Russell 223
39 Diversifying a Political Science Core Class: American Political
Process
Reinhard Heinisch 231
40 Designing an Advanced Course in Cross-Cultural Psychology
Dereece Smither 236
41 Incorporating Diversity Into a History of Psychology Course
John W. Mullennix 241
42 Cultural Diversity and the Public Speaking Course
John W. Gareis Ellen R. Cohn 247
43 "But That's Not How My Family Does It!" Reducing the "Weird!" of
Cultural Difference in Family Communication
Lorin Basden Arnold 253
44 Infusing Diversity Into an Introductory Communication Course
John W. Gareis Ellen R. Cohn Janet Skupien 259
45 Teaching "Experiential" Intercultural Communication at an
Ethnically and Culturally Homogeneous University
Ako Inuzuka 268
46 Diversity-Focused Service-Learning in General Studies and
Cultural Studies Classes
Meredith Guthrie 273
47 Recognizing Student Diversity in Political Communication
Classes: A Simple, Effective Approach
Gerald R. Shuster 280
48 Learning by Teaching: African-American Students Teaching Black
Studies
Monica Frolander-Ulf 285
49 Diversity and Multiculturalism in the Science Classroom
Lydia B. Daniels 293
50 Integrating Diversity and Multicultural Education Into a Digital
Library Course
Daqing He 298
51 Teaching Computer Skills Using Peer Tutoring
Dan P. Dewey 303
52 WISE Women: Women in Science and Engineering
Bonnie Shulman 308
Index 315
Jerome Branche is professor of Latin American literature and cultural studies and chair of the Department of Hispanic Languages and Literatures at the University of Pittsburgh. He is the author or editor of several books, including The Poetics and Politics of Diaspora: Transatlantic Musings. John Mullennix is the editor of Diversity Across the Curriculum: A Guide for Faculty in Higher Education, published by Wiley.
"In addition to offering key insights for introducing diversity into the curriculum, the book also provides very important practical steps for course design and actual implementation." (Teaching Theology and Religion, September 2008)
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