Teaching Diversity Conference Proceedings

This book is a collection of articles, student testimonials, transcriptions, and syllabi that summarize best practices about how to infuse diversity issues into the college curriculum. This book will be useful to educators as a:- Text for students and a handbook for faculty and teachers interested in looking at the various methods to teach diversity.- Guidebook for administrators who are looking to effectively educate the student population about the harmful implications of unaware oppressive actions or comments.- Collection of student voices about the transformative effects a course can have on altering the perspectives students have about people from different backgrounds.- Sampling of comments by the public that demonstrate why teaching diversity is now more than ever a crucial element in education.- Description of efforts to make science a more welcoming subject for underrepresented students.