Letters from the Future: Linking Students and Teaching with the Diversity of Everyday Life Book

Foreword   Michelle Howard-Vital     ix
Acknowledgments     xiii
Foundations
Diversity Initiatives, Institutional Change, and Curricular Reform in Higher Education   Devorah A. Lieberman     3
The Power of Narratives in the Process of Teaching and Learning About Diversity   Brenda Jarmon   Deborah A. Brunson   Linda L. Lampl   Deborah "Debbie" Cardamone   Mary Cole   Sherick A. Hughes   Martin Jarmond   Audrey Mathews   James McFarland   Daniel R. Vicker     26
Teachers and Students: Lessons Taught, Lessons Learned
Biological Diversity   Muriel Lederman   Jill Sible   Dayna E. Wilhelm   Laurie Spotswood     45
Curriculum and Race   Earl Sheridan   Frances Boyes   Tracie Davis   James Fogleman     71
Literature, Self-Discovery, and Identity: Cultural Difference and Its Impact on Black Students' Language Engagement   Patricia Brown McDonald   Aquilla Copeland   Michael Gramenz     85
The Social Construction of Diversity Learning: Reflections from a "Haole"   Scott W. Campbell   Patricia Fonyad   Zac Gersh   Yoke-Wee Loh   Malia J. Smith     108
Intercultural Competence: From the Classroom to the "Real World" and Back Again   Randy K. Dillon   Mindy Shelton   Christopher Dixon   Kurtis Lane   Marlo Hamilton     128
Narrative Analysis of a Strengths-Based Approach to Preparing Students for Graduate and Postgraduate Education   Karen Bullock   Crystal Smith   Jessica Hernandez   Dalkis Muir   Aaron Scott Taylor     153
Bridging the Transgenerational Gaps Between Diversity and Justice: Personal, Professional, and Pedagogical Insights from Courses on Race, Diversity, and Crime   Billy R. Close   Isabelle Delatour   Albert Kopak   Francesca Danielle Lewis   Natasha Norton   Vanessa Patino     180
Dialogue, Reflection, and Critical Analysis: Self/Other Crossing Ideological Borders   Leila E. Villaverde   Tanya O. Brown   Kazuko Matsuda   Adrienne Sansom   Warren Scheideman     206
Teaching About Diversity in Sex Education   Steve Chandler   Justin Williams   Kevin Coleman   Jeanette Woldman   Lance Raynor     222
Letter from the Editors: Moving Toward Best Practices in Teaching Diversity   Linda L. Lampl   Deborah A. Brunson   Brenda Jarmon      249
Resources
Resources     265
About the Authors     283
Index     289