LibGuides: Diversity Committee: Diversity Resources

NCU Diversity Wheel

NCU Diversity Wheel
Northcentral University’s definition of diversity encompasses multiple dimensions. We use the NU Diversity Wheel to demonstrate the intersectionality of those dimensions.

Specialized Databases

Gale OneFile: Diversity Studies This link opens in a new window
Journals, books and magazines exploring cultural differences, contributions and influences in our global community. Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, ability to highlight and add notes to text, and read-aloud feature.
Gale OneFile: Gender Studies This link opens in a new window
Journals, books and magazines on gender studies, family and marital issues, and health starting from the 1980’s. Includes a visualization tool and browse by topic feature that aids in brainstorming topics, a Lexile feature that filters texts by difficulty, ability to highlight and add notes to text, and read-aloud feature.

Periodicals

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
Only source of critical news, information and insightful commentary on the full range of issues concerning diversity in American higher education.
Diversity Matters
Sent each Tuesday, is a weekly newsletter with news, essays and career advice about diversity in higher ed.
INSIGHT Into Diversity
Oldest and largest diversity magazine and website in higher education today.
Journal of Diversity in Higher Education
Multidisciplinary in perspective, this quarterly journal offers research findings, theory, and promising practices to help guide the efforts of institutions of higher education in the pursuit of inclusive excellence.
Teaching Tolerance Magazine
Download full-text issues from 1996-present.

Professional Organizations

National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education
Serves as the preeminent voice for diversity officers in higher education by supporting our collective efforts to lead our institutions towards inclusive excellence.

Diversity and Education Resources

10 Reasons Why We Need Diversity on College Campuses
Article by Sophia Kerby, Special Assistant with Progress 2050 at the Center for American Progress.
12 Types of Social Oppression
Note that in many cases, these categories overlap in such a way that one person can potentially deal with multiple forms of oppression.
The 519: Gender-Specific & Gender-Neutral Pronouns
Infographic on gender-specific pronouns, or ways we refer to each other in the third person. Also includes links to infographics on creating inclusive spaces.
ADA Compliance for Online Course Design
Lessons learned from campuses nationwide have informed an approach to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act during the process of online course design.
Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education
While highlighting the Obama Administration’s efforts to promote diversity in institutions of higher education, this report shows the continuing educational inequities and opportunity gaps in accessing and completing a quality postsecondary education.
Approaching Racial and Cultural Sensitivity
When approaching issues of racial and cultural tension, teachers must begin by recognizing their own personal discomfort--because it does translate into their practice.
Avoiding Heterosexual Bias in Language
This article presents suggestions for avoiding heterosexual bias in language concerning lesbians, gay men, and bisexual persons.
Challenging ‘Ableism’ and Teaching about Disability in a Social Work Classroom
The following provides a description of the oppression of ‘ableism’, and offers an applied training module to help prepare generalist social workers (i.e. current students or direct practitioners) to work with issues of disability as they emerge in their direct practice with clients.
Color Safe
Empowers designers with beautiful and accessible color palettes based on WCAG Guidelines of text and background contrast ratios.
Council for Disability Awareness: Resources & Info
Disability, health and financial resources from the Council for Disability Awareness.
Creating a Culture of Inclusion in the Online Classroom
Whether you need help managing difﬁcult conversa-tions and responding to “hot moments” or creating a more inclusive curriculum and incorporating culturally responsive teaching and learning practices, this 38-page special report is loaded with practical assignments and hard-hitting advice.
Critical Race Theory, Racial Microaggressions, and Campus Racial Climate: The Experiences of African American College Students
This article is geared for both faculty and staff and demonstrates how microagressions and identification can affect performance of students.
Cultivating Inclusive Classrooms: Inclusive Curriculum Design
Post discusses where to begin when making your curriculum design choices more inclusive.
Diversity Statements
Overview and examples of diversity statements provided by Yale University.
Editorial Style Guide: Guidelines for Inclusive Language
Resource guide provided by Emerson College.
Examples of Racial Microaggressions
Provides examples of racial microaggressions, indirect verbal or nonverbal communications, intentional or not, that result in harmful consequences to members of marginalized groups.
Exploring Impacts of Implicit Bias in Higher Education
Presentation from UC Santa Cruz defines and identifies implicit bias, and discusses the impacts of implicit bias in higher education.
Fostering an Inclusive Environment when Developing Online Courses
Does your online course respect and encourage diversity? Here are some facts and questions to consider in order to maximize your course inclusivity.
The Gender Spectrum
Move beyond the pink/blue binary to support students who don’t conform to narrow gender norms.
The Gender Spectrum Collection
Stock photo library featuring images of trans and non-binary models that go beyond the clichés; aims to help media better represent members of these communities as people not necessarily defined by their gender identities—people with careers, relationships, talents, passions, and home lives.
GLAAD Media Reference Guide
Includes a glossary of language used within the LGBTQ community, offensive language to avoid, a directory of community resources, and more.
Guidelines for Inclusive Language
Document provided by the Tasmanian Department of Education.
Honoring Diversity in an Online Classroom: Approaches Used by Instructors Engaging Through an LMS
Master's thesis is an inquiry into how online instructors embrace the diversity of their student body while facing the inherent differences between a traditional face-to-face class and one that is taught online.
How Empathy Affects Learning, And How To Cultivate It In Your Students
Articles includes steps for how to cultivate empathy for learning.
Illusion of Inclusion: University Policies That Perpetuate Exclusion of Student of Color
The purpose of this paper is to explore the policies, practices and procedures of inclusion across three universities in the San Francisco Bay Area: Stanford University, the University of San Francisco, and the University of California at Berkeley.
Inclusion, Exclusion, Segregation and Integration: How are they different?
Images which demonstrate the differences between inclusion, exclusion, segregation, and integration.
Inclusive Curriculum Design in Higher Education
The Higher Education Academy (HEA) commissioned this guide to support the higher education sector to think creatively about inclusive curriculum design from a generic as well as subject or disciplinary perspective.
Inclusive Learning and Teaching in Higher Education
This publication provides a guide to developing inclusive learning and teaching in HE by exploring how 15 institutional teams from across the UK tackled this challenge, from defining inclusive learning and teaching to engaging staff and students and measuring impact.
Inclusive Teaching Strategies
Inclusive teaching strategies refer to any number of teaching approaches that address the needs of students with a variety of backgrounds, learning styles, and abilities.
It’s Not Just About Racism, But Ableism
Article argues that a broader and deeper understanding of racism and other biases is central to acknowledging linkages between varieties of discrimination.
Learning Is For Everyone: Instructional Design For Accessibility
Obsidian Learning examines several issues related to accessibility and eLearning.
LSA Guidelines for Inclusive Language
Linguistic Society of America guidelines address issues related to gender, minorities, disabilities, and other demographic characteristics to which we should be sensitive in our communication.
Moving From Diversity to Inclusion
Article briefly outlines what you need to know to create an action plan for shifting from diversity management to inclusion.
National Center on Disability and Journalism - Disability Language Style Guide
Brief overview of ableist language, any word or phrase that devalues people who have physical or mental disabilities.
Race and Gender Bias in Online Courses
A study by the Center for Education Policy Analysis at Stanford University found that bias appears to be strong in online course discussions.
The Safe Zone Project
Free online resource providing curricula, activities, and other resources for educators facilitating Safe Zone trainings (sexuality, gender, and LGBTQ+ education sessions), and learners who are hoping to explore these concepts on their own.
Sexual Orientation
Overview article provided by Planned Parenthood.
The Third Place: Our Commitment, Renewed
Starbucks conversation and learning session on race, bias, and creating an environment that is welcoming to all.
Tolerance is More Than Putting Up With Things – It’s a Moral Virtue
This article is part of a series on public morality in 21st-century Australia.
Understanding and Overcoming Implicit Bias in Higher Education
Presentation from Alex Madva geared toward Higher Education administrators, faculty, staff, and students.
Understanding Bias: A Resource Guide
This resource guide will assist readers in understanding and addressing both bias and a lack of cultural competency.
Understanding Gender
Article explores gender as the complex interrelationship between three dimensions--body, identity, and expression.
United States Access Board
Federal agency that promotes equality for people with disabilities through leadership in accessible design and the development of accessibility guidelines and standards for the built environment, transportation, communication, medical diagnostic equipment, and information technology.
What Is Inclusion?
Provides articles that serve as an introduction to Inclusion.
Words Matter: Guidelines on Using Inclusive Language in the Workplace
Guide from the British Columbia Public Service Agency sets out some key guiding principles and suggestions to support using inclusive language.
Yale University: Diversity and Inclusion
Instructors can consider racial and socioeconomic awareness, checking for implicit bias, and developing inclusive classrooms, teaching strategies, and diversity statements.