Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education

Demography, Democracy, and Discourse

Penny A. Pasque, Noe Ortega, Marie P. Ting, John C. Burkhardt, Penny A. Pasque, Noe Ortega, Marie P. Ting, John C. Burkhardt

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9781620363751
• eBook ISBN: 9781000980189
• Topic: Bildung
• Subtopic: Hochschulausbildung

This exciting new text examines one of the most important and yet elusive terms in higher education and society: What do we mean when we talk in a serious way about "diversity"? A distinguished group of diversity scholars explore the latest discourse on diversity and how it is reflected in research and practice. The chapters trace how the discourse on diversity is newly shaped after many of the 20th century concepts of race, ethnicity, gender and class have lost authority. In the academic disciplines and in public discourse, perspectives about diversity have been rapidly shifting in recent years. This is especially true in the United States where demographic changes and political attitudes have prompted new observations—some which will clash with traditional frameworks.This text brings together scholars whose research has opened up new ways to understand the complexities of diversity in higher education. Because the essential topic under consideration is changing so quickly, the editors of this volume also have asked the contributors to reflect on the paths their own scholarship has taken in their careers, and to see how they would relate their current conceptualization of diversity to one or more of three identified themes (demography, democracy and discourse). Each chapter ends with a candid graduate student interview of the author that provides an engaged picture of how the authors wrestle with one of the most complicated topics shaping them (and all of us) as individuals and as scholars. Of interest to anyone who is following the debates about diversity issues on our campuses, the book also offers a wonderful introduction to graduate students entering a discipline where critically important ideas are still very much alive for discussion.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half title page
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Dedication
• Contents
• Foreword
• Acknowledgments
• Introduction: Transforming Understandings of Diversity in Higher Education: History and Context
• 1 Color-Blind Ideology and the Disconnected Power-Analysis Frame: Considerations for Historically Black Colleges and Universities' Diversification
• 2 An Interview with Uma M. Jayakumar: Social Agency and the Power of Resistance
• 3 A Theory of Equity: A Social and Legal Analysis of College Access for Low-Income Students
• 4 An Interview with Jarrett T. Gupton: The Value of Uncertainty and the Need for Nuance
• 5 Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer Students on Campus: Fostering Inclusion Through Research, Policy, and Practice
• 6 An Interview with Michael R. Woodford: Bringing Invisible Communities to Light: Disciplinary Norms, Collaboration, and the Quest for Legitimacy
• 7 Racially and Socioeconomically Diverse Students' Pathways to College: An Exploration of Latin@ Students
• 8 An Interview with Angela M. Locks: Understanding the Complexities of the College-Going Process
• 9 Architecture of Diversity: Using the Lens and Language of Space to Examine Racialized Experiences of Students of Color on College Campuses
• 10 An Interview with Michelle Samura: How the “Blue Wall” Changes Our Discourses on Race in Higher Education: Stepping Out of the Comfort Zone and Seeing Things in a Different Light
• 11 Including Disability in the Discourse: Extending and Advancing the Definition of Diversity in Higher Education
• 12 An Interview with Allison Lombardi: Including Disability in the Discourse
• 13 The Impact of Media Imagery on Academic Identity Development for Black Male Student Athletes
• 14 An Interview with Jerlando F. L. Jackson: An Instrumental Diversity Researcher
• 15 Racialized and Gendered Experiences of African American Female Faculty at Public Community Colleges
• 16 An Interview with Tamara Nichele Stevenson: Surviving Racial Battle Fatigue: Cultivating Safe Spaces in Racialized Environments
• 17 Unpacking the Mandate Rhetoric of Historically Black Colleges and Universities' Diversity Discourses
• 18 An Interview with Courtney Carter: Unpacking the Mandate Rhetoric of Historically Black Colleges and Universities' Diversity Discourses
• 19 Transforming Demography, Democracy, and Discourse through Diversity in Education and Society
• List of Contributors
• Index