Cultivating Equitable and Inclusive Conversations in Higher Education

Anatasia S. Kim, Miguel E. Gallardo, Sherri Taylor, Sherri A. Taylor

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2025
• Edition: 0
• eBook ISBN:
  9781040365021
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education Teaching Methods

This book is a practical guide for educators seeking to facilitate diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) conversations in higher education. More than ever, students expect their learning to address the pressing challenges in our world today. Against the backdrop of growing social justice movements, cancel culture, and deepening polarization, faculty and administrators require effective skills to navigate the strong opinions and emotions that arise when addressing social issues in the classroom and on campus. Authors in this timely volume unpack why DEI conversations are difficult, highlight common missteps when facilitating such conversations, and offer readers practical skills that support robust, inclusive, and meaningful discussions. Featuring real-world examples from educators on the front lines, this book provides actionable tools and practices to cultivate learning environments that foster student engagement, deep learning, inclusion, and a sense of belonging.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Contents
• About the Editors and Contributors
• 1 Introduction: An Invitation for Engagement
• 2 Building a Learning Community for Organizational Change
• 3 Vulnerability as a Catalyst to Growth Mindset: Building Inclusive Learning Environments
• 4 Addressing and Acknowledging Power and Privilege
• 5 The Importance of Intersectionality: Cultivating Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, Belonging, and Justice in Psychology
• 6 Developing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Syllabi and Curricula: An Example in Academic Medicine
• 7 Preparing, Creating the Space, and Initiating DEI Conversations
• 8 Navigating and Managing Strong Emotions and Divergent Views
• 9 Navigating Tensions and Confrontations: Opportunities for Social Justice Dialogues in the Classroom
• 10 Ruptures: Moving Through the Messiness of DEI Conversations (Where the Real Work Takes Place)
• 11 Transformative Practice for DEIBJA in Virtual Learning Settings
• 12 Closing. Moving Forward Together
• Index