Diversity & Inclusion Resources

What We Are Reading

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Social Justice

• Diversity on the Supreme Court is nothing to fear

• The Chronicle of Higher Education Virtual Events on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

• The Creation and Evolution of the National Hispanic Heritage Celebration

• Ensuring Diverse, Equitable & Inclusive Workplaces

• Poll: NJ Workplaces More Diverse than Most in US but Challenges Remain

• K-12 Education: Students' Experiences with Bullying, Hate Speech, Hate Crimes, and Victimization in Schools

• CRT Receipts and the Trust Inequity

• AGB Board of Directors’ Statement on justice, Equity, and Inclusion and Guidance for Implementation

• Campus Climate and Stem Success

• Opinion: Education and Democracy: Critique of Diversity, Equity, and Race for Liberatory Practices

• Want a More Diverse Campus? Start at the Top

• Framework for Diversity Scholarship (includes video)

• Spark: Elevating Scholarship on Social Issues

• Current: Connecting Diversity Scholarship to Practice and Society

• The Social Action, Leadership, and Transformation (SALT) Model

• Campus Culture: One Campus Approaches Diversity Training with ‘Hard Data and Careful Thought’

• Everyone Wants to Be a Hispanic-Serving Institution

Race, Racial Justice and Identity

• When they Say You’re “Emotionally Unstable”: Racelighting advocates for racial justice

• Society for the Advancement of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in Science

• Chronicle of Higher Education Race on Campus Series

• One Hundred Years Ago, the Harlem Hellfighters Bravely Led the U.S. Into WWI | History | Smithsonian Magazine

• First nationwide look at racial breakdown of CTE confirms deep divides (hechingerreport.org)

• Teachers of Color Resisting Racism and Reclaiming Education by Rita Kohli

• What students think about racial justice efforts on campus (insidehighered.com)

• A trauma informed lens for addressing race-based incidents on campus

• More than 9,000 anti-Asian incidents since pandemic began

• Racial Gaps in College Degrees are Widening, Just When States Need Them to Narrow

• Reframing the Conversation

• The Hechinger Report: The five things no one will tell you about why colleges don't hire more faculty of color

• The origins of Black History Month are discussed in Tuko, a popular Kenyan online newspaper. The article includes a photo from Stockton’s annual Pan-African flag raising ceremony this month. 

• Brown, Dorothy A. (2021). The whiteness of wealth: How the tax system impoverishes black Americans—And how we can fix it. Penguin Random House LLC, New York, NY.

• Bensimon, E.M. & Malcom, L. (2012). Confronting equity issues on campus: Implementing the equity scorecard in theory and practice.  Stylus, Sterling VA.

• Coates, T. (2015). Between the world and me. Spiegel & Grau, New York NY.

• DiAngelo, R. (2018). White fragility: Why it’s so hard for white people to talk about racism.  Beacon Press, Boston MA.

• Kendi, I. X. (2019). How to be an anti-racist. One World, New York NY.

• McNair, T.B., Bensimon, E. M., & Malcom-Piqueux, L. (2020). From equity talk to equity walk: Expanding practitioner for racial justice in higher education. Jossey-Bass, Hoboken NJ.

• Picower, B. (2021), Reading, writing, and racism: Disrupting whiteness in teacher education and in the classroom. Beacon Press, Boston MA.

Critical Race Theory

• Statement by AAC&U and PEN America Regarding Recent Legislative Restrictions on Teaching and Learning

• Toward a Critical Race Theory of Education

• Opinion: What’s all the buzz about critical race theory? Rutgers’ President weighs in | Q&A

• The Importance of Addressing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Schools

• The Man Behind Critical Race Theory

• A Lesson on Critical Race Theory

Curriculum, Tools and Resources | Anti-Racism Resources

• Anti-Racism Resources (newhavenarts.org)

• 4 Ways Colleges Can Promote Anti-Racism on Campus

  • From University of Washington
  • From University of California
  • From University of Massachusetts
  • From Council of Colleges of Arts and Sciences
  • From Georgetown University
  • From Academic Senate for California Community Colleges
  • From Merrimack College
  • From The Chronicle of Higher Education: The Anti-Racist College
  • From Lesley University
  • From Colgate University
  • From Foothills College
  • From the Civil Rights Project at UCLA: Recent College Access Research
  • From University of Pittsburgh
  • From Penn State
  • From Duke University
  • From Elon University

• Becoming Anti-Racist Resource List | Rutgers University

• The University of Louisville’s Commission on Diversity and Racial Equality has gathered a variety of resources to explore engaging in anti-racism work and practicing solidarity.

Higher Education

• From Exclusion to Opportunity: The Role of Postsecondary Education in Labor Force Segregation & Recommendations for Action (Full Report and Brief)

Tribal Nations

National

• Protecting Tribal Sovereignty

• Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta

• National Indian Child Welfare Association

• Haaland v. Brackenn (pending U.S. Supreme Court case involving the Indian Child Welfare Act. 

• National Congress of American Indians

• Navajo Traditional Teachings

• National Native American History Month

• 1942: Navajo Code Talkers, Inventors of the Unbreakable Code

• American Indian Movement

• Indigenous Peoples’ Day

• Native Land Digital

• 40 Best Native American Authors to Read in 2022

• National Study on College Affordability for Indigenous Students

• Akomawt Educational Intiative-Home

• Missing and Murdered Haunt Tribal Nations

• A Proclamation on National Native American Heritage Month, 2021

• U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs

• Tribal Leaders Directory, U.S. Department of the Interior Indian Affairs

• U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Office of Tribal Government Relations

• DOD Honors Native Americans and Their Many Contributions to the Nation

• National Parks that Celebrate Native American Heritage

Regional

• Nanticoke Lenni-Lenape Tribal Nation – Owned & Maintained by the Tribal Government (nlltribe.com)

• United American Indians of New England

Historical

• Unlearning Columbus Day Myths: Celebrating Indigenous Peoples’ Day

• Indigenous Views of Christopher Columbus

• Goodbye, Columbus? Here’s what Indigenous Peoples’ Day means to Native Americans

• Voice of Indian Country

• Edward Curtis’ Epic Project to Photograph Native Americans | History | Smithsonian Magazine

• How Stunning Photos Portraying Native American Life Carry a Mixed Legacy - HISTORY

• Challenging America’s Most Iconic (and Controversial) Photographer of Native Americans - Artsy

• In 1621, the Wampanoag Tribe Had its Own Agenda

• The Wampanoag View of Thanksgiving

• Everyone’s history matters: The Wampanoag Indian Thanksgiving story deserves to be known

• The story of Thanksgiving and the National Day of Mourning

• Harvest Ceremony: Beyond the Thanksgiving Myth

• When Trivia Isn’t Trivial | Learning for Justice

Contemporary

• Contemporary Native Photographers and the Edward Curtis Legacy - Portland Art Museum

• Climate change forces Native American tribes to relocate (msn.com)

• Haskell Indian Nations Professor Fights Climate Change Through Indigenous Land Ethic

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Being Native American on an HBCU Board of Trustees

• Helping Others Center Indigenous National Communities in Their Research Practices

Higher Education

• Tribal Colleges and Universities

• American Indian College Fund Research Journals

• Creating Visibility and Healthy Learning Environments for Native Americans in Higher Education

K-12

• Hess, F. M., & Noguera, P. A. (2021) A search for common ground: Conversations about the toughest questions in K-12 education. Teacher College Press, Columbia University: New York and London.

Ageism

• Stockton Center on Successful Aging newsletter

• The Vital Role of Older Workers

• Ageism Is an ‘ism’ That Needs Closer Attention

• World Health Organization ‘Global Report on Ageism’ Outlines Framework for Action

Mental Health

• Students struggling but not seeking campus mental health support (insidehighered.com)

• How colleges can support students’ mental health (opinion) (insidehighered.com)

• Report Outlines How Institutions Can Support the Mental Health of Graduate Students - Higher Education (diverseeducation.com)

Minority Serving Institutions

• The Center for Minority Serving Institutions: Articles and resources

• The Hispanic Association of Colleges & Universities publishes a monthly e-newsletter and provides a variety of resources for students, faculty and staff.

• Women's History Month

  • Every Park Has a Connection to Women (National Park Foundation)

  • Lilly Ledbetter ~ Her Story and the Ongoing Fight for Equal Pay

What We Are Listening To & Watching

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

• Podcast - When Crisis Creates Opportunity

• We Are Fine:  Why Evolving Corporate Culture to Include Diversity, Equity & Inclusion is Essential to Success

• Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in a Changing Time

• Centering Diverse Voices in Learning Design: Lessons Learned from a Global Classroom (View power point slides)

• Supporting and Engaging Alumni During and After a Pandemic - Zoom

• Future of Diversity in Small Business

• Higher Ed Diversity & Inclusion with Worcester Polytechnic Institute’s President

• Building an Inclusive Academy 2021 Symposium, Rutgers University is available on-demand.

• Diversity in the Workplace: Building Inclusive Company Culture with Verna Myers

Race, Racial Justice & Identity

• Mental Health in the Black Community: Recognition, Recovery, and Resilience (NJ Division on Civil Rights)

• Hair Discrimination

• Racelighting (virtual series)

• Why Hispanic Heritage Month Matters More Than Ever

• NJ Division on Civil Rights’ #StopAAPIHate: Know Your Civil Rights, Use Your Voice, Create Pathways to Healing

• 2022 National Day of Healing: W. K. Kellogg Foundation

• From Moments to Movement to Revolutionary Thinking and Action

• Chairman Scott urges Colleagues to Protect the Safety of HBCU Students

• Why this author says 'woke racism' is betraying Black America (msn.com)

• The National Day of Racial Healing 2021

• Race, Class and Student Voices

• Race, Class and Climate

• Race, Class and Student Activism

• Race and Higher Education

• Joy Buolamwini, “AI, Ain’t I a Woman?” | Vision & Justice | Radcliff Institute

• How I’m fighting bias in algorithms | Joy Buolamwini

• Panel: Recent Incidents of Racially Motivated Bias, Violence, and Hate Against Asian Americans - YouTube

• How Environmental Justice and Equity Can Help Solve the Climate Crisis Part One - YouTube

• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division of Civil Rights 75^th Anniversary Exhibit

• Anti-Asian Hate and Anti-Racism in Higher Education​ - YouTube

• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General Division of Law and Public Safety Listening Session on White Supremacy

• Study and Struggle, Dr. Leigh Patel on Decolonization and Higher Education | Diverse: Issues In Higher Education

• Deconstructing White Privilege with Dr. Robin DiAngelo

• 'Really frightening’: George Takei responds to rise in anti-Asian violence - YouTube

• Baratunde Rafiq Thurston Ted Talk: How to Deconstruct Racism, One Headline at a Time

Washington Post Race in America History Matters Series

• Black Economic Mobility (or select transcript)

• “Rise Again: Tulsa and The Red Summer” (or select transcript)

• On Juneteenth (or select transcript)

• Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison (or select transcript)

• Accelerating Change in the Boardroom (or select transcript)

• Rise in Anti-Asian violence with Actors Daniel Dae Kim and Daniel Wu (or select transcript)

• Giving Voice with Ava DuVernay (or select transcript)

• The United States vs. Billie Holiday with Lee Daniels and Andra Day (or select transcript)

Bias Teams and Reporting

• The Shifting Landscape: Bias Response Teams and Emerging Alternatives (For information on Stockton’s Bias Reporting, select this link)

Civil Discourse

• Navigating Muddy Waters: Best Practices for Civil Online Discourse

Critical Race Theory

• Critical Race theory: Experts break down what it actually means

• Teaching Race in the Classroom: Higher Education and Critical Race Theory

• Professor Kimberle Crenshaw, original legal theorists on intersectionality and critical race theory (read also About Crenshaw)

• Jelani Cobb on Critical Race Theory

• In Conversation: Jelani Cobb on the backlash to critical race theory

• #ThisIsAmerica: Critical Race Theory in Schools - YouTube

• Podcast | The Debate About Critical Race Theory – Implications for DEI in the Workplace, featuring Dr. William Harvey, AAAED Distinguished Scholar and one of the co-founders of the National Association of Diversity in Higher Education. He is the first African American to head a European university is one of the panelists.

• An Overview of Critical Race Theory with Aaron Griffen and Angel Jones

Disability

• Disability in America with Day Al-Mohamed, Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha & Maria Town - The Washington Post (or select transcript)

• The Power of Disability Representation (or select transcript)

Employment Outreach, Recruitment Search and Selection

• How To Gain Leadership Buy-in as a Resource Group

• Rethinking Search and Hiring Practices - Academic Impressions

• Diversity in the Workplace: Accelerating Change in the Boardroom with Ursula Burns, Senior Adviser of Teneo & Former CEO of Xerox - The Washington Post

• Diversity in the Workplace: Building Inclusive Company Culture with Verna Myers

Mental Health

• Meeting the Mental Health Needs of Minority College Students

• Elevate – Psychological Safety in the Workplace

Minority Serving Institutions

• 2021 National HBCU Week Conference Exploring Equity

• AAC&U The Interfaith Imperative Engaging Religious Diversity in Higher Education (audio only version)

Religion

• The Future of Minority-Serving Institutions - Zoom

Tribal Nations

• Indian Lawyers: Translators of Two Worlds

• Native Americans: We Shall Remain | LoVina Louie |TEDxCoeurdalene

• Indigenous Education Solutions to Global Challenges: International Education and Developing Indigenous Women’s Leadership

• Kwanamii | Protectors of the Quechan (Native Americans and military service)

• Courageous Conversations: The Real Indigenous Experience

• Opportunity in Crisis: Health Care with Jonathan Nez, President, Navajo Nation (or select transcript)

Sex/Gender

• LGBTQA on Campus

• Women in Tech: Trailblazers (or select transcript)

• A Conversation with Diane von Furstenberg (or select transcript)

Youth

• Marley Dias, 16-year old founder of #1000BlackGirlBooks

• Teenage activist Marley Dias on the trailblazer who inspired her

• Marley Dias Talks Encouraging Kids to Read, Getting Kids Involved in Activism | The View

Education K-12

• Homeroom for Education Leaders: Why Educators are Leaving and How to Stem the Tide

• Fourth Annual New Jersey Convening for Diversifying the Teacher Workforce | Convening - School of Education | Stockton University

Additional Resources

• Speech Matters Podcast

• Coalition for Urban and Metropolitan Universities recordings

• Bloomberg’s Work Shifting Summit recordings           

• Academic Network on Global Education & Learning

• Podcasts | In the Margins (from Diverse: Issues in Higher Education)

• Samuel Dewitt Proctor Institute Varying Viewpoints Podcasts

• National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education webinars

• Centre for Global Higher Education webinar archive

• GlobalMindEd webinars on YouTube

Submit resources to be included in this list to Valerie Hayes.