DEI Resources

Diversity Strategic Plan

Strategies and Tactics for Recruiting to Improve Diversity and Excellence

STRIDE Resources: https://nbdiversity.rutgers.edu/workshop-materials

Anti-Racist Pedagogy

Introduction: general introduction to anti-racist pedagogy and an article, "Decolonizing Teaching," on which it is based, to start the journey for a more inclusive pedagogy.
Module 1: On Being/Becoming an Anti-Racist Teacher and Decolonizing Teaching. A Cross-Curricular and Collaborative Model for Teaching about Race in the University.
Module 2: Transforming Your Classroom Climate. The Demographics of University Attendance in 21st Century America.
Module 3: In Their Own Words: The Lived Experiences of Black Students. In Their Own Words: Professors. Invisibility and Visibility. The Hypocrisy of Diversity.
Module 4: Rejecting Deficit Models. From the Achievement Gap to the Education Debt: Understanding Achievement in U.S. Schools.
Module 5: Key Principles for Creating an Anti-Racist Classroom. How to say when it's not okay. Tackling prejudicial 'isms' in workplace conversation.
Module 6: Facilitating Critical Discussions of Race and Racism. The Chronicle of Higher Education, Sept 22, 2014 article: Knowing When to Teach Current Events: 5 questions faculty members should ask themselves before they weave a recent controversy into their courses by Noliwe M. Rooks
Module 7: Understanding Microaggressions. A Note on Understanding Microaggressions. Disarming Racial Microaggressions: Microintervention Strategies for Targets, White Allies, and Bystanders. Asynchronous Anti-Racist Pedagogy Workshop.

We are grateful to the English Department at Rutgers for allowing us to use material developed by the Anti-Racist Pedagogy Workshop Committee: Lynda Dexheimer (Chair), Brad Evans, Nicole Houser, Stacy Klein, and David Kurnick. Faculty members Jennie Snow, Nela Navarro, Jacqueline McDaniel also contributed the content of the workshop.