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"The volume is essential for faculty and administrators seeking to integrate diversity issues across the curriculum."--Teaching Theology and Religion

"The contributors offer pragmatic and tested ways of overcoming student misconceptions and resistance and for managing emotional responses that can be aroused by the discussion of diversity."--Rice Lake Chronotype

"Provides a set of 'best practices' for approaching the pedagogical challenges of teaching diversity... Recommended."--Choice

"This volume's editors have compiled a set of wide-ranging tools for teaching about diversity among diverse student populations. Articles cover an array of topics, including general approaches to diversity education, specific exercises within and across disciplines, and strategies for coping with the stresses of teaching controversial topics. The collection offers guidance that is particularly valuable for those just beginning to incorporate diversity in the classroom--and is pertinent to veteran teachers as well."--Diversity & Democracy (AAC&U)

How do we educate our students about cultural diversity and cultural differences, and eliminate cultural ignorance, stereotyping, and prejudice? What are the conceptual issues involved in reaching this goal? How can we integrate these perspectives in disciplinary and diversity courses, and in the curriculum?

This book is a resource for answering these questions. It offers practical advice and empirically proven "best practices" for teaching about diversity. It is intended for faculty integrating diversity into existing courses, and for anyone creating courses on diversity, and can serve to inform and guide department chairs and other administrators in the design and implementation of diversity initiatives.
diversity initiatives.