Full Description
The compendium of writings in this edited volume sheds light on the event "Race & Ethnicity: A Day of Discovery and Dialogue" at Washington University in St. Louis and the work current students, faculty, and staff are doing to improve inclusivity on campus and in St. Louis. The book includes speeches, reflections, art, and photography aligned with the Day of Discovery and Dialogue in addition to original academic work on race in higher education, race in St. Louis, and race in the United States. Leading scholars and emerging voices feature in this volume, filling a void in the race and higher education literature since it will foreground a case study of a single university at the epicenter of a national racial crisis and how a university-wide event brought a campus together. This praxis focus may have far reaching impact in aiding other universities across the country in addressing racial tensions in their own communities.
Contents
Foreword—Tales To Astonish: Why Race Matters And Why It Shouldn't - Gerald Early
Introduction
SECTION 1: THE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTION OF RACE AND ETHNICITY
Genetics and the Origins Of Race - Robert Sussman, Garland Allen and Alan Templeton
The Missing Box: Multiracial Student Identity Development at a Predominantly White Institution - Ashley Macrander and Rachelle Winkle-Wagner
Narrating Race and Identities from the Periphery: Diversity, Dilemma, and Discourses - Linling Gao-Miles
SECTION 2: RACE AND ETHNICITY IN EVERYDAY LIFE
Retaining Students of Color in Higher Education: Expanding Our Focus to Psychosocial Adjustment and mental Health - Juliette M. Iacovino and Sherman A. James
Roadblocks on the Way to Higher Education: Non-Dominant Cultural Capital, Race, and the "Schools are Equalizer" Myth - Olivia Marcucci and Rowhea Elmesky
Learning to Live Together: Connecting the Classroom to the Community for Racial Justice in Housing - Molly W. Metzger
Academic and Community Partnerships and Social Change - Vetta L. Sanders Thompson and Sula M. Hood
SECTION 3: MOVING BEYOND STEREOTYPES
On the Light Versus Dark Side of Empathy: Implications for Intergroup Dynamics in a Diverse Society - Stephanie A. Peak, Emily J. Hanson, Fade R. Eadeh and Alan J. Lambert
Storytelling in Higher Education - Shyam Akula
The Roots are Racism: Historical and Current Racial Bias on College Campuses and their (Unintended) Push on the Diversity Agenda - LaTanya N. Buck and Purvi Patel
Bringing Ourselves Back from Extinction in Academia: Becoming an Indigenous Scholar - Savannah Martin
A Future of Native Students: From Victimization to Value to Victory - Carol Schuermann, Molly Tovar and David A. Patterson Silver Wolf
SECTION 4: THE FUTURE AND OUR UNIVERSITY COMMUNITY
The Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program: A Pre- and Post-Grutter Analysis - Sheri R. Notaro, Erin Daugherty, Mark C. Hogrebe, Pat Howard, Diana Hill Mitchell and William F. Tate IV
Doing Diversity in Higher Education for International Students - James V. Wertsch and Teresa Sarai
The John B. Ervin Scholars Program's "Legacy of Commitment": Grounded in Discovery and Dialogue - Michelle A. Purdy
Honoring our Investment: Low-Income Student Success at Washington University in St. Louis - Shyam Akula and Scott Jacobs
Academic Support for an Increasingly Diverse Undergraduate Population: Challenges in Initiative Design and Implementation - Jennifer R. Smith, Heather J. Rice and Michael Chang
A Private University Called to a Public Mission: Selective Higher Education, Diversity, and Access - Ashley Macrander and H. Holden Thorp
Afterword—The Crisis of Race in Higher Education: A Focus on Inclusion - Mark S. Wrighton
