Tuesday, February 26, 2008
INFO: Teaching Resources on Diversity
The APA Task Force on Diversity Education Resources was established by APA President Gerry Koocher. The group's mission was to provide support for instructors who want to address diversity issues in their classrooms. The Task Force compiled annotated bibliographies of teaching resources, including books, book chapters, journal articles, films, websites, and other media. Topics include cross-cutting issues, such as assessment, institutional support for diversity education, instructional resources, power and privilege, and ways to encourage students from diverse backgrounds to pursue psychology as a profession. Bibliographies also were developed for specific categories such as Race/Ethnicity, Culture, International, Language, Religion, Gender/Sex, Sexual Orientation, Rural-Urban-Suburban Location, and Age. The resources were developed for teachers of psychology at the high school, undergraduate, graduate, and post-graduate level.
Task Force members were: Mary Kite, Ball State University, Chair; Rosemary Blieszner, Virginia Polytechnic Institute; James E. Freeman, University of Virginia; Ladonna Lewis, Glendale Community College; Jeffery Scott Mio, California State Polytechnic University; Konjit V. Page, Boston College; Marissa M. Sarabando, Memorial High School, McAllen, Texas; Linda M. Woolf, Webster College.
