See these definitions for some common DEI-related terms.
Category: Age
Society of Teachers of Family Medicine’s Resource Library
The STFM’s Resource Library provides different activities in multiple formats and on various topics (hint: enter key terms such as ‘racism’ or ‘LGBTQ’ in the search field in the top right of the page and refine from there)
Integrating Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion Into a Research Course
See this recent publication on ways to integrate DEI into a research methods course:
O’Connor R.(2019). Integrating Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Topics Into an Undergraduate Nursing Research Course. J Nurs Educ. 58(8) 494. doi: 10.3928/01484834-20190719-13.
Power, Privilege, & Difference Activities
Check out these in-class activities from the University of Texas-Austin.
Activities for Change
Check out Training for Change’s ‘energizers and games’ and ‘teamwork’ tool boxes for in-class activity ideas.
Interactive Activities to Explore Difference
This booklet from Stockton University provides additional ideas for in-class activities.
Guide to Discussing Identity, Power, and Privilege
From the University of Southern California, this guide includes activities to use in class with students.
Sample Activities & Templates for Exploring Privilege, Power, and Oppression
From the University of Michigan, these sample in-class activities will help students explore privilege, power, and oppression
Teaching Tolerance
Teaching Tolerance is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center and provides a wealth of resources related to teaching social justice and anti-bias, including lesson plans and opportunities for professional development online and in person. The site is geared towards K-12, but many of the resources are applicable to higher education as well.
Book Lists
Check out these various book lists:
- Mahogany Books & Very Smart Brothas Book Club includes a reading list of Black authors and opportunities to engage in monthly book discussions
- So you want to be woke: a reading guide for White people from Book Riot, the largest independent editorial book site in North America
- 24 books for White people to read beyond Black History Month
- The best LGBT novels of all time
- Book lists on a variety of topics from the Jewish Book Council. JBC, founded in 1944, is the longest-running organization devoted exclusively to the support and celebration of Jewish literature
- 21 Must-read Asian Pacific American books from Book Riot, the largest independent editorial book site in North America
- Recommended readings by First Nations Development Institute
- Recommended readings on Latinx communities in the US by the New York Times
- Recommended readings about the experiences of folks with disabilities from the Chicago Public Library
- A reading list on health equity by the American Public Health Association
- Recommended readings on ageism from Changing the Narrative Colorado
- A reading list on poverty in the US from This Appalachia Life