Resources

• Clemson University – First Generation Success Program: The FIRST Program helps ensure success for first-generation college students. FIRST helps these students adjust to the college experience by offering a variety of opportunities and resources, from academic support to social activities.
• Dartmouth – First Year Student Enrichment Program: FYSEP offers sample classes, workshops, activities, and seminars designed to simulate life at Dartmouth and to prepare participants to handle some of the challenges they may face during the course of their first year. Through a four week pre-orientation program and ongoing support throughout their first year, FYSEP students learn skills to help them thrive in college-level classes, use campus resources to support them in their non-academic lives, and to make the most of the unique network of support that the FYSEP students and undergraduate mentors provide.
• Seattle University — Student Success and Outreach: Seattle University’s office of Student Success and Outreach (SSO) helps students leverage the skills and communities they hold to craft an experience that fulfills their definition of success. Through campus leadership, veteran benefits, peer coaching, and student support programs, they work to acknowledge the diverse identities of each student, provide space for communities of support, and challenge students to unleash their leadership potential to position them to thrive in university and beyond.

• Adaptive Educational Services: The office of Adaptive Educational Services (AES) determines if a student qualifies for accommodations, approves reasonable accommodation requests, and ensures the implementation of those accommodations whenever possible. The AES is where students can submit accommodation requests and faculty can find information about using accommodation software. Additionally, the site contains contact information and hours for the AES Office and testing center.
• Accommodation Resources on Campus: This resource outlines the process for receiving testing accommodations through AES. Additionally, they provide an overview of the adaptive hardware and software technologies that are available for students who qualify for accommodations, as well as answers to frequently asked questions.
• Guide for Online Colleges & Disabilities: This guide provides prospective disabled college students with resources to choose the perfect school to fit their needs. It provides a thorough overview for defining and documenting a students’ disability, a list of what is often considered under “reasonable accommodations”, and additional considerations for distance education (online) students.
• Washington Access Collect: The University of Washington Access Collect provides support and technology for campus employees, community employers, service providers, and students working to promote success for disabled and non-disabled students in postsecondary studies and careers. Resources discuss topics such as creating accessible and inclusive courses, programs, facilities, services, work-based learning and employment opportunities, and campuses; preparing and succeeding as a disabled college student; and addressing disability-related issues through research while promoting participation of disabled researchers.
• Washington DO-IT: The Disabilities, Opportunities, Internetworking, and Technology (DO-IT) Center at the University of Washington empowers disabled people through technology and education, promotes awareness and accessibility to maximize potential, and works to make the community more vibrant, diverse, and inclusive. Their website is a valuable resource for disabled students in higher education.
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• All Gender Facilities on Campus: Contains an interactive map and downloadable list of the locations of the all-gender restrooms on the IUPUI campus
• LGBTQ+ Center: IUPUI’s LGBTQ+ Center provides resources and support for LGBTQ+ students and their allies. The site provides information on the center’s programs and upcoming events. The site also contains additional links to resources for LGBTQ+ students, faculty, and staff.

• Campus and Community International Partnership: This page gathers together a variety of resources for the IUPUI international community. Students can connect with the Office of International Affairs through this page. Additionally, the page hosts resources for international workers in Indianapolis, refugees, asylees, and immigrants.
• DEI – Multicultural Education: A collection of journal articles gathered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion regarding multicultural education. Includes articles discussing culturally relevant pedagogy, engaging in multicultural education, toxic masculinity, Islamophobia, homophobia and heteronormativity, Critical Race Theory, racism, and anti-oppressive education.
• IUPUI Office of International Affairs: The website for the IUPUI Office of International Affairs contains a variety of resources for international students applying to and attending IUPUI. It includes information on the admissions and post-admissions process, visas, living in Indianapolis, and events and programs for the international community.
• Multicultural Center: IUPUI’s Multicultural Center page includes a variety of resources for students at IUPUI. The center has many programs including the Multicultural Leadership Empowerment Program, the Norman Brown Diversity and Leadership Scholarship, resources for multicultural social justice education and workshops, and cultural dinners and events throughout the semester.
• Multicultural Center Student Organizations: IUPUI has the following student organizations housed within the Multicultural Center: African Student Association (ASA); Asian Student Union (ASU); Black Student Union (BSU); Filipino Student Association (FSA); Latino Student Association (LSA); LGBTQ Student Alliance (LGBTQSA); and Native American Student Alliance (NASA). This page contains links to these organizations and directions to locate additional student organizations involved in creating and sustaining diversity, equity, and inclusion.
• Conflict Resolution and Dialogue Programs: The Office of Conflict Resolution and Dialogue Programs (CRDP) provides resources, programs and services that support intercultural learning and engagement and the facilitation of effective communication, dialogue, and conflict resolution processes between and among diverse groups and individuals.
• Indiana University – Helping International AIs be Successful: Suggested strategies for mentors and supervisors of international Associate Instructors (AIs) for assisting them in successfully navigating the American university classroom. Suggested practices can be helpful for all new associate instructors, and are particularly valuable for international graduate students who may not be familiar with academic and cultural practices at IU.
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• Encyclopedia of Indianapolis: This digital encyclopedia of Indianapolis gathers together the vast amount of born-digital and digitally-archived information regarding the people, places, organizations, events, topics, and more. Users can browse by category, subject, interactive map, or use the index and search features
• Diversity Roundtable of Central Indiana: Provides a forum for leaders, advocates, and supporters of organizational DEI efforts to network, enhance diversity competencies, advocate for inclusive policies and practices, and hold dialogue on many topics in a roundtable discussion format. The organization also hosts monthly educational events, an annual conference, publishes a blog, and provides resources for members.
• African American Graphic Design Resources: This group of African American communicators and media makers work to vigilantly re-examine, explore and address problems facing the African American community. They create graphic designs to help clients, friends, and families reach their desired audiences, with a self-described goal is to help create capital and generational family wealth — no matter what color you are.
• Resources for Transgender and Nonbinary Artists: A list curated by StateraArts. Contains resources for both trans and gender nonconforming artists as well as educational tools for arts organizations, arts activists, and educators to bring to their communities
• Transgender Media Portal: The Transgender Media Portal aims to make audiovisual work by trans, Two Spirit, nonbinary, intersex, and gender-nonconforming people more available to artists, activists, festival programmers, researchers, instructors, and the public. They work to promote today’s trans filmmakers, bring attention to programming and preservation of older works, and provide access to an innovative tradition of work for trans artists.
• Resources for Intersex Artists: Gender Unbound is a nonprofit organization that advocates for trans and intersex people through the arts and artistic events. They organize events centered around trans and intersex artists across disciplines with the intention of creating affirming and enriching spaces for trans and intersex communities and connecting attendees to resources vital to trans and intersex people and their allies.

• DEI – Bias and Stereotypes: A collection of journal articles gathered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion regarding bias and stereotypes. Includes articles discussing race, unconscious and conscious bias, identity, impacts on students, dealing with these issues in the classroom, stereotypes and stereotype threat, responding to bigotry, gender roles, and gender bias.
• DEI – Empathy, Inclusion, and Civil Discourse: A collection of journal articles gathered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion regarding empathy, inclusion, and civil discourse. Includes articles discussing being an ally, fostering civil discourse in classrooms, incorporating topics into curriculum, developing and improving empathy, and why racial and and political discourse is necessary in classrooms.
• DEI — Microagressions: A collection of journal articles gathered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion regarding microagressions. Includes articles discussing teacher and student perceptions, aboriginal student experiences, microagressions during therapy, varied experiences across races, impacts on mental and physical health, gender, privilege, higher education, LGBTQ microagressions, marginalization, and microagressions in the healthcare system.
• DEI — Privilege: A collection of journal articles gathered by the Division of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion regarding privilege. Includes articles discussing Christian privilege, the conservation movement, combatting privilege, racial and economic privilege, discussing privilege, and white fragility.
• Indiana State University – Office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion: The Indiana State University office of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion provides resources for students to learn about multicultural education including reports and presentations on DEI, initiatives that the university participates in, DEI-related events sponsored by the school, as well as a collection of taped webinars that can be checked out from the office locally in Terre Haute.
• Indiana University — Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning: A starting point for diversity, equity, and inclusion teaching guides. Includes definitions for shared language, an explanation of why these topics are important for the ways we teach, and resources that the Center for Innovative Teaching and Learning (CITL) can offer.
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We’d love to add your recommendations to this list, please email suggestions to Andrea Copeland at: ajapzon@iupui.edu. 

Arimah, Lesley Nneka. What it Means When a Man Falls from the Sky: Stories. New York: Riverhead Books, 2018.
This debut collection explores the ties that bind parents and children, husbands and wives, lovers and friends; to one another and to the places they call home.

Banks, J., (Ed.)(1995). Handbook of research on multicultural education. New York, New York: Macmillan Publishing.
This comprehensive and enlightening volume embraces major research and scholarship in multicultural education: tracing historical themes, crossing disciplinary boundaries, joining theory and practice, and provoking a new public discourse about navigating the twin goals of excellence and equity in education.

Cohn, E., & Mullenix, J. (2007). Diversity as an integral component of college curriculum. In J. Branche, J. Mullennix, & E. Cohn (Eds.), Diversity across the curriculum: A guide for faculty in higher education (pp. 11-17). Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker.
Institutions of higher education are increasingly focusing attention on academic initiatives that cut across disciplines, majors, and courses. In this chapter, the authors make a case for diversity as a key initiative and explore the ways diversity-rich courses can be developed.

Conley, Garrard. Boy Erased: A Memoir. New York: Riverhead Books, 2016.
This memoir by Garrard Conley recounts his childhood in a fundamentalist Arkansas family that enrolled him in conversion therapy. By confronting his buried past and the burden of a life lived in shadow, Garrard traces the complex relationships among family, faith, and community.Cuyjet, M.J., Linder, C., Howard-Hamilton, M.F., & Cooper, D.L. (Eds). (2016. Multiculturalism on campus: Theory, models, and practices for understanding diversity and creating inclusion. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus.

Cuyjet, M.J., Linder, C., Howard-Hamilton, M.F., & Cooper, D.L. (Eds). (2016. Multiculturalism on campus: Theory, models, and practices for understanding diversity and creating inclusion. Sterling, Virginia: Stylus.
A comprehensive resource for engaging with multiculturalism and diverse populations in higher education. This text discusses the related theories, assessment methods, environmental issues, and application issues pertinent to the study and practice of multiculturalism. It offers approaches to enhancing multicultural programming and culturally diverse campus environments.

Goodman, D.J. (2011). Promoting diversity & social justice: Educating people from privileged groups (2nd edition). New York, NY: Routledge.
This text provides useful theories, perspectives, and strategies for working with adults from privileged groups. The theories and approaches discussed can be applied to a range of situations and audiences, offering tools that allow educators to be more reflective and intentional in their work as they consider who they’re working with, what they’re doing, and how to educate more effectively.

Hagen, Sofie. Happy Fat: Taking up Space in a World that Wants to Shrink You. London, England, Harper Collins, 2019.
Comedian Sofie Hagen shares how she removed fatphobic influences from her daily life and found self-acceptance in a world where judgement and discrimination are rife. From shame and sex to airplane seats, love, and getting stuck in public toilets, Sofie provides practical tips for readers while drawing wisdom from other Fat Liberation champions along the way.

J. Branche, J. Mullennix, & E. Cohn (Eds.) (2007). Diversity across the curriculum: A guide for faculty in higher education. Bolton, Massachusetts: Anker Publishing.
In this collection of more than 50 vignettes, exceptional teachers from a wide range of academic disciplines empower even the busiest faculty members to create culturally inclusive courses and actively incorporate diversity into their teaching. Written for teaching faculty in all disciplines of higher education, this book offers practical guidance on culturally inclusive course design, syllabus construction, textbook selection, and assessment strategies.

Jaswal, Balli Kaur. Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows:A Novel. New York: William Morrow, 2018.
When her father’s death leaves the family financially strapped, Nikki, a law school dropout, impulsively takes a job teaching a creative writing course at the community center in the beating heart of London’s close-knit Punjabi community. When one of the widows finds a book of sexy stories and shares it with the class, Nikki realizes that beneath their white dupattas, her students have a wealth of fantasies and memories. But when the widows’ gossip offers shocking insights into the death of a young wife and some of the class erotica is shared among friends, it sparks a scandal that threatens them all.

Johnson, Matt. Loving Day: A Novel. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2016.
Warren Duffy has returned to America after his father has died, bequeathing to Warren his last possession- a roofless, half-renovated mansion in the heart of black Philadelphia. Reunited with his daughter, who has been raised to think she’s white, Warren sets off to remake his life with a reluctant daughter he’s never known, in a haunted house with a history he knows too well.

Marchesani, L. S., & Adams, M. (1992). Dynamics of diversity in the teaching-learning process: A faculty development model for analysis and action. In M. Adams (Ed.), Promoting diversity in college classrooms (Vol. 52).
This chapter brings together dimensions of teaching and learning with particular relevance to social and cultural diversity in college classrooms for students, instructors, course content, and teaching methods.

Pope, R.L., Reynolds, A.L., & Mueller, J.A. (2019). Multicultural competence in student Affairs: Advancing social justice and inclusion (2nd edition). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
This book offers a fresh approach and new strategies for student affairs professionals to enhance their practice. Useful guidelines and revised core competencies provide a framework for everyday challenges, while case studies allow readers to consider and apply essential awareness, knowledge, skills, and actions to common student affairs situations.

Quaye, S.J. & Harper, S.R. (Eds). (2015). Student engagement in higher education: Theoretical perspectives and practical approaches for diverse populations. New York, NY: Routledge.
Diverse populations of students experience college differently and encounter group-specific barriers to success. Informed by relevant theories and research, each chapter of this text focuses on a different population for whom engagement and connectivity to the college experience are problematic. Faculty and administrators will undoubtedly find fresh strategies to reverse problematic engagement trends among various college student populations.

Sexton, Margaret Wilkerson. A Kind of Freedom: A Novel. Berkeley, CA: Counterpoint, 2018.
This novel explores the legacy of racial disparity in the South through a poignant and redemptive family history across three generations of Creole folks in New Orleans. For Evelyn, Jim Crow is an ongoing reality, and in its wake new threats spring up to haunt her daughter and grandson.

Simsion, Graeme. The Rosie Project: A Novel. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2013.
This novel centers on genetics professor Don Tillman, who is struggling to find a serious relationship. With a friend’s help, he devises a questionnaire to assess the suitability of female partners. His plans are set off course when he meets Rosie, who does not fit many of Tillman’s criteria, but becomes a big part of his life.

Solomon, Rivers. An Unkindness of Ghosts. Brooklyn, NY: Akashic Books, 2017.
On board the generation ship Matilda, the passengers have formed a society stratified along racial lines where those with dark skin are relegated to lower-deck lives of servitude and harsh behavioral restrictions. Aster Gray is a lower-decks healer who must discover the hidden connection between her mother’s suicide decades ago and the mysterious death of the ship’s Sovereign.

Stevenson, Bryan. Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption. New York: Spiegel & Grau, 2015.
Bryan Stevenson was a young lawyer when he founded the Equal Justice Initiative, a legal practice dedicated to defending those most desperate and in need. This memoir is an unforgettable account of those he has defended, and an inspiring argument for compassion in the pursuit of true justice.

Stewart, A. J., & Valian, V. (2018). An inclusive academy: Achieving diversity and excellence. Boston: Mit Press.
Most colleges and universities embrace the ideals of diversity and inclusion, but many fall short, especially in the hiring, retention, and advancement of faculty who would more fully represent our diverse world. In this book, the authors provide practical advice for overcoming obstacles to inclusion, and offer recommendations for changing structures and practices so that people become successful in ways that benefit everyone.

Takei, George. They Called Us Enemy. Marietta, GA: Top Shelf Productions, 2019.
A stunning graphic novel memoir recounting actor/author/activist George Takei’s childhood imprisoned within American concentration camps during World War II. Experience the forces that shaped an American icon, and America itself, in this gripping tale of courage, country, loyalty, and love.

Tobia, Jacob. Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story. New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 2019.
Following Jacob through bullying and beauty contests, from Duke University to the United Nations to the podiums of the Methodist church–not to mention the parlors of the White House–this unforgettable memoir contains multitudes. A deeply personal story of trauma and healing, a powerful reflection on gender and self-acceptance, and a hilarious guidebook for wearing tacky clip-on earrings in today’s world, Sissy guarantees you’ll never think about gender–both other people’s and your own–the same way again.