Campus Diversity Triumphs

Sherwood Thompson is Professor at the College of Education, Eastern Kentucky University, USA. He has directed diversity programs for three Carnegie Foundation Divisions-I public research universities and one regional Polytechnic University. In this capacity he held an array of leadership positions in departments that served the academic needs of diverse students, faculty, and staff. He is the editor of two books: Views From the Frontline: Voices of Conscience on College Campuses and the two-volume Encyclopaedia of Diversity and Social Justice, and he is co-editor of Coping With Gender Inequities: Critical Conversations of Women Faculty.

• Foreword; Dwight C. Watson Introduction; Sherwood ThompsonPart I. Innovations, Perspectives, and TrendsChapter 1. A Five-Point Model to Attract, Affirm, and Advance African American Academics; Angela Webster Chapter 2. Engaging Faculty in Campus Transformation: The Diversity Fellows Program; Ken Coopwood, Sr. and Shirlene Smith Augustine Chapter 3. Building a Diversity and Inclusion Certificate for Transformative Campus Change; Michelle Garfield Cook and Shonte Wallace Matthews Chapter 4. To Bridge of Not To Bridge: The Importance of Academic and Social Connection Efforts in Summer Bridge Programs; Kevin G. McDonald Chapter 5. Am I This or That?: Supporting Queer and Trans Students of Color; Romeo Jackson and K. Martinez Chapter 6. Diversity Need Not Apply: The Reality of Campus Culture; Robert Canida, IIPart II. Diversity in Medical Universities and Health CareChapter 7. Intercultural Consciousness: A Premedical Teaching Methodology; De'Andrea Matthews Chapter 8. From Dream to Hope: The Success of the Chicago Area Health and Medical Careers program; Mildred M. G. Olivier, John Bradley and Clarisse C. Croteau-ChonkaChapter 9. Building Institutional Climate Support for Underrepresented Students in the Biomedical and Behavioral Sciences; Craig C. Brookins, Erin R. Banks and Amy Leonard ClayChapter 10. The Rabb-Venable Excellence in Research Program: Increasing the Participation of Underrepresented Minority Students and Residents in Ophthalmology; Mildred M.G. Olivier, Eydie Miller-Ellis and Clarisse C. Croteau-ChonkaPart III. Institutional Inclusive ExcellenceChapter 11. The Senior Diversity Officer Is a Beacon for Campus Diversity and Inclusion; Sherwood ThompsonChapter 12. Integrating Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion into the DNA of Public Universities: Reflections of a Chief Diversity Officer; Denise O'Neil GreenChapter 13. Carpe Diem in Two Acts: How an Equity and Diversity Framework Anchors and Activates Equity and Diversity Work in Higher Education; Katrice A. Albert, Michael Goh and Virajita SinghChapter 14. Advocating For a Diversity and Inclusion Commitment at Liberal Arts Colleges: Essential Conversations in the Role of the Chief Diversity Officer; Juan Armando Rojas JooEpilogue; Sherwood Thompson

Describing successful diversity and inclusion programs on their campuses, contributors from US (and one Canadian) colleges and universities discuss innovation, perspectives, and trends; diversity in medical universities and health care; and institutional inclusive excellence. Their topics include building a diversity and inclusion certification for transformative campus change, diversity need not apply: the reality of campus culture, building institutional climate support for under-represented students in the biomedical and behavioral sciences, the senior diversity officer: a beacon for campus diversity and inclusion, and carpe diem in two acts: how an equity and diversity framework anchors and activates equity and diversity work in higher education.