Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization

Abby Day is Professor of Race, Faith and Culture in the Department of Sociology, at Goldsmiths, University of London.Lois Lee is Senior Lecturer in Secular Studies at the University of Kent. Dave Thomas is an Occupational Therapist, Senior Advisor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Advance HE, and Associate Lecturer at the Kent and Medway Medical School.James Spickard is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Redlands.

• Introduction: Why Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Matter - Abby Day, Lois Lee, Dave S.P. Thomas, and James SpickardPart I: Changing UniversitiesNegotiating Diversity, a Personal Reflection - Martin StringerDemystifying the ‘Decolonising’ and ‘Diversity’ Slippage: Reflections from Sociology - Ali Meghji, Seetha Tan, and Laura WainDoing Diversity Inclusively: ‘East Asians’ in Western Universities - Lin MaThis Island’s Mine: University Teaching as Inclusive Dramaturgy - Danny BravermanEmergent Tensions in Diversity and Inclusion Work in Universities: Reflections on Policy and Practice - Samantha Brennan, Gwen Chapman, Belinda Leach, and Alexandra RodneyPart II: Diversifying CurriculaHow ‘Diverse’ is Your Reading List? Tools, Tips, and Challenges - Karen Schucan BirdPerceptions, Expectations, and Pluralised Realities: Reflections on Building Staff–Student Partnerships Through a Reading List Review - Dave S.P. ThomasDecolonizing Research Methods: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities - Sara EwingTowards an Intersectional Feminist Pedagogy of Gender-Based Violence - Denise Buiten, Ellen Finlay, and Rosemary HancockPart III: Diversifying Research and ScholarshipHow Would a World Sociology Think? Towards Intellectual Inclusion - James SpickardWhom We Cite: A Reflection on the Limits and Potentials of Critical Citation Practices - Januschka SchmidtScholarship in a Globalized World: The Publishing Ecosystem and Alternatives to the Oligopoly - Paige MannPart IV: Overcoming Intellectual ColonialismDealing with the Westernisation of Chinese Higher Education: Evidence from a Social Science Department - Fabio BolzonarOpportunities and Challenges in Integrating Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Diversity in International Studies - Gretchen AbusoDecolonial Praxis beyond the Classroom: Reflecting on Race and Violence - Federico SettlerEpilogue: What We Have Learned - Abby Day, Lois Lee, Dave S.P. Thomas, and James Spickard