How to Incorporate Equity and Justice in Your Teaching

Edited by Don C. Sawyer III, Vice President for Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging and Associate Professor of Sociology, Fairfield University, JT Torres, Director of the Houston H. Harte Center for Teaching and Learning, Washington and Lee University and Suzanne S. Hudd, Emeritus Professor, Department of Sociology, Quinnipiac University, US

• Contents:Foreword viiiIntroduction: the personal is political—lived experiences ofinclusive teaching 1Don C. Sawyer III, JT Torres and Suzanne S. HuddPART I SPACES FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE1 Why it matters: student perspectives on learning andexperiencing social justice 14Emily Diaz, Esau Greene and Suzanne S. Hudd2 A Chief Diversity Officer’s perspective: advocacy andallyship—how can I help? 31Diane Ariza3 Taking a position: theoretical frameworks that supportinclusive pedagogy 49Don C. Sawyer III and JT TorresPART II EQUITABLE COURSE DESIGN4 Embracing the sociality and emotionality of learningthrough a Critical Pedagogy of Discomfort and Compassion 62Emma McMain5 The holistic syllabus: a path to inclusion and equity in education 84Gillian A. Rai6 Care-full feedback: “cultivating your soul and filling yourheart-space” 110Ameena L. Payne and Dèsa K. DaniePART III EQUITABLE COURSE PRACTICE7 Decentering whiteness, centering Blackness responsibly:building a classroom environment for difficult dialogues 134Xyanthe N. Neider, Justina Brown and Tara B. Perry8 Compassionate and considerate teachin: a two-way street 158Christopher Hakala and Anna SantucciSuzanne S. Hudd, Don C. Sawyer III and JT Torres

‘At a time when more attention and care is needed to both attend to the practice of teaching and the students we serve, the scholars in this book have intentionally surfaced the depth of love needed, and the ways in which it can be meaningfully practiced.’