Getting Culture

"The volume is essential for faculty and administrators seeking to integrate diversity issues across the curriculum."―Teaching Theology and Religion

"The contributors offer pragmatic and tested ways of overcoming student misconceptions and resistance and for managing emotional responses that can be aroused by the discussion of diversity."―Rice Lake Chronotype

"Provides a set of ‘best practices’ for approaching the pedagogical challenges of teaching diversity... Recommended."―Choice

"This volume's editors have compiled a set of wide-ranging tools for teaching about diversity among diverse student populations. Articles cover an array of topics, including general approaches to diversity education, specific exercises within and across disciplines, and strategies for coping with the stresses of teaching controversial topics. The collection offers guidance that is particularly valuable for those just beginning to incorporate diversity in the classroom―and is pertinent to veteran teachers as well."―Diversity & Democracy (AAC&U)

How do we educate our students about cultural diversity and cultural differences, and eliminate cultural ignorance, stereotyping, and prejudice? What are the conceptual issues involved in reaching this goal? How can we integrate these perspectives in disciplinary and diversity courses, and in the curriculum?

This book is a resource for answering these questions. It offers practical advice and empirically proven “best practices” for teaching about diversity. It is intended for faculty integrating diversity into existing courses, and for anyone creating courses on diversity, and can serve to inform and guide department chairs and other administrators in the design and implementation of diversity initiatives.
diversity initiatives.

Regan A. R. Gurung is Chair of the Human Development Department and Professor of Human Development and Psychology at the University of Wisconsin, Green Bay. He is the author of numerous scholarly articles and presentations, of a health psychology textbook (Wadsworth, 2006) that was the first book to use a completely cultural approach, a co-author on a book on pedagogical research, and co-editor of two other books, one on sociocultural issues in mental health (Blackwell-Wiley, 2009). He is a member of the Society for the Teaching of Psychology Diversity Task Force, and is on the University of Wisconsin System Institute of Race and Ethnicity Advisory Committee.

Loreto R. Prieto is a Professor of Psychology and Director of U.S. Latino/a Studies program at Iowa State University. He has authored over 100 publications and presentations, mostly on diversity issues. He co-edited The Teaching Assistant Training Handbook and is a Past-Chair of the Diversity Task Force for the Society for the Teaching of Psychology and former Chair of the Diversity Working Group for the APA’s Psychology Partnership Project. He frequently serves as a consultant and speaker to academic departments and programs.