Teaching Diversity: Challenges and Complexities, Identities and Integrity

Creating a diverse student body is a challenging issue. Obtain the perspectives of other community college professionals as 19 faculty and staff contemplate the complexities involved in creating a diverse student body and incorporating diversity into the curriculum. Page after page of insights compose this helpful resource for campuses eager to move forward with diversity initiatives.

WILLIAM M. TIMPSON, Professor, School of Education. After finishing my bachelors degree in American History at Harvard University in 1968, I spent four years teaching junior and senior high school students in inner-city Cleveland. I moved on to complete a doctorate in Education Psychology at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Since 1976 I have taught at Colorado State University (CSU).

SILVIA SARA CANETTO, Professor, Department of Psychology. I was born and raised in Italy. I am a professor at CSU.

EVELINN A. BORRAYO, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology. I was born in Guatemala City and moved with my family to the U.S. when I was eight years old. I received masters and doctoral degrees in Clinical Psychology from the University of North Texas and have post-doctoral training in gerontology from the Florida Policy Exchange Center on Aging (FPECA). I continue to be an Associate Researcher and collaborate with FPECA in conducting policy research. I hold a tenure-track faculty appointment at CSU, where I teach graduate courses in health psychology, ethnic minority psychology, and cultural diversity psychology.

RAYMOND YANG, Professor, Department of Psychology. I grew up in Hawaii, where my grandparents had once emigrated to work on the sugar plantations. I received an education in developmental psychology and have since studied infants, elementary-age children, and at-risk youths.