Educational Resources
21 free watch-on-demand webinars about topics in cultural competence, courtesy of the Center for Public Health Practice at Colorado School of Public Health.
Two lists of resources from Widener University that focus on anti-racism. This list provides a comprehensive list of articles and videos for individuals wishing to educate themselves on anti-racism.
An info sheet designed for faculty instructors, tailored to increasing inclusive practices in an online learning environment.
Reference From: Bowen, J. A., Hogan, K., Hutchins, D., Karayalcin, E., Kelley, K., Mondy, A. E., Sathy, V., Snowe, A., & Williams, J. D. (2020, August 19). 10 Inclusive teaching practices. ACUE. Retrieved September 20, 2021, from https://acue.org/inclusive-teaching-practices-toolkit/.
3 webinars, aimed at faculty members, that are free to watch. These one-hour webinars focus on creating and inclusive online learning environment, preparing an inclusive course, and examining and mitigating implicit bias.
An article which discusses Columbia’s five principles of inclusive teaching and adapts them for the online classroom. Provides suggestions for activities and additional faculty resources.
Reference from: Appert, L., Simonian Bean, C., Irvin, A., Jungels, A. M., Klaf, S., & Phillipson, M. (2017). Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia. Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning.
CIRTL (Center for the Integration of Research, Teaching, and Learning) has a series of YouTube videos from March 2020 that discuss inclusion, engagement, and student assessment for online synchronous courses. Two are linked below; one video discusses teaching inclusively in the online learning classroom, and the other discusses reducing barriers to online learning. These videos mostly focus on synchronous classes that are virtual due to extenuating circumstances, rather than classes that are designed to be virtually synchronous or asynchronous. However, this could still provide some relevant information for instructors.
Watch Reducing Barriers to Learning during Temporary Distance Learning (Part 3 of 5)
Watch Teaching Inclusively in the Online, Synchronous Classroom (Part 4 of 4)
Reference from: Appert, L., Simonian Bean, C., Irvin, A., Jungels, A. M., Klaf, S., & Phillipson, M. (2017). Guide for Inclusive Teaching at Columbia. Columbia University Center for Teaching and Learning.
A resource from Stanford University that describes 10 strategies for creating inclusive online learning environments. PDF info sheet is available to download from the link below.
This is a study utilizing a large, pre-existing dataset of 40,000 community and technical college students. The study was published in 2014, however this data could still be relevant for faculty who aim to increase racial and ethnic inclusion, due to its findings of certain groups struggling to adapt to online learning, particularly black students.
References from: Xu, D., & Jaggars, S. S. (2014). Adaptability to Online Learning: Differences Across Types of Students and Academic Subject Areas. Journal of Higher Education, 85(5), 633–659.
A comprehensive list of resources for BIPOC students from Gustavus Adolphus College.
Widener University’s list of resources for students of color, mostly focusing on resources for Black students.
Dr. Mario Martinez found that, alongside genetics, cultural and spiritual beliefs play a major role in health and longevity as we age. This insightful interview with Dr. Martinez, clinical psychologist and expert on aging, discusses how his theory can be applied in practice.
Reference from: The Agenda with Steve Paikin. (2013, April 18). Mario Martinez: How Culture Influences Aging [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WnMdrzoHqLc.
This study identifies differences in age-expectations between older adults from Korean, Chinese, Latino, and African American backgrounds living in the United States.
Reference from: Menkin, J. A., Guan, S.-S. A., Araiza, D., Reyes, C. E., Trejo, L., Choi, S. E., Willis, P., Kotick, J., Jimenez, E., Ma, S., McCreath, H. E., Chang, E., Witarama, T., & Sarkisian, C. A. (2017). Racial/ethnic differences in expectations regarding aging among older adults. The Gerontologist, 57(suppl_2), S138–S148. https://doi.org/10.1093/geront/gnx078
“In this presentation, Dr Rajan-Rankin explores new ways in which we can theorize race, ethnicity and old age from an inter-disciplinary lens. Drawing on cultural gerontology (especially embodied ageing studies) and post-colonial perspectives on ageing; she explores how an emphasis on the body and embodiment can serve as a conceptual lens for understanding racialized ageing bodies. A tentative framework for analysis is proposed. The concept of exile explores how bodies of colour and older bodies are denigrated through the hegemonic (white, youth-centred, masculinist) gaze. Re-animation can take place by transcending double-consciousness: ‘seeing beyond’ the dominant gaze. Othering and otherness are explored in relation to both raced and ageing bodies. The limits of ethnic ageing is scrutinized at an epistemic level, simultaneously informing, and obscuring the understanding of lived experiences of racialized ethnic minorities in old age. Decoloniality is considered, especially by drawing on feminist approaches which challenge consumption cultures that perpetuate whiteness and ageist/ ableist discourses. Visible and invisible difference provide a way of unpacking the simultaneous hypervisibility of older (female) bodies of colour, and their invisibility in institutional and policy discourses. The presentation concludes with some provocations around the limits of intersectionality and whether a shift away from the Anthropocene to the assemblage, can resolve some of these tensions.”
Reference from: University of Kent. (2017, December 17). Race, Ethnicity and Old Age: Re-animating Ageing Bodies of Colour | Dr Sweta Rajan-Rankin [Video]. YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CChBz3zQSno.
