The Art of Effective Facilitation

This book is intended for the increasing number of faculty and student affairs administrators ¿ at whatever their level of experience -- who are being are asked to become social justice educators to prepare students to live successfully within, and contribute to, an equitable multicultural society.

Part One. Frameworks from Theory to Practice 1. The Evolution of Social Justice Education and Facilitation - Lisa L. Landreman and Christopher MacDonald-Dennis 2. Building a Framework for Social Justice Education. One Educator's Journey - Annemarie Vaccaro 3. The Evolution of a Social Justice Educator¿s Professional Identity. Impacts of Professional Maturation and Multiple Discourse Perspectives on Personal Practice - Kelly Carter Merrill Part Two. Understanding Identities and Facilitation 4. Developing Gender Inclusive Facilitation. Understanding Genderism - Brent Bilodeau 5. Engaging Whiteness in Higher Education - Rebecca Ropers-Huilman 6. Developing and Sustaining Effective Cofacilitation - Tanya Williams and Elaine Brigham 7. Understanding and Supporting Multiracial Students - Adam J. Ortiz Part Three. Facilitation Design and Techniques 8. From Safe Spaces to Brave Spaces. A New Way to Frame Dialogue Around Diversity and Social Justice - Brian Arao and Kristi Clemens 9. Navigating Triggering Events. Critical Competencies for Social Justice Educators - Kathy Obear 10. When Neutrality is Not Enough. Wrestling with the Challenges of Multipartiality - robbie routenberg, Elizabeth Thompson and Rhian Waterberg 11. Facilitating Interactive Privilege Awareness Programs. Employing Intentionality From Design Through Implementation - Gregory I. Meyer, Karen Connors, Rebecca Heselmeyer, Dusty M. Krikau, Tracy L. Lanier, Matthew R. Lee, Chris Orem, and Nancy Trantham Poe Part Four. Supporting Student Social Action 12. Training and Supporting Peer Facilitators - Heather Wilhelm and robbie routenberg 13. Why is it so Hard to Take Action? A Reflective Dialogue about Preparing Students for Social Action Engagement - Andrea Domingue and David Neely About the Editor and Contributors Index