Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Societal Contexts

Groundbreaking in its international, interdisciplinary, and multi-professional approach to diversity and inclusion in higher education, this volume puts theory in conversation with practice, articulates problems, and suggests deep-structured strategies from multiple perspectives including performed art, education, dis/ability studies, institutional as well as government policy, health humanities, history, jurisprudence, psychology, race and ethnicity studies, and semiotic theory.  The authors¿originating from Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Trinidad, Turkey, and the US¿ invite readers to join the conversation and sustain the work.

Provides multiple perspectives and respond to challenges accompanying diversity and inclusion practices today

IntroductionChapter 1. Saturation, To Create a Civilized Space, by SunHee Kim GertzChapter 2. Literature Review: Interdisciplinary Findings on Diversity and Inclusion, by Lauren CyrPART ONE: BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORKChapter 3. National and International Legal Platforms, Theory and Practice: The Example of Luxembourg and the Current Migration Crisis, by Dominique FaberChapter 4. On Citizenship, Art, and Action with Natasha Marin, Interviewed by Betsy HuangChapter 5. Diversity and Inclusion in Turkey: Citizenship and Belonging, by Melike SayogluChapter 6. Educating for Inclusive Diversity, by Charlotte Securius-Carr and Reiner RohrChapter 7. Supporting Strategies for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education Faculty Hiring, by Henry F. FradellaPART TWO: CONDITIONS FOR INCLUSIVELY DIVERSE LEARNING Chapter 8. Dis/ability Studies in the Universal Design University, by Justin J. W. Powell and Lisa PfahlChapter 9. Structural Competency and African Contexts: A Mixed Methodological Approach to Interrogating Strategies for Greater Health Equity, by Esther L. JonesChapter 10. Diversity and Life Writing in the Transnational Classroom, by Alfred HornungPART THREE: THE NEED FOR CONSTANT OVERSIGHTChapter 11. The Law and Its Limits on the Path to Inclusive Diversity, by Luna RösingerChapter 12. Diversity, Inclusion, and the U.S. Census: A Conversation with Paul Watanabe, Interviewed by Betsy Huang, SunHee Kim Gertz, and Lauren CyrChapter 13. The Gap Between Assessment and Creating Inclusion, by Esteban CardemilChapter 14. Inclusive Diversity and Business Ethics: Challenges from the European Migrant Crisis, by Christoph LuetgeChapter 15. Negotiating Diversity¿s Discontents, by Betsy Huang