Creating Inclusive Classrooms – Instructor Resources for Continued Learning

Compiled by UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations

See also UC Davis DEI Resources: https://diversity.ucdavis.edu/dei-resources

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• Disability Visibility Project. Dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture: https://disabilityvisibilityproject.com/?itid=lk_inline_enhanced-template
• Videos on experiences of living with a disability by James Robinson (2021-22):
  • What a Legally Blind Person Can See:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X04HKyW-3hc 
  • I Stutter. But I Need You to Listen:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0E_wMIwfSI
  • I Have Face Blindness. This is How I Recognize You:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3-MzNPcEh6M
  • I Have a Visual Disability, And I Want You to Look Me in the Eye (also called “I have Whale Eyes”):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TjxC-evzxdk
• Creating inclusive college classrooms. (2016). Shari Saunders & Diana Kardia. University of Michigan Center for research on Learning and Teaching. http://www.crlt.umich.edu/gsis/p3_1
• Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Trans* and Gender Expansive Students (UC Berkeley)
  http://geneq.berkeley.edu/classroom
• Micro-affirmations in academic advising: Small acts, big impact. (2013). Candice Powell, Cynthia Demetriou, & Annice Fisher. The Mentor: An academic advising journal. https://journals.psu.edu/mentor/article/view/61286/60919  (link to on-line journal: https://dus.psu.edu/mentor/)
• The lasting impact of mispronouncing students’ names. (2016). Claire McLaughlin. NEA Today. http://neatoday.org/2016/09/01/pronouncing-students-names/
• How three professors use trigger warnings in their classrooms. (2016). Emma Pettit. The Chronicle of Higher Education.http://www.chronicle.com/article/How-3-Professors-Use-Trigger/237691
• Teaching for diversity and social justice, 4th ed. (2023). Maurianne Adams, Lee Ann Bell, et al. Eds. https://routledgetextbooks.com/textbooks/9780367431204/default.php 
• From living in cars to UC Davis – one student’s journey. (2016). Joy Resmovits. The Los Angeles Times. http://www.latimes.com/local/education/la-me-jordan-angel-macias-20160625-snap-htmlstory.html
• First-generation students unite. (2015). Laura Pappano. The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/12/education/edlife/first-generation-students-unite.html?_r=0
• Campus as obstacle course. (2012). Roger Martin. The New York Times.http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/education/edlife/a-wheelchair-tour-of-morningside-college-in-sioux-city-iowa.html
• Hijabi world: What American women who wear hijab want you to know. (2016). Julie Winokur & Ed Kashi. The Atlantic. Video is available at: https://vimeo.com/164153266  (original Atlantic article:http://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/497318/hijabi-world/  )
• Ask me: What LGBTQ students want their professors to know. (2015). Julia Smalz. The Chronicle of Higher Education. http://www.chronicle.com/article/Ask-Me-What-LGBTQ-Students/232797/
• Toolkit for Veteran Friendly Institutions (American Council on Education) https://www.acenet.edu/Documents/Veterans-Toolkit-2018.pdf
• My life as an undocumented immigrant. (2011). Jose Antonio Vargas. The New York Times Magazine. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/26/magazine/my-life-as-an-undocumented-immigrant.html
• Under our skin: What do we mean when we talk about race? (2016). The Seattle Times. http://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under-our-skin/
• Reflections on cultural humility. (2013). Amanda Waters and Lisa Asbill. American Psychological Association. http://www.apa.org/pi/families/resources/newsletter/2013/08/cultural-humility.aspx
• Code switch word watch. A collection of radio stories on the origin and significance of words and terms relating to culture and identity. NPR. https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/ 
• Microaggressions: Power, privilege, and everyday life. http://www.microaggressions.com/
• NeuroTribes:The Legacy of autism and the future of neurodiversity. (2015). Steve Silberman. https://www.stevesilberman.com/books/#neurotribes
• Understanding Asperger Syndrome: A Professor’s Guide. (2014). Organization for Autism Research. https://youtu.be/divmxBBQ5Zw
• Diversity at work: The Practice of inclusion. (2013). Bernarndo M. Ferdman & Barbara R. Deane, Eds. http://practiceofinclusion.com/
• Universal Design for Learning Guidelines (2018). https://udlguidelines.cast.org (accessed March 2023)

Compiled by UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations and S. E. Ebler. Updated August 2018; November 2018; November 2019; September 2021; March 2023