Creating Inclusive Classrooms – Instructor Resources for Continued Learning

Compiled with contributions from UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations

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

Download pdf: Creating Inclusive Classrooms_Articles List_March2025

• Inclusive Language Guide, 2nd edition. (2023) American Psychological Association. https://www.apa.org/about/apa/equity-diversity-inclusion/language-guidelines
• 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
• UC Davis Best Practices for Supporting Transgender and Nonbinary Communities: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ea3sVkS_HMqV0MsVabg_sT_WCxFkp6_D/view 
• 26 Mini-Films for Exploring Race, Bias and Identity with Students (2017; Michael Gonchar, New York Times); article includes related readings and teaching activities: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/15/learning/lesson-plans/25-mini-films-for-exploring-race-bias-and-identity-with-students.html 
  • A Conversation on Race (2017, New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/your-stories/conversations-on-race
  • Who, Me? Biased? (2016, New York Times) : https://www.nytimes.com/video/who-me-biased
  • Confronting Racist Objects (2016, New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/09/us/confronting-racist-objects.html 
  • Hyphen-Nation (2017, New York Times): https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/hyphen-nation
• Creating inclusive college classrooms. (2016). Shari Saunders & Diana Kardia. University of Michigan Center for research on Learning and Teaching. https://crlt.umich.edu/gsis/p3_1
• Creating Inclusive Classrooms for Trans* and Gender Expansive Students (UC Berkeley). https://cejce.berkeley.edu/geneq/resources/publications-media-faqs/resources-classrooms-and-groups
• 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. https://www.nea.org/nea-today/all-news-articles/lasting-impact-mispronouncing-students-names
• How three professors use trigger warnings in their classrooms. (2016). Emma Pettit. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/how-3-professors-use-trigger-warnings-in-their-classrooms/
• 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. https://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. https://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. https://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, producers. https://vimeo.com/164153266
• Ask me: What LGBTQ students want their professors to know. (2015). Julia Smalz. The Chronicle of Higher Education. https://www.chronicle.com/article/ask-me-what-lgbtq-students-want-their-professors-to-know/
• 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. https://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. https://projects.seattletimes.com/2016/under-our-skin/#
• Reflections on cultural humility. (2013). Amanda Waters and Lisa Asbill. American Psychological Association. Currently available here: https://www.mtroyal.ca/AboutMountRoyal/TeachingLearning/CSLearning/_pdfs/adc_csl_pdf_exculhumcap.pdf  (
• 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. https://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. https://practiceofinclusion.com/index.html
• Universal Design for Learning Guidelines (2024). https://udlguidelines.cast.org (accessed March 2025)

Compiled by UC Davis Office of Campus Community Relations and S. E. Ebler. Updated August 2018; November 2018; November 2019; September 2021; March 2023; March 2025