Equity-Focused Resources
Below are some resources CRLT-Engin gathered to support Michigan Engineering instructors with equity-centered teaching.
Articles and Book Chapters
| Author | Link | Tag |
| Budinoff & Subbian (2021) | Asset-based Approaches to Engineering Design Education: A Scoping Review of Theory and Practice |
ASSET-BASED FRAMEWORK |
| Canning et. al. (2019) | STEM faculty who believe ability is fixed have larger racial achievement gaps and inspire less student motivation in their classes | GROWTH/FIXED MINDSET, RACISM, ACADEMIC STEM INSTRUCTION |
| Cech, E. (2013) | The (Mis)Framing of Social Justice: Why Ideologies of Depoliticization and Meritocracy Hinder Engineers’ Ability to Think About Social Injustices |
OBJECTIVITY, MERITOCRACY, ACADEMIC ENGINEERING |
| Cech, E. (2014) | Education: Embed social awareness in science curricula |
ACADEMIC STEM INSTRUCTION, ETHICS |
| Collette, Armstrong & Bean (2018) | CRLT Occasional Paper 38: Supporting Students Facing Mental Health Challenges |
STUDENT MENTAL HEALTH |
| DiAngelo, R. (2011) | White fragility | WHITENESS, RACISM |
| Harper (2020) | An Anti-Deficit Achievement Framework for Research on Students of Color in STEM |
ANTI-DEFICIT FRAMEWORK, BLACK STUDENTS, LATINX STUDENTS |
| Hughes, B. E. (2018) |
Coming out in STEM: Factors affecting retention of sexual minority STEM students |
SEXUAL/GENDER IDENTITY |
| Magee, R. (2019) |
“The Innerwork of Racial Justice”
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RACISM, PERSONAL REFLECTION, MINDFULNESS |
| McGee, E. (2020) |
Black, Brown, Bruised: How Racialized STEM Education Stifles Innovation, Ebony McGee
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RACISM, ACADEMIC STEM INSTRUCTION |
| Reddick, Jacobson, Linse & Yong (2005) | Chapter 32, “A Framework for Inclusive Teaching in STEM Disciplines” from Teaching Inclusively, ed. Mathew L. Ouellett |
INCLUSIVE TEACHING, PEDAGOGY |
| Rincon, B. & Rodriguez, S. (2021) | Latinx Students Charting Their Own Pathways: How Community Cultural Wealth Informs Their STEM Identities |
ASSET-BASED FRAMEWORK, ANTI-DEFICIT FRAMEWORK, LATINX STUDENTS |
| Solorzano, D., Ceja, M., & Yosso, T. (2000) | Critical race theory, racial microaggressions, and campus racial climate: The experiences of African American college students |
MICROAGGRESSIONS, ACADEMIC CLIMATE, BLACK STUDENTS |
| Suppiano, B, (2018) | Traditional Teaching May Deepen Inequality. Can a Different Approach Fix It? | TEACHING METHODS |
| Truesdell, Carr, & Orr (2017) |
Dafina-Lazarus Stewart, Diversity and the Language of Appeasement, Inside Higher Ed, March 30, 2017. “The Role of Combahee in Anti-Diversity Work.” Souls, 19(3): 359-376. |
DIVERSITY, LANGUAGE |
| Winkelmes, Bernacki, Butler, Zochowski, Golanics & Weavil. (2016) | A teaching intervention that increases underserved college students’ success |
TRANSPARENCY, ASSESSMENT, EQUITY |
| Zaloom, C. (2019) |
Indebted: How Families Make College Work at Any Cost. Social Class Voices: Student Stories from the University of Michigan Bicentennial
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SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS |
Audio Resources and Podcasts
| Link | Tag |
| Disability Visibility Podcast, Ep. 91: Disabled Engineers |
DISABILITY, ABLEISM, ENGINEERING |
| 40 Acres in Mississippi episode from the United States of Anxiety program | HISTORY OF RACISM, WHITENESS |
| Engineering Change Podcast, Ep. 15: Hypervisible Invisibility |
BLACK STUDENTS, ACADEMIC ENGINEERING |
Video Resources
| Link | Description | Tag |
| NYTimes videos | A series of short films about identity in America. |
RACE, WHITENESS |
| Netflix film: Coded Bias | Coded Bias exposes prejudices and threats to civil liberty in facial recognition algorithms and artificial intelligence. | INEQUITY IN DATA, ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE |
| Film: FIXED: The Science/Fiction of Human Enhancement | Fixed explores the social impact of human biotechnologies. |
ABLEISM, DISABILITY |
Courses, Quizzes, Checklists, and Teacher Resources
| Link | Tag |
| COUNTS (Council of Nontraditional Students) at U-M Student Support Toolkit |
NON-TRADITIONAL STUDENTS |
| Privilege Checklist: From Project Humanities at Arizona State University, “How Privileged Am I?” | INTERSECTIONALITY, PRIVILEGE |
| White Supremacy Culture Checklist |
WHITE SUPREMACY, RACISM |
| CRLT-Engin New Faculty Orientation: Student Services links for engineering instructors |
DISABILITY, INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS, MENTAL HEALTH, CONFLICT RESOLUTION |
| White Privilege: Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack | WHITE PRIVILEGE, REFLECTION |
| Diversity Syllabus Rubric |
SYLLABUS, EQUITY |