EIU Booth Library

EIU strives in word and deed to be a diverse and inclusive university. To meet our goals we need to understand what diversity and inclusion looks like and what it sounds like in everyday speech. To that end, Making Excellence Inclusive (eiu.edu/mei) is presenting a workshop entitled:

On Monday March 2 at 4 pm in the Tuscola/Arcola room of the MLK Union T. M. Linda Scholz (Associate Professor, Communication Studies) and Richard G. Jones, Jr. (Assistant Professor, Communication Studies) will talk about the importance of a shared terminology when discussing issues of diversity and inclusion.

We learn culture through language and communication. Without a shared language, cultural change is difficult at best. In an effort to understand what it really means to integrate diversity into EIU’s student life activities, curriculum and pedagogy, and faculty development as well as into the Charleston community, we need to share a common language. This workshop is designed to help us understanding what is meant by “diversity,” “racism,” “white privilege,” “oppression,” “homophobia,” and the list goes, in an effort to work toward creating campus and community climates that move beyond tolerance to understanding and integration.

The resources available at Booth Library can help us share a common language around these issues.

The Encyclopedia of Human Services and Diversity
edited by Linwood H. Cousins
Gale Virtual Reference Library
view online

 

 

 

Revisioning Diversity in Communication Studies
by Armado Rodriguez

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

White Privilege: a streaming video from Booth Library: Alexander Street Press Counseling and Therapy in video collection.

(Access restricted to on campus or authenticated EIU users)

Also available in the series:
Christian Privilege
Male Privilege
Straight Privilege
Social Class Privilege
Able Bodied Privilege

 

Tim Wise: on White Privilege: racism, white denial and the costs on inequality
by Tim J. Wise and Sut Jhally, 2008
call number E185.615 T55 2008x DVD

 

 

Encyclopedia of Social Theory
edited by George Ritzer
call number HM425 .E47 2005
Reference Room, non-circulating
also online