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Anti-Racist Pedagogy - Resources for Inclusive Teaching

A collection of resources designed to empower educators from all disciplines in their journey towards fostering an inclusive and antiracist classroom environment.

General Resources

 

A Rapid Response to Racism in STEM

Building an antiracist lab: Scientists offer steps to take action now

Assignments and Lesson Plans

The Scientist Spotlights Initiative

Provides "access to easy-to-implement assignments/activities that link course content to the stories of counter-stereotypical scientists."

The Underrepresentation Curriculum Project

Provides lesson plans for STEM instructors who wish to incorporate teaching about equity within their field.

Inventors & STEM Professionals - Library of Congress

Journal Articles

Anthony-Stevens, V., & Matsaw Jr, S. L. (2020). The Productive Uncertainty of Indigenous and Decolonizing Methodologies in the Preparation of Interdisciplinary Stem Researchers. Cultural Studies of Science Education, 15(2), 595-613. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11422-019-09942-x

Asai, D. J. (2020). Race Matters. Cell, 181(4), 754-757. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2020.03.044

Bang, M., Marin, A., & Medin, D. (2018). If Indigenous Peoples Stand with the Sciences, Will Scientists Stand with Us? Daedalus, 147(2), 148-159. https://doi.org/10.1162/DAED_a_00498

Basile, V., & Black, R. (2019). They hated me till I was one of the “good ones”: Toward Understanding and Disrupting the Differential Racialization of Undergraduate African American STEM Majors. Journal of Negro Education 88(3), 379-390. https://www.muse.jhu.edu/article/802596.

Canning, E. A., Muenks, K., Green, D. J., & Murphy, M. C. (2019). STEM faculty who believe ability is fixed have larger racial achievement gaps and inspire less student motivation in their classes. Science Advances. https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aau4734

Chaudhary, V. B., & Berhe, A. A. (2020). Ten Simple Rules for Building an Antiracist Lab. PLOS Computational Biology, 16(10), e1008210. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1008210

Dewsbury, B., & Brame, C. J. (2019). Inclusive Teaching. CBE—Life Sciences Education, 18(2), fe2. https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-01-0021

Haynes, C., & Patton, L. D. (2019). From Racial Resistance to Racial Consciousness: Engaging White Stem Faculty in Pedagogical Transformation. Journal of Cases in Educational Leadership, 22(2), 85-98. https://doi.org/10.1177/1555458919829845

Johnson, A., & Elliott, S. (2020). Culturally Relevant Pedagogy: A Model To Guide Cultural Transformation in STEM Departments. Journal of microbiology & biology education, 21(1), 21.1.35. https://doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v21i1.2097

Nix, S., & Perez-Felkner, L. (2019). Difficulty Orientations, Gender, and Race/Ethnicity: An Intersectional Analysis of Pathways to Stem Degrees. Social Sciences, 8(2), 43. https://doi.org/10.3390/socsci8020043

Rainey, K., Dancy, M., Mickelson, R., Stearns, E., & Moller, S. (2018). Race and Gender Differences in How Sense of Belonging Influences Decisions to Major in Stem. International Journal of STEM Education, 5(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s40594-018-0115-6

Theobald, E. J., Hill, M. J., Tran, E., Agrawal, S., Arroyo, E. N., Behling, S., Chambwe, N., Cintrón, D. L., Cooper, J. D., Dunster, G., Grummer, J. A., Hennessey, K., Hsiao, J., Iranon, N., Jones, L., Jordt, H., Keller, M., Lacey, M. E., Littlefield, C. E., … Freeman, S. (2020). Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 117(12), 6476–6483. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1916903117

Recommended Books 

Biology

Race is real, but it's not genetic.

Course Materials

Introduction to Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-racism in Biology Syllabus

Project Biodiversify 

"A repository of teaching materials and methods aimed at enhancing human diversity and inclusivity in biology courses."

Journal Articles 

Akam, E., Azevedo, C., Chaney, A. M., Dhanvantari, S., Edwards, K. J., Henry, K. E., Ibhagui, O. Y., Ijoma, J. N., Ikotun, O. F., Mack, K. N., Nagle, V. L., Pereira, P. M. R., Purcell, M. L., Sanders, V. A., Shokeen, M., & Wang, X. (2021). Visions by Women in Molecular Imaging Network: Antiracism and Allyship in Action. Molecular Imaging and Biology, 23(3), 301-309. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11307-021-01597-x

Nardi, C. L. (2021). Antiracist Opportunities in the <I>Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education</I>: Considerations for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 22(2), 10.1128/jmbe.00151-00121. https://doi.org/doi:10.1128/jmbe.00151-21

Templeton, A. R. (2013). Biological Races in Humans. Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences, 44(3), 262-271. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.shpsc.2013.04.010

Engineering

Videos and Webinars

Anti-Racism in Engineering Education: From Dialogue to Action - ASEE Webinar

We Rise - Video Series by "Black in Engineering"

Open Acess Resources

Hyper-invisibility: What it’s like to be Black in engineering - SPIE

Journal Articles

Coley, B. C., & Huff, J. L.. (2022). Special Session: Inhibition to Antiracist Progress – Confronting the Intersection of Shame and Racism in Engineering Education. 2022 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE)https://doi.org/10.1109/fie56618.2022.9962538

Cross, K. J. (2020). Racism Is the Manifestation of White Supremacy and Antiracism Is the Answer. Journal of Engineering Education, 109(4), 625-628. https://doi.org/10.1002/jee.20362

Dietz, G. A., Douglas, E. P., Mccray, E. D., Mejia, J. A., Pawley, A., & Revelo, R. A. (2022). Learning from Antiracist Theories to Reframe Engineering Education Research on Race. Journal of Women and Minorities in Science and Engineering, 28(2), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1615/jwomenminorscieneng.2022036609

Li, S. (2022, 2022-07-01). Bringing the World: Capitalizing on Multilingual and Multicultural Resources in a Technical and Professional Communication Classroom. 2022 IEEE International Professional Communication Conference (ProComm), https://doi.org/10.1109/procomm53155.2022.00016

Pamulapati, V. R., Godwin, A., Rodriguez-Simmonds, H. E., Langus, T., Major, J. C., Pearson, N., & Kirn, A. (2021, 2021-10-13). Student-Faculty Interactions to Promote Equity in Engineering. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), https://doi.org/10.1109/fie49875.2021.9637422

Platt, M. O. (2020). We Exist. We Are Your Peers. Nature Reviews Materials, 5(11), 783-784. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00248-x

Secules, S., Park, S. E., Mccall, C., & Kali, M. B. (2021, 2021-10-13). Developing a Survey for Engineering Faculty Knowledge and Interest in Diversity, Equity, Inclusion Topics. 2021 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), https://doi.org/10.1109/fie49875.2021.9637133

Geo and Environmental Science

Lesson Plans

GeoContext

This resource provides teaching modules, including slides, lecture notes, and additional resources, “to assist educators in integrating topics on racism, colonialism, imperialism, environmental damage, and exploitation of natural resources into subjects commonly taught within geoscience departments.”

Journal Articles

Ali, H. N., Sheffield, S. L., Bauer, J. E., Caballero-Gill, R. P., Gasparini, N. M., Libarkin, J., Gonzales, K. K., Willenbring, J., Amir-Lin, E., Cisneros, J., Desai, D., Erwin, M., Gallant, E., Gomez, K. J., Keisling, B. A., Mahon, R., Marín-Spiotta, E., Welcome, L., & Schneider, B. (2021). An Actionable Anti-Racism Plan for Geoscience Organizations. Nature Communications, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-23936-w

Breanna, N. H., Pumtiwitt, C. M., April, M. W., Heidi, S., Kate, S. B., Stephanie, L. S., Lathiena, A. M., Jessica, L. M., & Roni, M. E. (2020). From Panic to Pedagogy: Using Online Active Learning to Promote Inclusive Instruction in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Courses and Beyond. 10(22), 12581-12612.  https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6915

Emily, P., & Sibyl, D. (2020). Situating the Scientist: Creating Inclusive Science Communication through Equity Framing and Environmental Justice. 5. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomm.2020.00006

Morales, N., Bisbee O’Connell, K., Mcnulty, S., Berkowitz, A., Bowser, G., Giamellaro, M., & Miriti, M. N.. (2020). Promoting inclusion in ecological field experiences: Examining and overcoming barriers to a professional rite of passage. The Bulletin of the Ecological Society of America, 101(4). https://doi.org/10.1002/bes2.1742

Platt, M. O. (2020). We Exist. We Are Your Peers. Nature Reviews Materials, 5(11), 783-784. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41578-020-00248-x

Sy, J. M. C. (2022). Till the Land, Defend the Land: Reflections on the Critical Place-Based Pedagogy of the Alternative Learning Center for Agricultural and Livelihood Development, Surigao Del Sur. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 18(3), 402-411. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801221115925

Trisos, C. H., Auerbach, J., & Katti, M. (2021). Decoloniality and Anti-Oppressive Practices for a More Ethical Ecology. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 5(9), 1205-1212. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-021-01460-w

Tseng, M., El-Sabaawi, R. W., Kantar, M. B., Pantel, J. H., Srivastava, D. S., & Ware, J. L. (2020). Strategies and Support for Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology. Nature Ecology & Evolution, 4(10), 1288-1290. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41559-020-1252-0

Books

Mathematics & Data Science

Open Access Resources

In Six Ways Mathematics Instructors Can Support Diversity and Inclusion, Natalie LF Hobson suggests the following approaches:

  1. Use students’ interest in contextualized tasks
  2. Expose students to a diverse group of mathematicians
  3. Design assessments and assignments with a variety of response types
  4. Use systematic grading and participation methods
  5. Consider your course logistics
  6. Encourage students to embrace a growth mindset

Can mathematics be antiracist? - AMS

Journal Articles 

Charleston, L. J., George, P. L., Jackson, J. F. L., Berhanu, J., & Amechi, M. H. (2014). Navigating Underrepresented Stem Spaces: Experiences of Black Women in U.S. Computing Science Higher Education Programs Who Actualize Success. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 7(3), 166-176. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0036632

Diaz-Lopez, A., Harris, P. E., Langarica, A. P., & Sosa, G. (2016). Lathisms: Latin@S and Hispanics in the Mathematical Sciences. Notices of the American Mathematical Society, 63(09), 1019-1024. https://doi.org/10.1090/noti1425

Jett, C. C. (2013). Culturally Responsive Collegiate Mathematics Education: Implications for African American Students [Article]. Interdisciplinary Journal of Teaching & Learning, 3(2), 102-116. https://echo.louisville.edu/login?url=https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=eft&AN=94849144&site=ehost-live

Johns, C., & Mills, M. (2021). Online Mathematics Tutoring During the Covid-19 Pandemic: Recommendations for Best Practices. PRIMUS, 31(1), 99-117. https://doi.org/10.1080/10511970.2020.1818336

Kulago, H. A., Wapeemukwa, W., Guernsey, P. J., & Black, M. (2021). Land, Water, Mathematics, and Relationships: What Does Creating Decolonizing and Indigenous Curricula Ask of Us? [Article]. Educational Studies, 57(3), 345-363. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131946.2021.1892690

Books

Physics & Chemistry

Open Access Resources

How can I talk about equity in physics classes? - PhysPort

Journal Articles

Baylor, M.-E., Hoehn, J. R., & Finkelstein, N. (2022). Infusing Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Throughout Our Physics Curriculum: (Re)Defining What It Means to Be a Physicist. The Physics Teacher, 60(3), 172-175. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0032998

Daane, A. R., Decker, S. R., & Sawtelle, V. (2017). Teaching About Racial Equity in Introductory Physics Courses. The Physics Teacher, 55(6), 328-333. https://doi.org/10.1119/1.4999724

Doucette, D., Daane, A. R., Flynn, A., Gosling, C., Hsi, D., Mathis, C., Morrison, A., Park, S., Rifkin, M., & Tabora, J. (2022). Teaching Equity in Chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 99(1), 301-306. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jchemed.1c00415

Huynh, T., Bauman, L., Robertson, A., & Scherr, R. (2021, August 4-5). Physics teachers’ framings of the relationship between equity and antiracism. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2021, Virtual Conference,  https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2021…

Leyva, L. A. (2022, 2022-09-22). We CanT Just Turn That Off and Then Do Some Physics: A Counter-Storytelling Analysis of Introductory Physics as a White, Cisheteropatriarchal Space in Undergraduate Stem Education. 2022 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings, https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2022…

Mathis, C., Daane, A. R., Rodriguez, B., Hernandez, J., & Huynh, T. (2023). How Instructors Can View Knowledge to Implement Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevphyseducres.19.010105

Mathis, C., & Southerland, S. (2022). Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics. The Physics Teacher, 60(4), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0027583

Mathis, C., Daane, A. R., Rodriguez, B., Hernandez, J., & Huynh, T. (2023). How Instructors Can View Knowledge to Implement Culturally Relevant Pedagogy. Physical Review Physics Education Research, 19(1). https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevphyseducres.19.010105

Mathis, C., & Southerland, S. (2022). Our Shifting Understandings of Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Physics. The Physics Teacher, 60(4), 260-265. https://doi.org/10.1119/5.0027583

Wooley, A., Basara, R., & Daane, A. R. (2021, 2021-10-10). Embracing Subjectivity in Physics to Support Student Empowerment. 2021 Physics Education Research Conference Proceedings,  https://doi.org/10.1119/perc.2021