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Teaching Resources Related to Diversity, Equity, Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging

  • Antiracist Resources for Teaching, Learning, and Assessment of Student Learning: The National Institute for Learning Outcomes Assessment (NILOA) has compiled a list of curated resources to support faculty moving toward antiracist teaching, learning, and assessment of student learning.
  • CSCU Anti-Racism Resources: A guide adapted by the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Team of the CSCU Library Consortium. The video-rich guide explores the causes and impacts of racism and offers anti-racism resources for allies.
  • Guidelines for Discussing Difficult or High-Stakes Topics: Guidelines developed by the University of Michigan to help faculty facilitate classroom discussion around difficult, emotionally charged, or controversial issues.
  • How to Enhance Inclusivity and Belonging in Teaching: This resource from Carnegie Mellon University offers strategies for intentionally enhancing inclusivity and belonging in teaching, including suggestions for revising learning objectives, reducing stereotype threat, designing group work, and avoiding assignment prompts that might marginalize students. The site includes discipline-specific examples. 
  • The Importance of Learning Students' Names: A resource from Lafayette College on why learning students' preferred name and pronunciation is important for their learning, and classroom strategies for learning student names effectively and efficiently.
  • Inclusive Pedagogy: Developed by the University of Chicago Center for Teaching, the website offers beginning and advanced strategies for inclusive teaching, including creating an inclusive environment, varying course content, developing new teaching strategies, and assessing progress.
  • Inclusive Teaching: Supporting All Students in the College Classroom: An online course developed by Columbia University designed to help faculty explore the principles of inclusive teaching and learn how to apply them in the classroom to support diverse learners.
  • Inclusive Teaching Database: Developed by the University of Portland, the database is designed to help faculty find and access resources tailored to their own inclusive teaching or pedagogic research. Users can enter keywords to search its 120+ indexed Web, journal, book/chapter, conference, and video resources, or narrow your resource search by its targeted discipline, academic division, particular teaching dilemma, or resource type. 
  • Inclusive Teaching Practices Modules: Modules developed for faculty by the University of Denver on inclusive pedagogy, intersectional pedagogy, inclusive assessment, Universal Design for Learning, community of inquiry, and global intercultural pedagogy. The website also includes resources for learning more about identity pedagogies, including sexual orientation and identity pedagogies, Native American pedagogies, disability pedagogy, and trauma informed pedagogy.
  • JEDI Resources: Eastern's JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion) group has assembled DEI and anti-racist tools and resources for faculty.
  • Racial Equity Tools: A website designed to support individuals and groups working to achieve racial equity. It offers tools, research, tips, curricula, and ideas for people who want to increase their understanding and to help those working for racial justice at every level – in systems, organizations, communities, and the culture at large.
  • Want to Reach All of Your Students? Here's How to Make Your Teaching More Inclusive: Advice guide from the Chronicle of Higher Education on inclusive course design and interacting inclusively with students.

  • Thanks to the POD Network, the J. Eugene Smith Library Lib Guides, and others for identifying and compiling many of these resources.