Diversity and Inclusion in Higher Education and Societal Contexts, 1st ed. 2018
International and Interdisciplinary Approaches

Coordinators: Gertz SunHee Kim, Huang Betsy, Cyr Lauren

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Groundbreaking in its international, interdisciplinary, and multi-professional approach to diversity and inclusion in higher education, this volume puts theory in conversation with practice, articulates problems, and suggests deep-structured strategies from multiple perspectives including performed art, education, dis/ability studies, institutional as well as government policy, health humanities, history, jurisprudence, psychology, race and ethnicity studies, and semiotic theory.  The authors?originating from Austria, Germany, Luxembourg, Trinidad, Turkey, and the US? invite readers to join the conversation and sustain the work.
Introduction
Chapter 1. Saturation, To Create a Civilized Space, by SunHee Kim Gertz
Chapter 2. Literature Review: Interdisciplinary Findings on Diversity and Inclusion, by Lauren Cyr
PART ONE: BUILDING A DIVERSE AND INCLUSIVE FRAMEWORK
Chapter 3. National and International Legal Platforms, Theory and Practice: The Example of Luxembourg and the Current Migration Crisis, by Dominique Faber
Chapter 4. On Citizenship, Art, and Action with Natasha Marin, Interviewed by Betsy Huang
Chapter 5. Diversity and Inclusion in Turkey: Citizenship and Belonging, by Melike Sayoglu
Chapter 6. Educating for Inclusive Diversity, by Charlotte Securius-Carr and Reiner Rohr
Chapter 7. Supporting Strategies for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in Higher Education Faculty Hiring, by Henry F. Fradella
PART TWO: CONDITIONS FOR INCLUSIVELY DIVERSE LEARNING 
Chapter 8. Dis/ability Studies in the Universal Design University, by Justin J. W. Powell and Lisa Pfahl
Chapter 9. Structural Competency and African Contexts: A Mixed Methodological Approach to Interrogating Strategies for Greater Health Equity, by Esther L. Jones
Chapter 10. Diversity and Life Writing in the Transnational Classroom, by Alfred Hornung
PART THREE: THE NEED FOR CONSTANT OVERSIGHT
Chapter 11. The Law and Its Limits on the Path to Inclusive Diversity, by Luna Rösinger
Chapter 12. Diversity, Inclusion, and the U.S. Census: A Conversation with Paul Watanabe, Interviewed by Betsy Huang, SunHee Kim Gertz, and Lauren Cyr
Chapter 13. The Gap Between Assessment and Creating Inclusion, by Esteban Cardemil
Chapter 14. Inclusive Diversity and Business Ethics: Challenges from the European Migrant Crisis, by Christoph Luetge
Chapter 15. Negotiating Diversity’s Discontents, by Betsy Huang
SunHee Kim Gertz is Professor Emerita of English and Senior Research Scholar at Clark University, USA.

Betsy Huang is Associate Professor of English and former (inaugural) Chief Officer of Diversity and Inclusion, Clark University, USA.

Lauren Cyr is a PhD student at Clark University, USA.

Provides multiple perspectives and respond to challenges accompanying diversity and inclusion practices today

Presents historical accounts that isolate four different, powerful forces that make inclusion a difficult balancing act in diverse cultures: economics, religion, ethnic rivalries, and patriotism

Offers comparative approaches to establish equal rights, create reliable data-driven overviews, and establish universal accessibility