STP Diversity Committee

Call for Exemplary Syllabi with Diversity Content

View details at Project Syllabus

Resources

• Diversity-Teach Listserv Information
• APA Presidential Taskforce on Diversity Education Resources
  • The APA Presidential Taskforce on Diversity Education has developed annotated bibilographies of books, journal articles, films, websites, and other media on 20 cross-cuting issues and specific domains. The Division 2 Diversity Committee will continue the PTDE's work by making yearly updates to these resources.
• Resources for Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Faculty
• Resources for Recruiting and Retaining Diverse Students
• Faculty Recruitment and Retention Summary
• Student Recruitment and Retention Summary
• Diversity resources, including readings, in-class activities, and videos, that could be incorporated into traditional psychology classes. Categorized by areas of psychology (e.g., abnormal, developmental, physiological, personality, research methods, social, statistics, etc.). (Coming Soon)
• Links to syllabi of traditional psychology courses that heavily incorporate diversity. These syllabi have been reviewed and approved by the Project Syllabus Team (Coming Soon).

Our Charge

The Committee shall oversee and assess all Society activities related to diversity issues, including, but not limited to, diversity in membership, integration of diversity into the curriculum, hiring and retaining a diverse faculty, and attracting members of diverse groups to psychology as a major and a profession.

Purpose and Goals

We are committed to increasing the presence of people and perspectives from diverse backgrounds into our teaching and psychology as a profession. The committee defines cultural diversity to include race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, age, religion, socioeconomic background, and physical ability.

For 2006, our goal was to focus on increasing the number of faculty and students from diverse cultural backgrounds in psychology. We have compiled a list of resources on recruitment and retention of diverse faculty and students. We have also summarized the recruitment and retention best practices. The summaries and the resources are accessible on this site.

Our goal for 2007 is to focus on the integration of diversity into the curriculum. We are currently developing resources for faculty who want to incorporate diversity into the courses they teach. We plan to have an on-line resource that addresses topics related to diversity that should be covered in the courses in all the major areas of psychology (e.g., developmental, physiological, personality, social, testing, etc.). We would like to include resources such as readings, in-class activities, and videos.

In collaboration with the STP Project Syllabus Team, the diversity committee is also identifying quality syllabi of traditional psychology courses that incorporate diversity heavily into the curriculum.

Please consider sharing with us the resources that you have found helpful in your teaching and/or recruitment. We also welcome suggestions you might have for the committee. Please contact Linh Nguyen Littleford at lnlittleford@bsu.edu.

Linh Nguyen Littleford (Chair)
Ball State University
lnlittleford@bsu.edu

2008 Committee Members

• Kelley Haynes
• Meera Rastogi
• Regan Gurung
• Susan Goldstein