Sage College DEI — Open Dialogue

Are you looking for additional ways to support inclusive conversation and productive dialogue in your classes? We hear you. We understand how difficult this work is and want to make things just a little easier. We are actively commissioning content from educators with DEI expertise and experience who want to share ideas and provide resources. We are also selecting activities from a range of our texts, spanning our disciplines, that you can try in your courses now.

Ways to Incorporate DEI into Your Courses*

By David J. Luke, Chief Diversity Officer, University of Michigan-Flint

Explore these modules for ways to integrate DEI into your course and foster open dialogue: 

• Module 1: Making the Case for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI)

• Module 2: Getting DEI into Your Curriculum

• Module 3: Ways to Teach Systemic Oppression and Privilege

• Module 4: Guiding Inclusive Classroom Conversations

• Module 5: Advocating for Inclusion and Justice

Try These Activities from Sage Authors*

• Activity 1: Reflecting on Colorblind Language and Racism 

• Activity 2: Inside/Outside Circles

• Activity 3: Hispanic, Latino/a, and Latinx: Which Should the U.S. Census Use?

• Activity 4: Identifying Racism Throughout U.S. History

• Activity 5: Recognizing Systemic Racism as a Global Issue

• Activity 6: Recognizing How Social Institutions Support Racism

• Activity 7: Cultural Supports for Systemic Racism in the United States

• Activity 8: American Indians and Alaska Natives: Surviving Genocide

• Activity 9: Defining, Attaining, and Benefitting from Whiteness

• Activity 10: Forever Foreigners? Asian American Ethnic Groups

• Activity 11: Jewish, Arab, and Muslim Americans: Experiencing Ethnocentrism as Racism

• Activity 12: Challenging and Changing Racial Categories? Interracial Marriage and Multiracial Americans

• Activity 13: How Racism Hurts and Antiracism Helps Everyone

• Activity 14: Understanding Cultural Identities and Their Influence on Teaching and Learning

• Activity 15: Instructional Approaches Needed by Multicultural Educators

*Published 07/22. © 2022 Sage Publishing. All rights reserved. All other brand and product names are the property of their respective owners.