This resource offers theoretical perspectives and practical guidance for creating equitable and inclusive learning environments in graduate and professional education (GPE).
Thought-provoking and action-oriented, this text underscores the shared responsibility of educators, administrators, and leaders to improve equity and inclusion on both the individual and institutional levels. Contributors target critical areas that significantly impact student experience and retention, providing concrete recommendations based on empirical research and lived experiences. Chapters conclude with bulleted strategies and reflection questions that allow readers space to apply the guidance to their unique contexts.
Given the moral imperative on higher education to be socially responsible while simultaneously acknowledging oppositional forces toward diversity and inclusion initiatives, this book equips GPE leaders, administrators, and practitioners with the tools necessary to build consensus for change, design and/or evaluate programs, and defend proposed changes with evidence.
Edited by:
Stephanie Bondi,
Uyen Tran-Parsons,
Vijay Kanagala
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Weight: 453g
ISBN: 9781032758664
ISBN 10: 103275866X
Series: An ACPA Co-Publication
Pages: 270
Publication Date: 03 June 2025
Audience:
College/higher education
,
Professional and scholarly
,
Primary
,
Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Forthcoming
Introduction: Why Equity and Inclusion Matter in Graduate Education Stephanie Bondi, Uyen Tran-Parsons, and Vijay Kanagal Part 1: Centering People in the Academy: Humanizing Graduate Education 1. Intentional and Active Hiring of Faculty and Staff for Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Graduate Education Stephanie Bondi, Gwendolyn Combs, Shavonna Holman, and Elvira Abrica 2. Applicants Speak: Reimagining Institutional Practices for Graduate Recruitment and Admission Aradhana Sringagesh and Annemarie Vacarro 3. Cultivating a Justice-Informed Teaching Praxis: The Difference, Power, and Oppression Academy Kali Furman and Nana Osei-Kofi 4. Practicing Relationality to Explore Responding to Reports of Bias Colette M. Yellow Robe and Stephanie Bondi Part 2: Mentoring, Advising, and Supervising Graduate Students 5. Enhancing the Underrepresented Graduate Student Experience: Advancing Advising and Mentorship Practices Meena Pannirselvam and Xiao Yun Sim 6. Reimagining and Humanizing Graduate Education through Holistic, Identity-Focused Faculty Advising Sonja Ardoin, Michelle Boettcher, Tony Cawthon, et al. 7. Navigating Resistance to Inclusive Leadership Through Mentoring Brooke Wells and Helen Fagan 8. Learning to Supervise Across Difference: Reimagining Identity-Conscious Supervision Training Within Graduate Preparation Programs Craig Elliott and Aja C. Holmes Part 3: Graduate Student Exhaustion and Reducing Labor in the Academy 9. Integrating Disability Culture to Alleviate Hidden Labor Costs for Disabled Graduate and Professional Students Amelia-Marie K. Altstadt, Javin D’Souza, and Jeffrey Alex Edelstein 10. Critical Organizational Justice and Labor Exploitation: Graduate Students Doing Program, College, and Campus Service Michael Anthony Goodman, Dawn Kioye Culpepper, Alexa Lee Arndt, and Wuqi Yu 11. THE ROC: Developing Influential Co-Constructed Graduate Support Spaces Michelle Maria Leao, Lisa Delacruz Combs, Hannah L. Reyes, et al. Part 4: Curricular and Co-Curricular Perspectives in Graduate and Professional Education 12. Transforming Curriculum for Equity and Inclusion in the Context of Internationalization in Graduate and Professional Programs Milad Mohebali, Paushali Saha, Truc Nguyen, et al. 13. Developing Cultural Sensitivity Among Health Care Students Caitlin M. Gibson and Jennifer Santee 14. Good Trouble: Activating Measurable Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Values in Graduate Health Professions Curricula Patrick G. Corr, Paige McDonald, Julia Xavier, et al. 15. What Do Grades Have to Do With It?: Engaging Collaborative Grading Techniques to Enhance Graduate Student Learning Laila McCloud and Sonja Ardoin 16. Direct Connections Between Life and Death: The Development of a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Office at a Graduate School of Health Professions Kimberly A. Truong and Clyde Wilson Pickett Conclusion: Facing the Headwinds: A Call to Action for Equity and Inclusion in Graduate Education Vijay Kanagala, Stephanie Bondi, and Uyen Tran-Parsons
Stephanie Bondi is Associate Professor of Practice and Coordinator of MA with specialization in Student Affairs in the Educational Administration department at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, USA. Uyen Tran-Parsons is Principal Lecturer and MEd Program Advisor in the Higher Education Program at the University of North Texas, USA. Vijay Kanagala is Professor of Secondary and Higher Education and Program Coordinator of Higher Education in Student Affairs at Salem State University, USA.
