Diversity

Intergrating Diversity in Curriculum and Courses at James Madison University

This site offers examples of pedagogical strategies used by faculty at James Madison University. For easy reference, the strategies are grouped by the diversity topic that the instructor targeted (such as race/ethnicity, age, or socioeconomics). Many of them, however, can be modified to fit other topics, so please feel free to browse. Click on the title of any example below to access a short video clip of the instructor describing his or her work and/or a downloadable copy of his or her strategy. If you have a original strategy that you would like to share or one that you have innovated based on one of the strategies above, please contact either Dr. Meg Mulrooney, Chair of the Gen Ed Diversity Advisory Board (mulroomm@jmu.edu) or Dr. Karen Santos, Executive Director, Center for Faculty Innovation (santoske@jmu.edu).

Race / Ethnicity

Example	Pedagogical Strategy	Description	Video
St. Patrick's Day Parades and Irish Identity Meg Mulrooney, GAMST - American Studies	PowerPoint Presentation
White-ville Ramanga Osotsi, GENG - English	In-class activity
IQ Testing Slides (Buck vs. Bell) Zewe Serpell, GPSYCH - Psychology	PowerPoint Presentation
Adopt a Country Ramanga Osotsi, GENG - English	Project
Country Journal Susan Kruck, MBA640 - Management Information Systems	Project
Romanticism and Imperialism Karyn Sproles, GENG - English	none

Socioeconomics

Example	Pedagogical Strategy	Description	Video
Geographic Genealogy Johnathan Walker, GGEOG - Geography	Research Paper
Romanticism and Imperialism Karyn Sproles, GENG - English	none

Values (Spiritual, political, cultural)

Example	Pedagogical Strategy	Description	Video
Creationism vs. Evolution Debate Kit Murphy, GSCI - Science	In-class activity
Diversity in the Classroom Daisy Breneman, GWRIT - Writing	Research Paper

General diversity

Example	Pedagogical Strategy	Description	Video
Discourse Communities Lee Mayfield, GCOM	Research Paper
Inequality Suey Spivey, ISS - Interdisciplinary Social Science	In-class activity
Ethics in Research Zewe Serpell, GPSYCH - Psychology	PowerPoint Presentation
Spear vs. Machine Gun Debate Ramanga Osotsi, GENG - English	In-class discussion
Socio-Economics Elizabeth Armstrong, GCOM - Communications	none

Sexual Orientation

Age

Disabilities (mental, physical, emotional, learning)

Gender