In October 2012 I traveled to Kutztown University which is in Berks County, Pennsylvania located about midway between the cities of Reading and Allentown. Like Millersville, Kutztown University is a member of the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE) and was founded in the mid-1800s as a State Normal School to prepare students to be teachers.
As a professor I try to create learning situations that allow my students to explore concepts from multiple perspectives. To integrate different events and issues into my pedagogy that illustrate how America is becoming more diverse than ever before.
At Kutztown, I participated in learning kiosk called the The Race Experience which uses one’s own photo to morph it into six different racial categories based on facial characteristics of the different races. I also toured the Pride and Passion: The African-American Baseball Experience which is a traveling exhibition on display at the Kutztown University Library.
Learning in culturally relevant ways, and reaching students by examining the changing world around us in meaningful and thoughtful ways is another important part of teaching.
Diversity and inclusion are important concepts for students. Click to read two (2) teaching tips I co-authored which illustrates the automatic nature of stereotyping and the tendency for people to base their judgements of others on outward appearance. Click to open the article one: AT journal teaching tip for diversity.PDF Click to open article two: Tuskegee Study.PDF
During the 2012-13 academic year, I served as co-chair of the School of Education Diversity Committee. Shown below is a brochure that outlines the work of the committee. Click here to open the: SOE Diversity Committee Strategic Plan.PDF
I have collected data on diversity initiatives that occur in schools at the Steering Committee meeting for the Master’s degree in Leadership.
