Fostering Equity and Inclusion in Graduate Education

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.

• Introduction: Why Equity and Inclusion Matter in Graduate EducationStephanie Bondi, Uyen Tran-Parsons, and Vijay KanagalPart 1: Centering People in the Academy: Humanizing Graduate Education1. Intentional and Active Hiring of Faculty and Staff for Advancing Equity and Inclusion in Graduate EducationStephanie Bondi, Gwendolyn Marizett Combs, Shavonna Holman, and Elvira Abrica2. Applicants Speak: Reimagining Institutional Practices for Graduate Recruitment and AdmissionAradhana N. Sringagesh and Annemarie Vaccaro3. Cultivating a Justice-Informed Teaching Praxis: The Difference, Power, and Oppression AcademyKali Furman and Nana Osei-Kofi4. Practicing Relationality to Explore Responding to Reports of BiasColette M. Yellow Robe and Stephanie BondiPart 2: Mentoring, Advising, and Supervising Graduate Students5. Enhancing the Underrepresented Graduate Student Experience: Advancing Advising and Mentorship PracticesMeena and Xiao Yun Sim6. Reimagining and Humanizing Graduate Education through Holistic, Identity-Focused Faculty AdvisingSonja Ardoin, Michelle Boettcher, Tony Cawthon, et al.7. Navigating Resistance to Inclusive Leadership Through MentoringBrooke Wells and Helen Abdali Soosan Fagan8. Learning to Supervise Across Difference: Reimagining Identity-Conscious Supervision Training Within Graduate Preparation ProgramsCraig Elliott and Aja C. HolmesPart 3: Graduate Student Exhaustion and Reducing Labor in the Academy9. Integrating Disability Culture to Alleviate Hidden Labor Costs for Disabled Graduate and Professional StudentsAmelia-Marie K. Altstadt, Javin D’Souza, and Jeffrey Alex Edelstein "Jae"10. Critical Organizational Justice and Labor Exploitation: Graduate Students Doing Program, College, and Campus ServiceMichael Anthony Goodman, Dawn Kioye Culpepper, Alexa Lee Arndt, and Wuqi Yu11. THE ROC: Developing Influential Co-Constructed Graduate Support SpacesMichelle Maria Leao, Lisa Delacruz Combs, Hannah L. Reyes, et al.Part 4: Curricular and Co-Curricular Perspectives in Graduate and Professional Education12. Transforming Curriculum for Equity and Inclusion in the Context of Internationalization in Graduate and Professional ProgramsMilad Mohebali, Paushali Saha, Truc Nguyen, et al.13. Developing Cultural Sensitivity Among Health Care StudentsCaitlin M. Gibson and Jennifer Santee14. Good Trouble: Activating Measurable Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Justice (DEIJ) Values in Graduate Health Professions CurriculaPatrick G. Corr, Paige L. McDonald, Julia Xavier, et al. 15. What Do Grades Have to Do With It?: Engaging Collaborative Grading Techniques to Enhance Graduate Student LearningLaila I. McCloud and Sonja Ardoin16. Direct Connections Between Life and Death: The Development of a Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDI) Office at a Graduate School of Health ProfessionsKimberly A. Truong and Clyde Wilson PickettConclusion: Facing the Headwinds—A Call to Action for Equity and Inclusion in Graduate EducationVijay Kanagala, Stephanie Bondi, and Uyen Tran-Parsons