The AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) encourages diverse research and conference programming on the status of women in journalism and mass communication education. Candi Carter Olson is assistant professor at Utah State University.Tracy Everbach is professor of journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.

With the differing backgrounds and experiences students bring to the classroom today, the learning process must be ready to deal with controversial and, perhaps, uncomfortable situations that students and faculty will inevitably face both in and out of the classroom. This book creates a new awareness of viewing the world and those around us differently and realistically. It is a must-read for everyone in education.

• 1. Introduction: Testing Tolerance in the Classroom Tracy Everbach & Candi Carter OlsonPART I: Confronting Tough Topics2. Walking With Our Students: Turning Theory-based Courses Into Hands-on Media Production Opportunities Candi Carter Olson3. Taking Heat: Navigating Diversity and Confrontation in the ClassroomTracy Everbach4. Making the Invisible Valuable: Strategies for Translating Work at the Margins Meredith Clark5. Pedagogy of the Stressed: Mental Health in the Mass Communication Classroom and on CampusesChelsea Reynolds6. Being a Female Public Intellectual in the Age of Social Media: Navigating Backlash, Mansplainers, and TrollsRebecca Hains7. A Communication Unit Administrator’s Perspective on Speech Controversies in the Classroom and on CampusDavid PerlmutterPART II: Fostering Tolerance8. Flipping the Script: Difficult Dialogues and Blended Learning for Traditional and Online Journalism CoursesMarquita Smith & Mia Moody Ramirez9. Confronting “Bro Culture” in the Sports Journalism ClassroomSteve Fox10. Conflicted: Student Media Advisors, Sexual Assault Coverage, and Mandatory Reporting Under Title IXMeg Heckman11. #NAJAEverywhere: “I” in Indigenous (People) is CapitalizedVictoria LaPoe, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, & Rebecca Landsberry12. Wait…Hold on…Just let me explain this to you…Laura Castañeda13. Graduate Student Instructors: Tackling Tough Topics for the First TimeKhadijah Ejaz14. An Intersectional LGBTQ+ Pop Culture Approach to Critical PedagogyNathian Rodriguez15. Exploring Intersectional Approaches to PedagogyParomita Pain16. Conclusion: Recommendations and Class Resources Candi Carter Olson & Tracy Everbach

The AEJMC Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) encourages diverse research and conference programming on the status of women in journalism and mass communication education. Candi Carter Olson is assistant professor at Utah State University.Tracy Everbach is professor of journalism in the Mayborn School of Journalism at the University of North Texas.

With the differing backgrounds and experiences students bring to the classroom today, the learning process must be ready to deal with controversial and, perhaps, uncomfortable situations that students and faculty will inevitably face both in and out of the classroom. This book creates a new awareness of viewing the world and those around us differently and realistically. It is a must-read for everyone in education.

• 1. Introduction: Testing Tolerance in the Classroom Tracy Everbach & Candi Carter OlsonPART I: Confronting Tough Topics2. Walking With Our Students: Turning Theory-based Courses Into Hands-on Media Production Opportunities Candi Carter Olson3. Taking Heat: Navigating Diversity and Confrontation in the ClassroomTracy Everbach4. Making the Invisible Valuable: Strategies for Translating Work at the Margins Meredith Clark5. Pedagogy of the Stressed: Mental Health in the Mass Communication Classroom and on CampusesChelsea Reynolds6. Being a Female Public Intellectual in the Age of Social Media: Navigating Backlash, Mansplainers, and TrollsRebecca Hains7. A Communication Unit Administrator’s Perspective on Speech Controversies in the Classroom and on CampusDavid PerlmutterPART II: Fostering Tolerance8. Flipping the Script: Difficult Dialogues and Blended Learning for Traditional and Online Journalism CoursesMarquita Smith & Mia Moody Ramirez9. Confronting “Bro Culture” in the Sports Journalism ClassroomSteve Fox10. Conflicted: Student Media Advisors, Sexual Assault Coverage, and Mandatory Reporting Under Title IXMeg Heckman11. #NAJAEverywhere: “I” in Indigenous (People) is CapitalizedVictoria LaPoe, Lenzy Krehbiel-Burton, & Rebecca Landsberry12. Wait…Hold on…Just let me explain this to you…Laura Castañeda13. Graduate Student Instructors: Tackling Tough Topics for the First TimeKhadijah Ejaz14. An Intersectional LGBTQ+ Pop Culture Approach to Critical PedagogyNathian Rodriguez15. Exploring Intersectional Approaches to PedagogyParomita Pain16. Conclusion: Recommendations and Class Resources Candi Carter Olson & Tracy Everbach