Teaching Race

Robin Blom is associate professor and graduate director of journalism at Ball State University. He is director of the Unified Research Lab (URL), where he facilitates eye-tracking, virtual reality, psycho-physiology, and gaming studies with more than a dozen faculty and student researchers. George L. Daniels is associate professor of journalism and creative media at The University of Alabama. He is immediate past head of the AEJMC Minorities and Communication Division and is a nationally certified master journalism educator (MJE) and the inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity & Inclusion for the Broadcast Education Association.

A timely and useful addition to AEJMC’s master class series, this book provides valuable information for the instructor of mass communication classes that focus on race. Editors George Daniels and Robin Bloom have collected articles that expertly guide the instructor on effective strategies for teaching race and managing difficult conversations.

• Foreword. Melody T. Fisher, Mississippi State UniversityIntroduction. George L. Daniels, The University of Alabama, and Robin Blom, Ball State UniversityPart I: Structural ChangesChapter 1. Radically Transforming Programs and Syllabi, Danielle K. Kilgo, University of MinnesotaChapter 1 Perspective. Creating Spaces of Collective Unlearning, Angie Chuang, University of ColoradoChapter 2. Incorporating a Critique of Coloniality, Ilía Rodríguez, University of New MexicoChapter 2 Perspective. Teaching Race within an Intersectionality Framework, Nathian S. Rodriguez, San Diego State UniversityChapter 3. Committing to Excellence in Diversity and Accreditation, Mia Moody-Ramirez, Baylor UniversityChapter Perspective 3. Teaching Diversity at HBCUs Requires a Deeper Dive, Robbie R. Morganfield, North Carolina A&T State UniversityPart II: Positionality in the ClassroomChapter 4. When the Lecturer Is a Minority, Alfred J. Cotton III, University of CincinnatiChapter 4 Perspective. When the Lecturer Is Biracial or Multiracial, Elliott Lewis, Syracuse UniversityChapter 5. When the Lecturer Is a Majority Brian J. Bowe, The American University in CairoChapter 5 Perspective. When the Majority Lecturer Is in the Minority, Gregory Adamo, Morgan State UniversityChapter 6. When the Lecturer Is International, Masudal K. Biswas, Loyola University MarylandChapter 6 Perspective. When the Lecturer Is from a Different Culture, Mariam F. Alkazemi, Virginia Commonwealth UniversityPart III: Guidance and MentorshipChapter 7. Teaching Diversity in Immersive Learning Courses, Gabriel B. Tait, Ball State UniversityChapter 7 Perspective. Cultural Understanding of Diverse Communities, Aqsa Bashir, University of FloridaChapter 8. Diversity Issues in Campus Newsrooms and Agencies, Tamara Z. Buck, Southeast Missouri State UniversityChapter 8 Perspective. Covering Race Panic Stories and Diversity Flare-Ups, Cristina L. Azocar, San Francisco State UniversityChapter 9. Embracing a Pedagogy of Pain, Meta G. Carstarphen, The University of OklahomaChapter 9 Perspective. Confronting Color-Blindness, Keonte Coleman, Middle Tennessee State UniversityChapter 10. Guiding Research in Issues of Diversity and Difference, Troy Elias, University of OregonChapter 10 Perspective. Mentoring Students of Color, Maria De Moya, DePaul UniversityAfterword. Of Insurrection, Injustice, and a Racial Reckoning, Deb Aikat, University of North Carolina at Chapel HillAppendix I. ACEJMC Standard 2: Curriculum and InstructionAppendix II. ACEJMC Standard 4: Diversity and InclusivenessIndexAbout the Editors and Contributors