Anti-racism in Occupational Therapy Education

Tyra M. Banks is Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging in the Programs in Occupational Therapy at the Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, and Assistant Professor of Rehabilitation and Regenerative Medicine at CUMC. She has presented nationally and internationally on anti-racist pedagogy and lives in New York. Khalilah R. Johnson is an Assistant Professor of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy in the Department of Health Sciences at the University of North Carolina School of Medicine. She is also the owner and operator of Slaying Academia, LLC and co-host of the Dr. thOTs Podcast. Dr. Johnson is an internationally recognized scholar with a funded program of research and a strong publication record focused on anti-racism, race equity in health services research, and critical participatory action research with individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

• Foreword Arameh AnvarizadehUnit IChapter 1 Anti-racism and occupational therapy education: An introductionKhalilah R. JohnsonChapter 2 Whiteness, power, and privilegeMusharrat Ahmed-Landeryou and Rebecca ParkinChapter 3 Racism, bias and OT EducationTyra M. Banks, Shanteria Carr Watson, and Selena WashingtonChapter 4 Epistemic justice and injustice in education: A pragmatist perspectiveRodolpho Morrison and Ryan LavalleyChapter 5 Decoloniality, racism, and the occupational therapy classroomIsla Emery-WhittingtonChapter 6 Using an Anti-Racist Lens in Fieldwork Education Efekona Nuwere and Ida KoraitemChapter 7 Faculty development for critical race consciousnessHakeem Leonard and Tyra M. BanksChapter 8 Student performance: Assessment and evaluation through a critical race lens Stacy West-Bruce and Grayson OwensUnit IIModule 0 Introduction to culturally-informed technologies and pedagogical practices Adrienne SmileyModule 1 Hip Hop as instructional media Jian JonesModule 2 Ubuntu Mapheyeledi Sibindlana, Elelwani Ramugondo, and Sivuyisiwe TotoModule 3 Locating and respecting indigenous epistemologies Angie Phenix, Tara Pride, and Kaarina ValavaaraModule 4 Revealing South America's racism denial through education as a rebellious actLisette Farias, Aline Godoy Vieira, and Michelle LapierreModule 5 Caribbean epistemologies in occupational therapy education Nardia Aldridge and Diana HonoratModule 6 Everyday forms of resistance as a pedagogical tool for social change: Lessons learned from SWANAJuman SimaanModule 7 Centering East Asian ways of knowing in anti-racist pedagogy in OT educationKaren Park and E. Mariko Yamazaki-SanchezModule 8 Southeast Asian cultures: transforming and decolonizing educationLuis de Leon Arabit, Terry Peralta- Catipon, Allen Romero Espelitaand Uyen NguyenList of online resources