Aaron Thompson – författare

Summer reading programs for first-year students should be focused on the needs of those students. This book moves away from the paradigm of using general audience novels for summer reading programs. It is a high-impact book written by experienced first-year educators for this specific student audience.

2nd edition now available!Peer-to-Peer Leadership: Research-Based Strategies for Peer Mentors and Peer Educators is designed to help student leaders navigate each step in the process of leadership development. It touches all the bases of effective leadership, equipping students with an arsenal of powerful leadership practices. The book is infused with the following features:Research-Driven - recommended practices are well-grounded in leadership theory and scholarship drawn from multiple fields of study.Principle-Based - suggested strategies are built on transferable principles that student leaders can apply across different leadership roles in college and beyond.Reflections - thought-provoking questions are interspersed within each chapter, keeping students engaged throughout the reading process.Sidebar Quotes -words from famous and influential leaders reinforce key concepts.Tales from the Trenches - leadership tips and insights are offered by current and former peer leaders.Author's Experiences - relevant stories are shared by the book's authors, serving to personalize the book's content.Concept Maps - key ideas are visually organized into diagrams, images, and figures.Internet Resources - websites at the end of each chapter are recommended for further information on the chapter topic.Exercises - end-of-chapter activities encourage students to apply the chapter's content to their leadership role on campus.Self-Assessment Instrument - an extensive inventory of leadership self-assessment and development questions is included at the end of the book.

As teachers face increasing diversity within their classrooms in learning styles, race, linguistics, and culture, the academic rigor needed to successfully enter college or a career will require them to evolve in order for all students to succeed.Infusing Diversity & Cultural Competence into Teacher Education provides educators and future educators with pathways for achieving cultural competence. Placing this crucial competence in the teacher's toolbox will increase their opportunity and the capacity of ensuring success in and out of the classroom. The tools presented in this book assist the teacher in making gains in closing achievement gaps, building opportunity for all students, building strong pedagogical skills, enhancing curriculum for their diverse students, and constantly assessing all of these areas to ensure they are maintaining their status as the largest contributor to students' success.Infusing Diversity & Cultural Competence into Teacher Education: Defines, describes, and explains why diversity should be part of the formal education processIllustrates student, family, school, and community roles in the learning process. Describes how to incorporate intercultural communication and relationship building skills into curriculum.

Diversity, Anti-Racism, & The College Experience examines diversity, equity, and inclusion from a multidisciplinary perspective that integrates historical, sociological, psychological, and political factors. Blending hard empirical data with poignant personal stories, the book provides research-based practices for appreciating diversity, detecting and countering racist arguments, and engaging in anti-racism on both an individual and collective level.More specifically, this book:Defines diversity and delineates its various forms and dimensionsArticulates how diversity is an integral element of the college experience and documents its multiple benefits (personal, educational, and vocational) for college studentsAnalyzes and synthesizes common barriers to diversity appreciation, including bias (explicit and implicit), stereotyping, prejudice, and discriminationOffers a systematic, 4-step process for gaining awareness of personal biases and initiating interaction with members of diverse groupsIdentifies key forms of individual, institutional, and systemic racism (housing, education, employment, criminal justice, etc.) and unearths their root causesSupplies concrete, action-based strategies for: (a) refuting racist arguments with statistical evidence and compelling counterarguments, (b) forming alliances with victims of racial discrimination, and (c) taking civic action to dismantle societal systems that preserve racial inequities and perpetuate social injustice