Additional Resources
Please find resources on how to better understand difference on many topic areas below. These resources are a combination of print and electronic books, articles, and websites.
Print and Electronic Resources
- Angel Island - The Angel Island Immigration Station Foundation preserves the rich stories of Pacific Coast immigrants and shares them through education initiatives and public programs.
- Asian Americans Advancing Justice - Rooted in the dreams of immigrants and inspired by the promise of opportunity, Asian Americans Advancing Justice | AAJC (Advancing Justice | AAJC) advocates for an America in which all Americans can benefit equally from, and contribute to, the American dream. Their mission is to advance the civil and human rights for Asian Americans and to build and promote a fair and equitable society for all. Advancing Justice.
- The Chinese in California, 1850-1925 - This site illustrates nineteenth and early twentieth century Chinese immigration to California through about 8,000 images and pages of primary source materials.
- Coulson, Doug. Race, Nation, and Refuge: the Rhetoric of Race in Asian American Citizenship Cases. SUNY Press, 2017.
- Japanese American National Museum - The mission of the Japanese American National Museum is to promote understanding and appreciation of America’s ethnic and cultural diversity by preserving, interpreting, and sharing the experiences of Japanese Americans.
- Kurashige, Lon. Two Faces of Exclusion: The Untold History of Anti-Asian Racism in the United States. The University of North Carolina Press, 2016. Burke E184.A75 K87 2016
- Pioneering Punjabis Digital Archive - Documents the history of South Asian immigrants from the Punjab region in north India to California, 1899-present.
- SAADA South Asian American Digital Archive - Documents, preserves, and shares stories that represent the unique and diverse experiences of South Asian Americans.
- Angelou, Maya. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. Random House Publishing Group, 2009. Burke PS3551.N464 Z466 1997
- Baldwin, James. The Fire Next Time. First Vintage International Edition., Vintage International, a division of Random House LLC, 1994. Burke E185.61 .B195 1993
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Butler, Octavia, John Jennings, Damian Duffy. Kindred Abrams Comicarts, 2017.
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Coates, Ta-Nehisi. Between the World and Me. Spiegel & Grau, 2015. Burke E185.615 .C6335 2015
- Douglass, Frederick. My Bondage and My Freedom. The Floating Press, 2009. Burke E449 .D738 1969
- Flowers, Ebony. Hot Comb. Drawn & Quarterly, 2019. Burke Reserve PN6727.F5869 H68 2019
- Genovese, Eugene D. Roll, Jordan, Roll; The World the Slaves Made. Pantheon Books, 1974. Burke E443 .G46
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Kendi, Ibram X. How to Be an Antiracist . One World, 2019.
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Lewis, John, Andrew Aydin, and Nate Powell. March. Top Shelf Productions, 2013. Burke E840.8.L43 A3 2013
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Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider?: Essays and Speeches. Crossing Press, 2007. Burke PS3562.O75 S5 1984
- Sellers, Bakari. My Vanishing Country. On Order.
- Wilkerson, Isabel. Caste?: the Origins of Our Discontents. First edition. Random House, 2021. Burke Reserve HT725.U6 W55 2020
- Alphin, Henry C., Jennie Lavine, and Roy Y. Chan, eds. Disability and Equity in Higher Education Accessibility. LC4813 .D58 2017
- Brown, Keah. The Pretty One: On Life, Pop Culture, Disability, and Other Reasons to Fall in Love with Me. Atria Books, 2019. RC388 .B763 2019
- Burch, Susan. Signs of Resistance: American Deaf Cultural History, 1900 to World War II. New York University Press, 2002
- Evans, Nancy J. Disability in Higher Education: a Social Justice Approach. Jossey-Bass, 2018.
- Kahlo, Frida. The Diary of Frida Kahlo: an Intimate Self-Portrait . H.N. Abrams, 1995. Burke ND259.K33 A2 1995
- Longmore, Paul K., and Lauri Umansky. The New Disability History: American Perspectives . New York University Press, 2001. Burke HV1553 .N48 2001
- Vance, Mary Lee, et al. Beyond the Americans with Disabilities Act: Inclusive Policy and Practice for Higher Education. First Edition. NASPA-Student Affairs Administrators in Higher Education, 2014. LC4813 .B48 2014
- AACU. Gender Equity in Higher Education
- AACU. Rethinking Gender Equity in Higher Education
- American Association of University Women
- Atwood, Margaret. The Handmaid’s Tale. Houghton Mifflin, 1986. Burke PR9199.3.A8 H3 1986
- Berger, Michele Tracy, and Kathleen Guidroz. The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender. The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Burke HQ1180 .I5726 2009
- Butler, Octavia, John Jennings, Damian Duffy. Kindred Abrams Comicarts, 2017.
- Cantu´, Norma E. Canicula: Snapshots of a Girlhood En La Frontera . University of New Mexico Press, 2015. Burke PS3553.A555 C36 1995
- Harris, Kamala. The Truths We Hold: An American Journey. Vintage UK, 2021. E901.1.H37 A3 2020 .
- Lorde, Audre. Sister Outsider?: Essays and Speeches. Crossing Press, 2007. Burke PS3562.O75 S5 1984
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Ramos, Paola. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity. 2020. E184.S75 R37 2020
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Vanderbilt University. A Guide to Feminist Pedagogy.
- Aslan, Reza. No God but God?: the Origins, Evolution, and Future of Islam . Random House, 2005. Burke BP161.3 .A79 2005
- Coates, Ta-Nehisi, et al. Between the World of Ta—Nehisi Coates and Christianity. Cascade Books, 2018.
- Goodman, Kathleen M., et al. Educating about Religious Diversity and Interfaith Engagement. First edition., Stylus, 2019.
- Hurwitz, Sarah. Here All Along: Finding Meaning, Spirituality, and a Deeper Connection to Life in Judaism. Random House, 2019. BM45 .H87 2019
- Janmohamed, Shelina Zahra. Generation M?: Young Muslims Changing the World. I.B. Tauris, 2016. Burke BP188.18.Y68 J36 2016
- Mattson, Ingrid. The Story of the Qur’an?: Its History and Place in Muslim Life. 2nd ed., Wiley-Blackwell, 2013. BP132 .M39 2008
- Singh, Karan. Essays on Hinduism. Ratna Sagar, 1990.
- Tolle, Eckhart. The Power of Now: A Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment. New World Library, 2004. BL624 .T64 2004
- Cisneros, Sandra. The House on Mango Street. Vintage Contemporaries, 2009. Burke PS3553.I78 H68 2009
- Latina Magazine
- Mejia, Hector and Caroline Bleakley. What is Latinx? Are Latinos using the alternative term? 8NewsNow, Las Vegas. February 25, 2021.
- O’Brien, Eileen. The Racial Middle Latinos and Asian Americans Living Beyond the Racial Divide. New York University Press, 2008.
- Ramos, Paola. Finding Latinx: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity. 2020. E184.S75 R37 2020
- Vista : The Magazine for All Hispanics
- Organizations:
- Hispanic Heritage Foundation
- Hispanic Scholarship Fund
- Latinos in Higher Education
- MAES, Latinos in Science and Engineering
- MANA, A National Latina Organization
- Mexican American Legal and Education Fund
- NALEO Educational Fund
- Society for Hispanic Engineers
- TransLatin@ Coalition
- United States Hispanic Leadership Institute
- United We Dream
- Beemyn, Brett Genny. and Susan R. Rankin. The Lives of Transgender People. Columbia University Press, 2011. Burke HQ77.95.U6 B44 2011
- Imani, Blair and Lexi Chandra. "The Problem with 'Womxn.'" Instagram. March 1, 2021.
- Nicolazzo, Z., et al. Trans* in College?: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion. Stylus Publishing, LLC, 2018.
- Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature by Qwo-Li Driskill, Chris Finley, Brian Joseph Gilleym (on order)
- Saumya, Kalia. "Streaming Platform Twitch Withdraws Use of ‘Womxn’ After Criticism From Transgender Communities." The Swaddle. March 3, 2021.
- Zeigler, Cyd. Fair Play?: How LGBT Athletes Are Claiming Their Rightful Place in Sports. Edge of Sports, 2017.
- Buchanan, Shonda. Black Indian. Wayne State University Press, 2019. PS3602.U2517 Z46 2019.
- Driskill, Qwo-Li, Chris Finley, and Brian Joseph Gilley. Queer Indigenous Studies: Critical Interventions in Theory, Politics, and Literature. On Order.
- Dunbar-Ortiz, Roxanne. An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States for Young People. Beacon Press, 2014. E76.8 .D86 2014
- Harjo, Jo. An American Sunrise. Norton, 2019. PS3558.A62423 A64 2020
- Oneida Nation - The Oneida Indian Nation is an indigenous nation of American Indian people whose sacred and sovereign homelands are located in Central New York, including the land now occupied by Hamilton College.
- Washuta, Elissa, and Theresa Warburton. Shapes of Native Nonfiction?: Collected Essays by Contemporary Writers. University of Washington Press, 2019.
- Whitaker-Gilio, Dina. As Long as Grass Grows: The Indigenous Fight for Environmental Justice, From Colonization to Standing Rock. Beacon Press, 2019. E98.S67 G55 2019.
- Aries, Elizabeth. Race and Class Matters at an Elite College. Temple University Press, 2008.
- Banaji, Mahzarin R., and Anthony G. Greenwald. Blindspot: Hidden Biases of Good People. Delacorte Press, 2013. Burke BF575.P9 B25 2013
- Brown, Brené. Dare To Lead: Brave Work. Tough Conversations. Whole Hearts. Random House 2018. Burke HD57.7 .B764 2018.
- DiAngelo, Robin. White Fragility: Why It's So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism. Beacon Press, 2018. HT1521 .D486 2018
- Grant, Adam. Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don’t Know. BF441 .G693 2021
- How do I find - Mental Health Resources?
- McNair, Tia Brown, et al. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk?: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education. Jossey-Bass, 2020.
- Steele, Claude M. Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect Us. Norton, 2011. Burke HM1096 .S736 2010
- Tobin, Thomas J., and Kirsten Behling. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone?: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education. First edition. West Virginia University Press, 2018.
- Wilder, Craig Steven. Ebony & Ivy?: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. First U.S. edition. Bloomsbury Press, 2013. Burke LC212.42 .W53 2013
- Badger, Emily and Kevin Quealy. “These 526 Voters Represent All of America. And They Spent a Weekend Together.” New York Times. October 2, 2019.
- AACU (Association of American Colleges & Universities). Fostering Inclusion with Universal Design for Learning. 2014.
- AACU. Rethinking Gender Equity in Higher Education
- American Association of University Women
- Aries, Elizabeth. Race and Class Matters at an Elite College. Temple University Press, 2008.
- Arnold, Rick, Bev Burke, Carl James, D'Arcy Martin and Barb Thomas. Educating for a Change. LC1036 .E38 1991
- Berger, Michele Tracy, and Kathleen Guidroz. The Intersectional Approach: Transforming the Academy through Race, Class, and Gender. The University of North Carolina Press, 2010. Burke HQ1180 .I5726 2009
- Cheryan, Sapna. "Classrooms matter: The design of virtual classrooms influences gender disparities in computer science classes." Computers in Education. 57 (2011): 1825-1835.
- Gay, Geneva. Culturally Responsive Teaching. LC1099.3 .G393 2018
- Hammond, Zaretta L. and Sapna Cheryan. Culturally Responsive Teaching and the Brain. LC1099.3 .H335 2015 .
- Humanities Common. Antiracist Resources for Your 2020-2021 Teaching.
- Kluth, Paula., et al. Access to Academics for All Students Critical Approaches to Inclusive Curriculum, Instruction, and Policy. 2003.
- McNair, Tia Brown, et al. From Equity Talk to Equity Walk?: Expanding Practitioner Knowledge for Racial Justice in Higher Education. Jossey-Bass, 2020.
- Tobin, Thomas J., and Kirsten Behling. Reach Everyone, Teach Everyone?: Universal Design for Learning in Higher Education. First edition. West Virginia University Press, 2018.
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Vanderbilt University. A Guide to Feminist Pedagogy.
- Viesca, Kara. "Push It Real Good! The Challenge of Disrupting Dominant Discourses Regarding Race in Teacher Education." Faculty Publications: Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education. Paper 213. 2014.
- Wilder, Craig Steven. Ebony & Ivy?: Race, Slavery, and the Troubled History of America’s Universities. First U.S. edition. Bloomsbury Press, 2013. Burke LC212.42 .W53 2013
Campus Resources
Accessibility Services - Assistant Dean of Students for International Students and Accessibility Allen Harrison coordinates individualized accommodations and support services for any student who has a documented need.
The Days-Massolo Center - The Days-Massolo Center facilitates student community organizing, leads in inclusive educational initiatives, and amplifies the marginalized voices of those striving to make the Hamilton experience more equitable. The Days-Massolo Center works collaboratively with campus partners and community organizations to sponsor educational and cultural programs, to foster connections and to create opportunities for difficult conversations.
Dean of Students Office - Located in the Elihu Root House, the Office of the Dean of Students, which includes Dean Terry Martinez and the members of her staff, provides resources, guidance and support for students and other members of the Hamilton community.
Human Resources - Located in the Philip Spencer House, the Human Resources Staff aligns its activities with the mission and strategic plan of Hamilton College and is focused on facilitating an employment lifecycle for all College employees which is positive, enriching and fair.
LITS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resources - The LITS (Library and Information Technology Services) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Task Force was charged with implementing a three-part strategy: building a diverse team, arranging professional development opportunities for staff, and providing diverse and inclusive services and resources.
- Searchable by name or category, this website provides details, documents, and contact information for student organizations, clubs, and groups on campus.
This is an ongoing project and will be regularly updated. We welcome your contributions at dei@hamilton.edu.
