11. La Promesa: Working with Latina and Latino Students in an Elite Liberal Arts College

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. Acknowledgments ix
4. Introduction: The Challenges of Diversity and Pedagogy 1
5. PART I. CHALLENGING CLASSROOMS
6. 1. Decentering Whiteness: Teaching Antiracism on a Predominantly White Campus 13
7. 2. Is There a Silver Lining? The Experiences of a Black Female Teaching Assistant 37
8. 3. Radical Leftist or Objective Practitioner? Perceptions of a Black Male Professor 46
9. 4. Teaching Difference in Multiple Ways: Through Content and Presence 59
10. 5. What You May Not See: The Oscillating Critique 71
11. 6. The Professor, Her Colleague, and Her Student: Two Race-Related Stories 84
12. 7. Challenging Oppression in Moderation? Student Feedback in Diversity Courses 97
13. PART II. WITNESSING PROTEST
14. 8. The (S)Paces of Academic Work: Disability, Access, and Higher Education 113
15. 9. Queer Affects/Queer Access 125
16. 10. Geographies of Difference: From Unity to Solidarity 136
17. 11. La Promesa: Working with Latina and Latino Students in an Elite Liberal Arts College 153
18. 12. Passing Strange: Embodying and Negotiating Difference in Academia 171
19. 13. A Dean’s Week: “Trapdoors and Glass Ceilings” 184
20. Conclusion: Theorizing the Transformation of the Twenty-First- Century Campus 196
21. References 209
22. Contributors 219
23. Index 225