Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization

Abby Day is Professor of Race, Faith and Culture in the Department of Sociology, at Goldsmiths, University of London. Lois Lee is Senior Lecturer in Secular Studies at the University of Kent. Dave Thomas is an Occupational Therapist, Senior Advisor for Equality, Diversity and Inclusion at Advance HE, and Associate Lecturer at the Kent and Medway Medical School. James Spickard is Professor of Sociology and Anthropology at the University of Redlands.

Introduction: Why Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Matter - Abby Day, Lois Lee, Dave S.P. Thomas, and James Spickard


Part I: Changing Universities


Negotiating Diversity, a Personal Reflection - Martin Stringer


Demystifying the ‘Decolonising’ and ‘Diversity’ Slippage: Reflections from Sociology - Ali Meghji, Seetha Tan, and Laura Wain


Doing Diversity Inclusively: ‘East Asians’ in Western Universities - Lin Ma


This Island’s Mine: University Teaching as Inclusive Dramaturgy - Danny Braverman


Emergent Tensions in Diversity and Inclusion Work in Universities: Reflections on Policy and Practice - Samantha Brennan, Gwen Chapman, Belinda Leach, and Alexandra Rodney


Part II: Diversifying Curricula


How ‘Diverse’ is Your Reading List? Tools, Tips, and Challenges - Karen Schucan Bird


Perceptions, Expectations, and Pluralised Realities: Reflections on Building Staff–Student Partnerships Through a Reading List Review - Dave S.P. Thomas


Decolonizing Research Methods: Practices, Challenges, and Opportunities - Sara Ewing


Towards an Intersectional Feminist Pedagogy of Gender-Based Violence - Denise Buiten, Ellen Finlay, and Rosemary Hancock


Part III: Diversifying Research and Scholarship


How Would a World Sociology Think? Towards Intellectual Inclusion - James Spickard


Whom We Cite: A Reflection on the Limits and Potentials of Critical Citation Practices - Januschka Schmidt


Scholarship in a Globalized World: The Publishing Ecosystem and Alternatives to the Oligopoly - Paige Mann


Part IV: Overcoming Intellectual Colonialism


Dealing with the Westernisation of Chinese Higher Education: Evidence from a Social Science Department - Fabio Bolzonar


Opportunities and Challenges in Integrating Indigenous Peoples and Cultural Diversity in International Studies - Gretchen Abuso


Decolonial Praxis beyond the Classroom: Reflecting on Race and Violence - Federico Settler


Epilogue: What We Have Learned - Abby Day, Lois Lee, Dave S.P. Thomas, and James Spickard