Diversity Transformation of the Curriculum

Diversity Initiatives with Program-Level Implications

(funding from Diversity Institute, 2003)

Department/individual(s)

Proposed Initiative

Outcomes

Communication

 (Adam Dircksen)

($3,000)

Diversity audit of core and service courses, based on analysis of syllabi, faculty survey, student surveys, and student focus groups.

First three steps completed; results, presented at 2005 Diversity Showcase available online.

Consumer and Family Sciences (Linda Lolkus)

($2,000)

Diversity audit of Food and Nutrition courses, based on analysis of syllabi, faculty survey, and student surveys

Audit completed; results presented to faculty; changes to infuse diversity throughout the program are ongoing.

Elementary Education (Pamela Gray and David Borsvold)

($2,000)

Incorporate diversity learning into E325 (Social Studies Methods for Elementary Teaching)

1. annotated bibliography of children’s books, resources;

2. books, other materials purchased with grant funds;

3. creation of web site.

Organizational Leader- ship and Supervision (Linda Hite)

($3,000)

Revamp the OLS division’s assessment plan to include assessment of diversity outcomes.

Conference attendance to learn appropriate approaches to measuring diversity outcomes; implementation ongoing.

Philosophy (Duston Moore) and Education (Glenda Moss)

($1,500)

Addressing Human Rights through the Social Studies Curriculum: A University-School Partnership

Workshop for high school social studies teachers developed; offered once each semester.

Public and Environmental Affairs

(Barry Hancock)

($2,000)

Curriculum audit, based on analysis of course syllabi

Audit completed and reported to faculty.

Women’s Studies Program

(Linda Fox)

($3,000)

Create a town/gown learning community, to explore barriers encountered by local young women of color when considering study at IPFW

Established “Community Friends of Women’s Studies,” a multicultural group that supports the program by fund-raising and special events.

Diversity Transformation of Courses

(funding from various sources)

CLAS C205 Classical Mythology

(John Brennan)

($2,000)

New material on multi-ethnic sources of Greek myth, new units on controversies/new hypotheses that emerged from feminist and multicultural scholarship.

Transformed course has been taught each fall semester and in summer since it was funded in 2002.

COM 114 Fundamentals of Speech Commumication (Jennifer Simpson) ($3,000)

Increase attention to diversity and civic engagement in the course.

Results of study reported to department, fall 2004.

COM 527 Intro to Cultural Studies

(Jane Banks)

($2,000)

Incorporate specific learning objectives on diversity; new assignments on diversity and media literacy.

Course transformation, fall 2003; summer spin-off for MCS, 2004 (Summer Youth); transformed course taught in spring 2005.

ENGL L381 20^th-C. British Fiction: East-West Influence

(Lidan Lin) ($2,000)

Explore the specific influences of Eastern wisdom on major British writers

Transformed course taught in fall semesters since being funded in 2002, with spillover to other courses.

FNN 303 Essentials of Nutrition

(Linda Lolkus)

($2,000)

Incorporate new material and perspectives from diverse societies on nutrition and potential nutrition-related health problems

Transformed course has been taught each semester since fall 2002

GEOG G107 Physical Systems of the Environment

(Solomon Isiorho)

($2,000)

Incorporate information and student research assignments on societal, class, economic, and environmental implications of available potable water.

Transformed course taught in spring semesters since 2004.

LING L360 Language in Society

(Beth Simon)

($2,000)

Changes to structure, pedagogy, and assessment, with spillover to other courses.

Transformed course taught, spring 2004.

NUR 342 Community Health Nursing

(Linda Graham)

($2,000)

Incorporate new learning objectives; new clinical placement sites so students can experience diversity in the healthcare setting.

Transformed course has been taught in spring semesters since it was funded in summer 2002.

OLS 252 Human Relations in Organizations (Dina Mansour-Cole)

($2,000)

Expanded focus includes students’ reflection on and understanding of their own cultural backgrounds as well as learning to work in a diverse environment.

Transformed course has been taught each semester (five or six sections) since it was funded 2002.

HON H300 (Nonviolent Action)/ SOC S300 (Race and Ethnic Relations), funded in 2001 by CELT

Summer Instructional Development Grant.

Civil Rights Movement study tour to visit several important sites in Southern states.

Taught in May 2003 (21 students).