Intersectionality in Action

Peter Felten is Assistant Provost for Teaching and Learning, Director of the Center for Engaged Learning, and Professor of History at Elon University. His publications include: Transforming Students: Fulfilling the Promise of Higher Education (Johns Hopkins, 2014), and Engaging Students as Partners in Learning and Teaching (Jossey-Bass, 2014). Brooke Barnett is Associate Provost for Inclusive Community and Professor of Communications at Elon University, where she leads university efforts in diversity and global engagement and cultural and special programs. Her research focuses on mass communication law, media effects and diversity and inclusion on college campuses. Eboo Patel is the Founder and President, Interfaith Youth Core.

Offers models for institutions to move intentionally toward intersections - of study abroad and multiculturalism, of race and gender and religion, and of other essential aspects of our educational programmes and our students' identities - to open doors to new possibilities that better prepare our students for life in a diverse world, and that allow our institutions to become more efficient and effective.

Foreword. Eboo Patel Introduction Working at the Intersections. Brooke Barnett and Peter Felten PART ONE. PEOPLE 1. Student Recruitment and Retention at the Intersections. A Case for Capacity Building. Alta Mauro and Angela Mazaris 2. Recruitment and Retention at the Intersections. Colleagues. Paul Parsons 3. Leadership at the Intersection. A Developmental Framework for Inclusive Leaders. Niki Latino 4. Leaders, Governing Bodies, and Advisory Boards. Jeff Stein and Leo M. Lambert 5. It Takes a Campus. Building Capacity to Sustain the Diversity Journey. Michael A. McDonald, Sarah B. Westfall, and Eileen B. Wilson-Oyelaran PART TWO. ENVIRONMENT 6. Striving for an Inclusive and Nurturing Campus. Cultivating the Intersections. Jon Dooley and Lucy LePeau 7. When Things Go Wrong. Avoiding and Managing Collisions in the Intersections. Leigh-Anne Royster 8. Bringing Life to Learning. Civic Engagement, Intersections, and Transforming College Students. Amy Howard, Juliette Landphair, and Amanda Lineberry PART THREE. LEARNING 9. Diversifying Diversity, Diversifying Disability. Danielle R. Picard and Nancy L. Chick 10. Leadership for a Global Caring Society. Ed Taylor 11. The Intersection of Life and Learning. What Cultural Wealth and Liberal Education Mean for Whole Student Development. Ashley Finley and Tia McNair Conclusion Guiding Principles for Working at the Intersections. Brooke Barnett and Peter Felten Editors and Contributors Index