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Library Guide to Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Explore library resources related to the study of diversity, equity and inclusion.

Cultural Competence and Awareness

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Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Ejournals (EBSCO): 1995 - present.
"Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology seeks to advance the psychological science of culture, ethnicity, and race through the publication of empirical research, as well as theoretical, conceptual, and integrative review articles that will stimulate further empirical research, on basic and applied psychological issues relevant to racial and ethnic groups that have been historically subordinated, underrepresented, or underserved."

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Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work

Taylor & Francis: 1997 - present.
"The Journal of Ethnic And Cultural Diversity in Social Work is dedicated to the examina­tion of multicultural social issues as they relate to social work policy, research, theory, and practice. The journal helps readers develop knowledge and promote understanding of the impact of culture, race, ethnicity, and class on the individual, group, organization, and community on the delivery of human services."

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Multicultural Perspectives

Ejournals (EBSCO): 1999 - present.
" Multicultural Perspectives promotes the philosophy of social justice, equity, and inclusion. It celebrates cultural and ethnic diversity as a national strength that enriches the fabric of society. This journal encourages a range of material from academic to personal perspectives, poetry, and art; articles of an academic nature illuminating the discussion of cultural pluralism and inclusion; articles and position papers reflecting a variety of disciplines; and reviews of film, art, and music that address or embody multicultural forms."


Related articles:

Alizadeh, S., & Chavan, M. (2016). Cultural competence dimensions and outcomes: A systematic review of the literature. Health & Social Care in the Community, 24(6), e117–e130. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12293

Antón-Solanas, I., Tambo-Lizalde, E., Hamam-Alcober, N., Vanceulebroeck, V., Dehaes, S., Kalkan, I., Kömürcü, N., Coelho, M., Coelho, T., Nova, A. C., Cordeiro, R., Sagarra-Romero, L., Subirón-Valera, A. B., & Huércanos-Esparza, I. (2021). Nursing students’ experience of learning cultural competence. PLoS ONE, 16(12). https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0259802

Cabrera, N. J. (2022). Commentary: Recognizing our similarities and celebrating our differences – parenting across cultures as a lens toward social justice and equity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 63(4), 480–483. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.13600

Comeaux, E., Grummert, S. E., & Mireles, D. C. (2021). A critical review of the literature on cultural competency in student affairs: Toward transformative cultural responsiveness. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000363

Day, V. N. L., Cluxton, K. F., Agorsor, C., & Gubara, S. (2021). Strategies for broaching the subjects of race, ethnicity, and culture. Journal of Counseling & Development, 99(3), 348–357. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcad.12380

Henderson, S., Horne, M., Hills, R., & Kendall, E. (2018). Cultural competence in healthcare in the community: A concept analysis. Health & Social Care in the Community, 26(4), 590–603. https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12556

Lui, P. P., Gobrial, S., Pham, S., Giadolor, W., Adams, N., & Rollock, D. (2022). Open science and multicultural research: Some data, considerations, and recommendations. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 28(4), 567–586. https://doi.org/10.1037/cdp0000541.supp (Supplemental)

Olson, R., Bidewell, J., Dune, T., & Lessey, N. (2016).Developing cultural competence through self-reflection in interprofessional education: Findings from an Australian university. Journal of Interprofessional Care, 30(3), 347–354. https://doi.org/10.3109/13561820.2016.1144583

Ratts, M. J., Singh, A. A., Nassar, M. S., Butler, S. K., & McCullough, J. R. (2016). Multicultural and social justice counseling competencies: Guidelines for the counseling profession. Journal of Multicultural Counseling and Development, 44(1), 28–48. https://doi.org/10.1002/jmcd.12035

So, J. K. (2008). Somatization as cultural idiom of distress: Rethinking mind and body in a multicultural society. Counselling Psychology Quarterly, 21(2), 167–174. https://doi.org/10.1080/09515070802066854

Thompson, J., & Mayes, C. (2020). Healing cultural divides: A Jungian approach. Psychological Perspectives, 63(2), 248–259. https://doi.org/10.1080/00332925.2020.1771996

Equity and Inequity

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Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality

EBSCO Open Access Journals: 2013 - present.
"The Indiana Journal of Law and Social Equality serves as an interdisciplinary academic forum for scholars, practitioners, policymakers, and students to contribute to society’s understanding of legal and policy issues concerning social justice and equality. IJLSE aims to become a major outlet for leading scholars and practitioners to improve race and gender relations, foster new research in and across the disciplines, and provide the intellectual foundation for the pursuit of social justice."


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International Journal for Equity in Health

EBSCO Open Access Journals: 2002 - present.
"International Journal for Equity in Health presents evidence relevant to the search for, and attainment of, equity in health across and within countries. International Journal for Equity in Health publishes research which improves the understanding of issues that influence the distribution of health and healthcare within populations. This includes the discussion of political, policy-related, economic, social and health systems- and services-related influences, particularly with regard to identifying and understanding the systematic differences or the lived experiences of one or more aspects of health in population groups defined demographically, geographically, or socially. "


Related articles:

Beaton, A. M., & Tougas, F. (2001). Reactions to Affirmative Action: Group membership and social justice. Social Justice Research, 14(1), 61–78. https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1012575724550

Crosby, F. J., & Franco, J. L. (2003). Connections Between the Ivory Tower and the Multicolored World: Linking Abstract Theories of Social Justice to the Rough and Tumble of Affirmative Action. Personality and Social Psychology Review, 7(4), 362–373. https://doi.org/10.1207/S15327957PSPR0704_08

Jones, T. M., Diaz, A., Bruick, S., McCowan, K., Wong, D. W., Chatterji, A., Malorni, A., & Spencer, M. S. (2021). Experiences and perceptions of school staff regarding the COVID-19 pandemic and racial equity: The role of colorblindness. School Psychology, 36(6), 546–554. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000464

Kelly, J. F. (2022). Building a more equitable society: Psychology’s role in achieving health equity. American Psychologist, 77(5), 633–645. https://doi.org/10.1037/amp0001019

Lowery, B. S., Chow, R. M., Knowles, E. D., & Unzueta, M. M. (2012). Paying for positive group esteem: How inequity frames affect whites’ responses to redistributive policies. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 102(2), 323–336. https://doi.org/10.1037/a0024598

Marchiondo, L. A., Verney, S. P., & Venner, K. L. (2023). Academic leaders’ diversity attitudes: Their role in predicting faculty support for institutional diversity. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 16(3), 323–332. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000333

Parker, C. P., Baltes, B. B., & Christiansen, N. D. (1997). Support for affirmative action, justice perceptions, and work attitudes: A study of gender and racial–ethnic group differences. Journal of Applied Psychology, 82(3), 376–389. https://doi.org/10.1037/0021-9010.82.3.376

Sarr, F., Knight, S., Strauss, D., Ouimet, A. J., Cénat, J. M., Williams, M. T., & Shaughnessy, K. (2022). Increasing the representation of Black, Indigenous, and People of Colour as students in psychology doctoral programmes. Canadian Psychology / Psychologie Canadienne, 63(4), 479–499. https://doi.org/10.1037/cap0000339

Tang Yan, C., Bachour, A., Pérez, C. J., Ansaldo, L. P., Santiago, D., Jin, Y., Li, Z., Mok, Y. S., Weng, Y., & Martinez, L. S. (2022). Partnering with immigrant families to promote language justice and equity in education. American Journal of Community Psychology, 70(3–4), 433–457. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12604

Walker, L. A., Williams, A., Triche, J., Rainey, L., Evans, M., Calabrese, R., & Martin, N. (2022). #StayMadAbby: Reframing affirmative action discourse and White entitlement on Black Twitter. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15(6), 716–730. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000275

Watson, E. R., & Collins, C. R. (2023). Putting the system in systemic racism: A systems thinking approach to advancing equity. American Journal of Community Psychology, 71(3–4), 274–286.

Intersectionality Studies

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DiGeSt: Journal of Diversity and Gender Studies

DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals: 2014 - present.
"DiGeSt is an open access, bi-annual, peer-reviewed interdisciplinary and international journal hosted by Ghent University. The journal aims to strengthen academic research at the intersection of Gender and Sexuality Studies on the one hand, and Diversity studies on the other, including discussions of ethnicity, race, migration, refugees, multiculturalism, religion or pluralism. It encourages research that focuses on contemporary issues and developments that shape superdiverse societies in all its possible tensions and challenges."


Related articles:

Bharat, B., Chenneville, T., Gabbidon, K., & Foust, C. (2021). Considerations for psychological research with and for people of color and oppressed intersecting identities in the United States. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 7(4), 363–377. https://doi.org/10.1037/tps0000285

Brinkman, A. H., Rea-Sandin, G., Lund, E. M., Fitzpatrick, O. M., Gusman, M. S., & Boness, C. L. (2023). Shifting the discourse on disability: Moving to an inclusive, intersectional focus. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 93(1), 50–62. https://doi.org/10.1037/ort0000653.supp (Supplemental)

Butz, A. M., & Gaynor, T. S. (2022). Intersectionality and social welfare: Avoidance and unequal treatment among transgender women of color. Public Administration Review, 82(3), 433–445. https://doi.org/10.1111/puar.13468

Cheeks, M. E., & Yancey, G. B. (2022). Examining diversity climate through an intersectional lens. Psychology of Leaders and Leadership, 25(1), 12–33. https://doi.org/10.1037/mgr0000122

Day, J. K., Goldberg, A. E., Toomey, R. B., & Beemyn, G. (2022). Associations between trans-inclusive resources and feelings of inclusion in campus LGBTQ+ groups: Differences for trans students of color. Psychology of Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity.https://doi.org/10.1037/sgd0000616

Pender, K. N., Hope, E. C., & Riddick, K. N. (2019). Queering Black activism: Exploring the relationship between racial identity and Black activist orientation among BlackLGBTQ youth. Journal of Community Psychology, 47(3), 529–543. https://doi.org/10.1002/jcop.22136

Settles, I. H., Warner, L. R., Buchanan, N. T., & Jones, M. K. (2020). Understanding psychology’s resistance to intersectionality theory using a framework of epistemic exclusion and invisibility. Journal of Social Issues, 76(4), 796–813. https://doi.org/10.1111/josi.12403

Simon, J. D., Boyd, R., & Subica, A. M. (2022). Refocusing intersectionality in social work education: Creating a brave space to discuss oppression and privilege. Journal of Social Work Education, 58(1), 34–45. https://doi.org/10.1080/10437797.2021.1883492

Vue, R. (2021). From first to first: Black, Indigenous, and People of Color first-generation faculty and administrator narratives of intersectional marginality and mattering as communal praxis. Education Sciences, 11(12), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.3390/educsci11120773

Social Justice

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Alternate Routes: A Journal of Critical Social Research

Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ): 1977 - present.
"Alternate Routes is committed to creating an outlet for critical social research and interdisciplinary inquiry. A broad range of theoretical and methodological approaches are encouraged, including works from academics, labour, and community researchers. Alternate Routes is a publicly accessible academic journal and encourages provocative works that advance or challenge our understandings of historical and contemporary socio-political, economic and cultural issues."

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Studies in Social Justice

EBSCO Open Access Journals: 2007 - present.
"Studies in Social Justice publishes articles, dispatches and creative works relating to the social, cultural, economic, environmental, political, and philosophical problems associated with struggles for social justice. The journal aims to publish work that links theory to social change and the analysis of substantive issues. The journal welcomes heterodox contributions that are critical of established paradigms of inquiry. The journal focuses on debates that move beyond conventional notions of social justice, and views social justice as a critical concept that is integral in the analysis of policy formation, rights, participation, social movements, and transformations. Social justice is analysed in the context of processes involving nationalism, social and public policy, globalization, diasporas, culture, gender, ethnicity, sexuality, welfare, poverty, war, and other social phenomena. It endeavours to cover questions and debates ranging from governance to democracy, sustainable environments, and human rights, and to introduce new work on pressing issues of social justice throughout the world."


Related articles:

Curtis-Boles, H., Chupina, A. G., & Okubo, Y. (2020). Social justice challenges: Students of color and critical incidents in the graduate classroom. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 14(2), 100–108. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000293

Dang, T. P., Mattan, B. D., Barth, D. M., Handley, G., Cloutier, J., & Kubota, J. T. (2022). Perceiving social injustice during arrests of Black and White civilians by White police officers: An fMRI investigation. NeuroImage, 255,1–14. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.neuroimage.2022.119153

Franklin, R., Younge, S., & Jensen, K. (2023). The role of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) in cultivating the next generation of social justice and public service‐oriented moral leaders during the racial reckoning and COVID‐19 pandemics. American Journal of Community Psychology, 71(1–2), 22–32. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajcp.12648

Gemignani, M., Pujol-Tarrés, J., & Gandarias-Goikoetxea, I. (2023). Social justice narrative research: From articulation to intra-action and ethico-onto-epistemology. Qualitative Psychology (4), 495–519. https://doi.org/10.1037/qup0000254

Jones, V. N., & McElderry, C. G. (2023).Social work and reparations: Applying a restorative justice approach. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work: Innovation in Theory, Research & Practice, 32(2), 57–66. https://doi.org/10.1080/15313204.2021.1949774

Liu, T., Brown, E. M., Yeboah, M., Baraka, M., Chang, J., Fu, R., Fang, T., Huang, Y., Wong, S., & Jones, D. (2022). Counterstories of multiculturalism and social justice: Lived experience of Asian and Black faculty teaching multicultural classes. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000437.supp (Supplemental)

Miller, F. G. (2023). Assessment in action: Toward a more complete and justice-oriented understanding of the social consequences of educational measures. School Psychology, 38(3), 192–198. https://doi.org/10.1037/spq0000551

Morrison, T., Ferris Wayne, M., Harrison, T., Palmgren, E., & Knudson-Martin, C. (2022). Learning to embody a social justice perspective in couple and family therapy: A grounded theory analysis of MFTs in training. Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal, 44(4), 408–421. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10591-022-09635-8

Sayegh, P., Vivian, D., Heller, M. B., Kirk, S., & Kelly, K. (2023). Racial, cultural, and social injustice in psychological assessment: A brief review, call to action, and resources to help reduce inequities and harm. Training and Education in Professional Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1037/tep0000451.supp (Supplemental)

Sullivan, M., & Witenstein, M. A. (2022). Infusing restorative justice practices into college student conduct practices. Journal of Diversity in Higher Education, 15(6), 695–699. https://doi.org/10.1037/dhe0000445

Tawa, J., & Montoya, A. K. (2023). Racial embodiment in virtual environments for facilitating students’ understanding of racism. Technology, Mind, and Behavior, 4(1). https://doi.org/10.1037/tmb0000024

Thrift, E., & Sugarman, J. (2019). What is social justice? Implications for psychology. Journal of Theoretical and Philosophical Psychology, 39(1), 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1037/teo0000097

Yi, J., Neville, H. A., Todd, N. R., & Mekawi, Y. (2023). Ignoring race and denying racism: A meta-analysis of the associations between colorblind racial ideology, anti-Blackness, and other variables antithetical to racial justice. Journal of Counseling Psychology, 70(3), 258–275. https://doi.org/10.1037/cou0000618.supp (Supplemental)