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Title

Working in the Trenches: Teaching Diversity at a Predominantly White College

Authors

Gary Perry, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Katherine Acosta, Lecturer, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Crystal Edwards, Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Connie Frey, Doctoral Student, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE
Helen Moore, Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

November 2003

This presentation is twofold. We begin by examining the degree to which teaching diversity, at a mid-western predominately white institution, is disproportionately devolved onto academic departments and faculty who occupy devalued statuses within and outside academe. Finally, we highlight the hidden and unhidden challenges and obstacles that accompany this obligation.