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Finding Diverse Voices in Academic Research

Strategies and resources on searching for and highlighting diverse voices in scholarship.

Additional Reading

If you are interested in reading further about these systems of oppression in academia, here are suggested readings that can provide in-depth context.

Articles

  • Buggs, S., Patrice Sims, J. & Kramer, R. (2020). Rejecting white distraction: a critique of the white logic and white methods in academic publishing. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43(8), 1384-1392, DOI: 10.1080/01419870.2020.1718728
  • Guimarães Corrêa, L. (2020). Intersectionality: A challenge for cultural studies in the 2020s. International Journal of Cultural Studies, 23(6), 823–832. DOI: 10.1177/1367877920944181
  • Held, M. B. E. (2019). Decolonizing research paradigms in the context of settler colonialism: An unsettling, mutual, and collaborative effort. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 18. DOI: 10.1177/1609406918821574
  • Roh, C., & Gabler, V. (2020). Systemic barriers and allyship in library publishing: A case study reminder that no one is safe from racism. College & Research Libraries News, 81(3). DOI: 10.5860/crln.81.3.141
  • Thambinathan, V., & Kinsella, E. A. (2021). Decolonizing methodologies in qualitative research: Creating spaces for transformative praxis. International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 20. DOI: 10.1177/16094069211014766

Books

Media Resources

These multimedia resources dive into issues of oppression in academia and other arenas.

Videos

The Erasure of Black Women from History with Dr Janet D Bell | Black America. (length 28:01)

 

"Change the Subject" documentary. "The story of Dartmouth College students, whose singular effort at confronting an instance of anti-immigrant sentiment in their library catalog took them all the way from Baker-Berry Library to the halls of Congress." (length 55:18)

Podcast Episodes

In this 71 minute-long podcast, Saskia Walcott of Walcott Communications discusses being a black woman in higher education and working in research.

The Disability Visibility podcast is hosted by disability rights activist Alice Wong. In this episode, guests discuss disability studies in higher ed and the experiences of publishing books on disabilities.

Full Podcasts

"Brittany Luse and Eric Eddings gleefully explore all the beautiful, complicated dimensions of Black life"

"Peabody-nominated Seeing White, Biewen and collaborator Chenjerai Kumanyika explored the history and meaning of whiteness."

"Hosted by journalists of color, our podcast tackles the subject of race head-on."

"On The Diversity Gap podcast, we'll be learning from thought leaders, authors, creatives and more about the diversity gaps in society and culture."