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- Creator:
- Doan, Joy and Alwan, Ahmed
- Description:
- Qualitative data related to study on microaggressions from Teaching Faculty towards Academic Librarians based solely on academic status.
- Resource Type:
- Dataset
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Creator:
- Doan, Joy and Alwan, Ahmed
- Description:
- Quantitative data related to study on microaggressions from Teaching Faculty towards Academic Librarians based solely on academic status.
- Resource Type:
- Dataset
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Creator:
- McClellan, Matthew L
- Description:
- In a campus environment, it is important to be up-to-date with all campus diversity. Students, staff, and faculty need education on LGBTQ+ issues. Education can come in the forms of physical and mental health, terminology, news, and assistance in fostering connections between individuals. This study used in-depth interviews of LGBTQ students and allies to explore their experiences at CSUB as it relates to resources and the campus at large. In interpreting and analyzing these interviews, an overarching theme of invisibility became apparent. Students reported feelings of loneliness, isolation, and described a sense of being an outsider. These feelings were described through their experiences at California State University, Bakersfield (CSUB). This study further explores what students believe might make their campus more inclusive. Students want greater visibility of the LGBTQ community, more education, and the creation of a stronger Safe Zone program. In sum, based on students’ narratives, the CSUB campus lacks proper education and resources on LGBTQ+ concerns and issues. Training and education can begin with staff and faculty. For students, this includes incorporating LGBTQ+ educational material into CSUB courses and promoting faculty and staff in educating the student body. For example, training staff and faculty to be sensitive to preferred names, pronoun use, and terminology could aid them in better understanding their transgender or non-binary students. Faculty and staff are already required to complete yearly educational trainings in other areas and this could be added to those online trainings. Students come to the university to learn and educate themselves, so CSUB should provide opportunities to give them those tools. Having representation on campus that brings the LGBTQ+ community into the larger campus community could educate and potentially bring more tolerance and acceptance. Through the Safe Zone program, CSUB can increase inclusion for LGBTQ+ students in the campus community.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- Brady, Jacqueline
- Description:
- Given the vast diversity of our student body, it is imperative that educators help children recognize the multifarious perspectives of others. Good character is formed by the teachings of the core ethical values that govern our lives such as honesty, responsibility, respect for others, and fairness. If children can develop a tolerance and understanding for other people at a young age, they will in turn be competent to analyze their own cultural, social, and political worlds (Morrell & Morrell, 2012). This will help them fathom pluralistic perspectives of various cultures and grow as a moral “whole” citizen. The purpose of this unit of instruction is to support the notion that character education through the lens of culturally diverse perspectives will promote good character and moral citizenship in kindergarten students. Through consequential multicultural texts, children will be open to new perspectives thus challenging assimilation to dominant belief systems.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- Elementary Education
- Creator:
- Spilka, Judy
- Description:
- "Can't Say Fairer Than That" Nationalism, Fundamentalism and Religious Deal-Making in Zadie Smith's White Teeth In this article I bring the deliberation of multiculturalism in Zadie Smith's novel White Teeth into critical pedagogy. I take as my starting point the role of "nation" within critical pedagogy. I call upon Homi Bhabha to discuss the conflict that comes from diverse cultures agreeing on a common set of values within a shared community, and how the failure of "merging into a new identity" results in a "particular ambivalence" that conceals diversified traits within the hybridity of a modern, multicultural national space. I focus on the marginalization of religious doctrines, employing Jose Cassanova's discourse on secularism as a product of globalization commonly associated with "the decline in religious beliefs and practices in modern societies," to demonstrate its alignment with a dominant ideological force that politicizes religion with concepts of intolerance and conflict. I situate this conversation within the lens of postcolonial study, proposing that failure of assimilation for Smith's immigrant protagonists fosters their enhanced religious commitment. I then expand on this idea to describe how Smith's novel depicts this loyalty as part of an abusive vicious cycle where religion becomes a shelter against racial discrimination for immigrants that consequently fuels the nativist's assertion of immigrants as religious fundamentalists. I conclude by arguing that White Teeth addresses religious radicalism in response to the tensions of a modern multicultural society.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Northridge
- Department:
- English
- Creator:
- Barrera, Manuel Antonio
- Description:
- Minorities are underrepresented within the ranks of the Bakersfield Police Department (BPD). According to a 2014 report from the International Association of Chiefs of Police, personnel within the department is 74 percent White with minorities accounting for 26 percent. In contrast, the city of Bakersfield reflects a greater diversity in its populace with White residents composing 56.8 percent, 8.2 percent African American, 6.2 percent Asian, and 22.4 percent encompassing other racial minority groups based on the 2010 U.S. Census. Ethnically, the city of Bakersfield is comprised of 45.5 percent Hispanic with the remaining 54.5 percent identifying as not Hispanic or Latino. Correspondingly, Hispanics or Latinos makeup 37.6 percent of the population in the state of California, with Whites at 40.1 percent, African Americans 5.8 percent, Asians 12.8 percent and others at approximately 3.7 percent based on the 2010 U.S. Census. These demographic figures are likely to continue to change over time locally and statewide. The problem of underrepresentation derives its meaning and context from the administration of public institutions. In seeking to ensure that a public institution is representative of the constituency it serves, administrators will more likely reflect the social and political concerns of minority groups in their decision making. The study reviews the existing literature surrounding recruitment practices and Representative Bureaucracy Theory (RBT) in formulating units of analysis. Afterwards, the study was conducted through a comparative analysis of various law enforcement case studies or reports, seeking to identify practices that are likely to encourage and engage minority applicants. The findings indicate that many of the existing practices of the BPD are shared by other law enforcement departments, finding their rationale and success in demonstrating the values and aims of RBT. Recommendations include evaluating administrative procedures and the creation of opportunities for community involvement. The study finds that many law enforcement departments have sought to establish community based recruitment practices, empowering residents to facilitate the employment process within their respective racial, ethnic and cultural groups. Involving residents to become stakeholders in the department provides opportunities to influence policy and establish working relationships with minorities. In addition, the study recommends that the BPD seek to review certain administrative procedures in increasing the volume of applicants. The department should evaluate recruitment activities in determining effectiveness and guiding the allocation of resources. Similarly, the department should use applicant data to influence application criteria in better understanding barriers to successful minority applications.
- Resource Type:
- Masters Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Bakersfield
- Department:
- Public Policy and Administration
- Creator:
- O'Cadiz, Darlene
- Description:
- Dance and Cultural Diversity examines the art of dance within the context of different cultures. In doing so, the readings in the text connect dance to academic disciplines such as anthropology, sociology, psychology, and philosophy. Based on the core belief that dance is much more than a form of entertainment or artistic expression, the text demonstrates that dance also has the power to provoke intellectual thought, promote the communion of people from all social classes and walks of life, and reveal the undeniable commonalities of the human experience, while also serving as a valuable tool for expressing cultural diversity. The study of dance as presented in this text transcends music and movement and becomes a study of humanity. The chapters in Dance and Cultural Diversity explore the essence of dance, dance in American Indian culture, Polynesian culture, African culture, and South American culture, and the African influence on American dance. The book also covers dances of East Asia, India, and Bali, and the healing properties of dance. The chapters explores specific types of dances, historical and political aspects of geographical areas, and the effect that dance has on the members of each community. Dance and Cultural Diversity is appropriate for courses on dance, world traditions, and cultural diversity. It can also be used in cultural anthropology and global society courses.
- Resource Type:
- Book
- Identifier:
- 9781516517282, 9781516550326
- Campus Tesim:
- Fullerton
- Department:
- Department of Theatre and Dance
- Creator:
- Atienza, Miriam Celeste Latayan
- Description:
- Children’s books published about Asian American cultures have been a growing trend in the last 10 years. According to the Cooperative Children's Book Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison (n.d.), there were 167 (3.34%) out of 5000 books published in 2011 by and about Asian Americans compared to 137 (2.74%) books published in 2002. Presently, however, the bulk of research in Asian American children’s literature centers on cultural representation of Chinese Americans, Japanese Americans, and Korean Americans (Loh, 2006). The dominance of these three ethnic groups in the body of research may be attributed to the large number of books published annually about them. As a result, children’s books about other Asian American groups, such as Filipino Americans, have been overlooked and unanalyzed. Through purposive sampling, 10 children’s books featuring the Filipino American culture were included in the study. A content analysis of children’s books was conducted using a mixed-methods design to account for the prevalence of representation of Filipina Americans and the roles they play in the selected children’s books. Using both quantitative and qualitative methods of content analysis (Babbie, 2005; Neuman, 2006), data was collected to quantify the frequency of male and female characters in each book and describe the roles each character portrayed in the story (see the Data Collection Sheets in the Appendices). The data collection sheets were created through the specifications described by Kolbe and LaVoie (1981). The results indicated that children’s book featuring Filipino Americans contained a mixture of stereotypical and nontraditional gender portrayals. Although females primarily comprised the authors of the books in the sample, almost 60% of the main characters were males. Consequently, most stories stereotypically portrayed women as very nurturing, feminine, caring, home-oriented, and concerned with beauty. The in-text visuals also revealed that women tend to be illustrated with a traditional portrayal – inside the home – and that they were often in the background or had their illustrations cut off. At the same time, females were observed to be independent, outspoken, and aggressive in certain roles. Findings from this study demonstrated that males were largely represented in books; however, females were observed to embody characteristics that were both typical and nonconforming for their sex.
- Resource Type:
- Thesis
- Campus Tesim:
- Sacramento
- Department:
- Education (Behavioral Sciences Gender Equity Studies)