Suggested eBooks in the Saybrook Library
The Saybrook Library has access to over 700,000 eBooks so this list is only a sample of what is available on topics of belonging, diversity, equity, inclusion, and justice topics. These books are general titles in the area of theory, research methods, and professional practice.
To locate eBooks on specific topics within DEI, set the OneSearch filter to Books and then search by keyword or subject heading, choosing terms related to your search and joined by Boolean operators AND, OR, or NOT. Refer to the Inclusive Language and Searching page of this guide for a list of terms.
Here are some examples:
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Analysing Intersectionality
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This book provides a critical examination of long-standing methodologies in intersectionality research; it then shines a spotlight on analytical techniques such as qualitative comparative analysis, multilevel models, mediation and moderation, and mixed methods designs. Innovative and thought-provoking, this book is ideal for any student or researcher looking to harness the power of empirical evidence to explore inequality and injustice.
ISBN: 9781529789874Publication Date: 2023-12-18 -
DEI Deconstructed: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Doing the Work and Doing It Right
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The importance of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace cannot be understated. But when half-baked and under-developed strategies are implemented, they often do more harm than good, leading the very constituents they aim to support to dismiss DEI entirely. DEI Deconstructed analyzes how current methods and best practices leave marginalized people feeling frustrated and unconvinced of their leaders' sincerity, and offers a roadmap that bridges the neatness of theory with the messiness of practice. Through embracing a pragmatic DEI approach drawing from cutting-edge research on organizational change, evidence-based practices, and incisive insights from a DEI strategist with experience working from the top-down and bottom-up alike, stakeholders at every level of an organization can become effective DEI changemakers.
ISBN: 1523002786Publication Date: 2022-11-08 -
Diversity, Cultural Humility, and the Helping Professions
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ISBN: 9783031113802Publication Date: 2022-08-31 -
Gender Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Academia
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Institutional focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion affects all parts of higher education management. This book scrutinizes the conceptual framework for diversity, equity, and inclusion actions in academia to facilitate research-based and critically reflected decisions in higher ed management. It also discusses concepts directed towards solutions, such as affirmative action and feminist pedagogies, and overcomes the traditional binary approach on gender by incorporating specific challenges faced by LGBTQ+ and transgender staff and students. Key reading for academics in gender and education studies, while also serving as a vital resource for individual consumers working in or preparing to enter leadership positions in higher education.
ISBN: 9781032426389Publication Date: 2023-04-12 -
How to Embed Social Justice Into Mixed Methods Research
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Embedding social justice into mixed methods research requires careful consideration of social justice aims applied to the decision making at each step of the process to promote equity, access, equity, fairness, and value. This approach offers a breadth and depth for creating research that can be implemented for social action to address real-world issues. By identifying a social justice framework appropriate to the issues and crafting a social justice lens applicable across all phases of the mixed methods research, researchers address social injustices and fight against the perpetuation of power inequities.
Publication Date: 2024-03-21 -
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Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work
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Incorporates discussions of leadership, racism and oppression into a new understanding of how trauma and traumatic experience play out in leadership and organizational cultures. Chapters unpack ideas about the intersections of self, trauma and leadership, bridging the personal and professional, and illustrating the relationship between employees and leaders. Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work is an expansive guide for students in social work, one that explores and explains how trauma and difference manifest in how we communicate, lead and work with each other.
ISBN: 0429284403Publication Date: 2020-12-28 -
Intersectionality, Sexuality and Psychological Therapies
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This book explores the diversity in lesbian, gay, and bisexual lives, intending to open up therapists' understanding of this diversity so that they can work in an ethical, supportive, and non-discriminatory way with these individuals. Focuses on the practitioner, illustrating concepts with vignettes and case studies for implementing practical applications. Emphasizes gender balance, fully exploring both male and female perspectives on each topic.
ISBN: 9780470975008Publication Date: 2012-04-23 -
Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Trans, Intersex, and Queer Psychology
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The third edition of this award-winning textbook provides an accessible and engaging introduction to the field of LGBTIQ+ psychology. Comprehensive in scope and international in outlook, it offers an integrated overview of key topical areas, from history and context, identities and fluidity, families and relationships, to health and wellbeing. This third edition includes updates across all chapters that provide a greater focus on diversity and utilize new terminology throughout to reflect changes in the field. It addresses recent developments in the field of trans studies, and explicitly references emerging work around pansexuality and asexuality. An entirely new chapter focuses on a diversity of topics receiving increased attention including LGBTIQ+ people in foster care, LGBTIQ+ refugees, disabled people accessing services, and trans and intersex people in sport. The fallout of increasing far-right extremism in Europe and America is also discussed. This groundbreaking textbook is an essential resource for undergraduate courses on sex, gender and sexuality in psychology and related disciplines, such as sociology, health studies, social work, education and counselling.
ISBN: 9781009335140Publication Date: 2024-12-12 -
Managing Microaggressions: Addressing Everyday Racism in Therapeutic Spaces
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Microaggressions have been identified as a common and troubling cause of low retention and poor psychotherapy outcomes for people of color. All therapists want and intend to be helpful to their clients, but many unknowingly committing microaggressions. This book is intended for mental health clinicians who want to be more effective in their use of evidence-based practices with people of color. Not only will readers learn how to avoid offending or harming their clients, they will also be better equipped to help clients navigate microaggressions they encounter in their daily lives.
ISBN: 9780190875237Publication Date: 2020-07-01 -
Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation
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A transformative look at covert bias, prejudice, and discrimination with hopeful solutions for their eventual dissolution. Written by bestselling author Derald Wing Sue, Microaggressions in Everyday Life: Race, Gender, and Sexual Orientation is a first-of-its-kind guide on the subject of microaggressions. This book looks at the various kinds of microaggressions and their psychological effects on both perpetrators and their targets. Thought-provoking and timely, Dr. Sue suggests realistic and optimistic guidance for combating - and ending - microaggressions in our society.
ISBN: 1282550055Publication Date: 2010-01-01 -
Navigating Difficult Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice
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ISBN: 9781433832932Publication Date: 2020-10-13 -
Out of Many Faiths: Religious Diversity and the American Promise
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ISBN: 9780691196961Publication Date: 2019-08-27 -
The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Culture and Mental Health
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This handbook thoroughly examines the intricate interplay of race, ethnicity, and culture in mental health - historical origins, subsequent transformations, and the discourses generated from past and present mental health and wellness practices. The text demonstrates how socio-cultural identities including race, gender, class, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and age intersect with clinical work in a range of settings. Case vignettes and recommendations for best practice help ground each in a clinical focus, guiding practitioners and educators to actively increase their understanding of non-Western and indigenous healing techniques, as well as their awareness of contemporary mental health theories as a product of Western culture with a particular historical and cultural perspective.
ISBN: 9781138279995Publication Date: 2020-10-28
