Guides: Race, Inclusion & Society: Overview

Overview

This guide provides resources that will help with research into diversity and inclusivity in the classroom and society. It is a work in progress & does not represent the views of the University of Detroit Mercy.

The University community should feel free to suggest resources for inclusion in the guide. Resources are reviewed by the Science, Race & Technology Learning Community prior to inclusion.

On This Day Calendar of Racial Injustice

On This Day
The Equal Justice Initiative's daily interactive calendar highlights events on this day in history.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Little Libraries

Our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion libraries are a way for our students, faculty, and staff to share books and gain knowledge about topics of interest in this area such as:

Culture - Yours, mine, others

Indigeneity - The peoples of this land

Teaching pedagogy for cultural inclusiveness

Racism - What is it and how to talk about it

Novels that express the life experiences of people of color

Ableism - Disability should not be an afterthought

LGBTQ - What it means to be LGBTQ

Social Justice for all

Other topics!

DEI Little Libraries can be found in the Engineering & Science building (outside of the Dean's office), Ford Life Sciences building (outside of Biology), and in the Chemistry building conference room.

Other Research Guides

Black Lives Matter
Part of the Social Justice research guide
LGBTQ
Here you will find links to LGBTQ+ resources, including books, eBooks and article databases in the Library's collection.
Social Justice Research Guide
Resources related to social justice, including topics such as Black Lives Matter.

Detroit Mercy Programs

African American Studies (Minor) at Detroit Mercy
A multidisciplinary minor that promotes the understanding of the African-American experience through scholarship, service learning and cultural events. Students who earn a minor in African American Studies have a richer understanding of African and African-American culture and a keener appreciation of the relationship between race, diversity and society.
Islamic Studies (Minor) at Detroit Mercy
The Islamic Studies minor is designed to be both multicultural and interdisciplinary, and critically examines the place of Islam and Muslims in society locally, nationally and globally. Students of Islamic Studies will become familiar with major historical events and figures, cultural processes, patterns, ideas and values that have shaped Muslim traditions and Islamic cultural and intellectual contributions.
Women's and Gender Studies (Minor) at Detroit Mercy
University of Detroit Mercy's Women's and Gender Studies (WGS) Program is a diversity and social-justice-focused area of study that examines how our beliefs about gender and sexuality shape our personal identities and the world we live in. The program also examines how gender and sexuality intersect with other facets of our identities such as race, class, nationality, ability and age.