Diversity and Inclusion

Diversity and Inclusion Resources

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Distant immigrant patriarch to expressive dad: Father school as gender boot camp

by Allen J. Kim, doctoral candidate, Department of Sociology, University of California, Irvine

Across the United States and worldwide, a growing number of men are actively searching for the answer to the fundamental question: What does it mean to be a father today? Father School is a South Korean-inspired men’s movement that has been at the forefront of mobilizing immigrant and nonimmigrant fathers to become actively involved in their families.

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The family: A context for youths’ spiritual growth

by Anthony G. James, M.S., Department of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri, Ph.D. candidate at the Department of Family Studies and Social Work, Miami University (Ohio)

Most, if not all, parents desire their children to grow up with a set of morals, principles, guidelines, standards, values, etc., that will help them thrive in civil society. In recent years, scholars have sought to explore ways that spirituality can help youth with that internalization process.

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The spiritual formation of graduate students— teaching at a faith-based school

by Jackie L. Halstead, Ph.D., LMFT, associate professor, Lipscomb University

During my graduate school years, I had to learn how to make sense of my faith and spirituality on my own. When I came back to teach 11 years later, the climate of the profession had changed. It was now acceptable to breach the divide between a person and his or her spirituality.

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Religion, spirituality, and families

by Frank D. Fincham, Eminent Scholar and director, Florida State University Family Institute,

Less than a decade has passed since Hill and Pargament noted that social scientists tend to keep “their distance from religion and spirituality." In just a matter of years, this circumstance has changed dramatically, possibly reflecting changes in the broader culture.

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Spirituality: Expressions of two people groups

by C. J. Aducci, M.A., program manager, Office of Strong Family Development, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma, and Waymon R. Hinson, Ph.D., associate administrator, Family Resource System, Chickasaw Nation, Ada, Oklahoma

American Indians and African Americans share similar and disparate stories of disenfranchisement and loss, one victimized by Manifest Destiny, the other by the demeaning institution of slavery. Both provide rich tapestries of spirituality, religiosity, resilience, and struggle.

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A mini-narrative about my praxis as a Muslim feminist

by Manijeh Daneshpour, Ph.D., associate professor and director of the Department of Marriage and Family Therapy, St. Cloud State University, Minnesota

While in the West the hijab has come to symbolize either forced silence or radical unconscionable militancy, I choose to wear it to represent myself as an example of modesty and as a sanctuary of female independence. This is based on my postmodern Muslim feminist praxis.

from American Community Survey releases brief on veterans

Brief: Veterans’ Racial and Ethnic Composition and Place of Birth: 2011

from 2012 NCFR Conference Recordings

Brian Smedley on the reality of health disparities between diverse populations

Plenary speaker Brian Smedley, PhD introduces the reality of health disparities between diverse populations in the U.S., beginning with infant mortality, to chronic diseases and disability throughout the life cycle, to the shortened life expectancies that disproportionally occur among communities of color or disadvantage.

from New report released on teens with lesbian mothers