ABSTRACT

This book recognizes microaggression as a pervasive issue in colleges and universities around the world and offers critical analyses of the local and institutional contexts in which such incidences of violence and discrimination occur.

Authors from Egypt, Barbados, South Africa, Canada, and the United States explore the origins and forms of microaggression which impact students, faculty, and staff in higher education and address issues including xenophobia, sexual violence, linguistic discrimination, and racial prejudice. Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and utilizing empirical, qualitative, and ethnographic methods to consider microaggressions perpetrated by both students and staff, each chapter proposes practical ways to prevent violence through education, student agency, policy, and leadership.

This book offers a contemporary global dialogue with educators and is vital reading for educators and administrators in higher education.

chapter 1|8 pages

Introduction

part Section 1|92 pages

Microaggressions Impacting Students and Professors

chapter 2|13 pages

Brave Spaces, Brave Facilitators, Brave Conversations

Microaggressions in the Online Environment

chapter 4|19 pages

Crazy Rich Asian International Students

The Model Minority Myth and Microaggressions between Asian International and Asian American Students in Higher Education

chapter 6|18 pages

Incivility in Science Teacher Education

What Are We Actually Teaching and Learning?

part Section 2|70 pages

Understanding Wider Societal Causes of Microaggression in Higher Education Contexts

chapter 8|16 pages

Ableist Microaggressions in the Academy

An Examination of “Blind Review”

chapter 10|13 pages

Did I Offend You? I Did Not Mean To!

Dismantling Microaggressions towards Historically Marginalized Groups in Education