Navigating Difficult Moments in Teaching Diversity and Social Justice

About

Mary E. Kite PhD received her BA MS and PhD from Purdue University and is now Professor of Social Psychology at Ball State University. Strongly committed to psychology education at all levels she has held a number of leadership roles for the Teaching of Psychology (STP APA Division 2) including past president. Her leadership in the Midwestern Psychological Association also includes serving as past president. She holds Fellow status in APA Divisions 2 8 9 35 & 44 the Association for Psychological Science and the Midwestern Psychological Association. She maintains an active research program in the area of stereotyping and prejudice including coauthoring The Psychology of Prejudice and Discrimination (3e) with Bernard Whitley Jr. Whitley and Kite also coauthored Principles of Research in Behavioral Science (4e). Recognitions include the Charles L. Brewer Award for Distinguished Teaching in Psychology from the American Psychological Foundation (2014) and a Presidential Citation from the Society for the Teaching of Psychology (2011).  Kim A. Case PhD is the Director of Faculty Success at Virginia Commonwealth University. As Director she develops and implements faculty mentoring programs supports faculty career development and scholarship productivity and oversees the Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence. Her mixedmethods research examines ally behavior interventions to increase understanding of intersectionality and privilege prejudice reduction and creation of inclusive workplace and education settings. She is author of Deconstructing Privilege: Allies in the Classroom (2013) and Intersectional Pedagogy: Complicating Identity and Social Justice (2017) both published by Routledge. Her scholarship blog and teaching resources are available at www.drkimcase.com. The Society for the Psychological Study of Social Issues previously honored Dr. Case with the Outstanding Teaching and Mentoring Award and the Innovative Teaching Award. The Society for the Teaching of Psychology named her as the 2018 Robert S. Daniel Excellence in Teaching Awardee for her nationally recognized pedagogical advancements.  Wendy R. Williams PhD is a Professor of Psychology and Womens Studies at Berea College. She received her PhD in Social Psychology from the University of California Santa Cruz in 2005. She was previously an Associate Professor and Director of Womens Studies at Marshall University. Her teaching and research interests focus on stigma and prejudice specifically around issues of social class including documenting the lived experiences of lowincome and workingclass Americans as well as examining the personal and political consequences of how lowincome people are perceived. She regularly teaches courses both in the core of the psychology major (e.g. Introduction to Psychology Statistics Research Methods Social Psychology) and in her areas of research interest (e.g. psychology of women & gender psychology of poverty & social class) and she incorporates servicelearning and other experiential learning pedagogies into her teaching. She has published fourteen papers including a book chapter on how experiential learning can raise awareness of social class privilege. In addition she has won awards for her research teaching service mentoring and leadership.