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Understanding Islamophobia

Online Resources

The Bridge Initiative at Georgetown University – What is Islamophobia?
Challenge Islamophobia: A Project for Teaching for Change
US Department of Justice –  Learn About Hate Crimes
The UC Berkeley HAAS Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society  — “Islamophobia in the United States: A Resource Reading Pack

Cornell Courses for Faculty

The Cornell Center for Teaching Innovation offers a number of course for inclusive teaching for diverse classrooms.

  • Teaching & Learning in the Diverse Classroom is a four-week, instructor-paced online course for anyone with teaching responsibilities at Cornell, at any level of diversity expertise. Modules explore strategies for inclusive course design, social identity and self-reflection, and pedagogical practices that effectively support student engagement and a sense of belonging across difference
  • Faculty Institute for Diversity focuses on developing inclusive pedagogies that support co-learning, power-sharing, and dialogue practices.
  • Building Connections with Dialogue (Intergroup Dialogue Project)  offers participants a variety of tools, processes, and frameworks to develop more equitable and effective educational strategies, and integrate dialogue into a range of experiences with colleagues and students.

Cornell Resources

READ

Green Todd H. Green (2015), The Fear of Islam: An Introduction to Islamophobia in the West,

2nd ed. Minneapolis: Fortress Press

Beydoun, Khaled (2018) American Islamophobia: Understanding the Roots and Rise of Fear. Oakland, California: University of California Press

Awan, Imran (ed) (2016) Islamophobia in cyberspace: Hate Crimes go Viral. Abingdon, Oxon, England ; New York : Ashgate

Love, Erik (2017) Islamophobia and Racism in America. New York : New York University Press

Bayoumi, Moustafa (2008) How Does it Feel to be a Problem: Being Young and Arab in America. Penguin Press.

 

 

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Contact Information

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Fax: 607.255.4672
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