Institute on Race and Ethnicity- Reading Seminars

Jayant Anand, UW-Barron County
Jeff Kuepper, UW-Fox Valley
John Kuhlmann, UW-Marinette
Dylan Bennett, UW-Washington County
Jodi Thesing-Ritter, UW-Eau Claire
Dwight Watson, UW-Eau Claire
Christine Webster and Nancy Wesenberg, UW-Eau Claire
Mary Crave, UW-Extension
Marlene Jaglinski, UW-Extension
Jan Piltz, UW-Extension
Regan A. R. Gurung, UW-Green Bay
Thomas Nesslein, UW-Green Bay
Elizabeth Bell Canon, UW-La Crosse
Sharon Jesse, UW-La Crosse
Cecilia Manrique, UW-La Crosse
Kay Schendel and Jaralee Richter, UW-La Crosse
Willem Van Roosenbeek, UW-La Crosse
Jessica Thill, UW-La Crosse
Eden Inoway-Ronnie, UW-Madison
Heidi Lang, UW-Madison
Monique Mills, UW-Madison
Matt Mitterko, UW-Madison
Anne Banda, UW-Milwaukee
Gregory Carter, UW-Milwaukee
Markeda Newell, UW-Milwaukee
Cindy Petrites, UW-Milwaukee
Liz Cannon, UW-Oshkosh
Karen Gibson and Susan Cramer, UW-Oshkosh
Russell Brickey, UW-Platteville
Tom Lo Guidice, UW-Platteville
Cyndi Kernahan, UW-River Falls
Mary Manke and Todd Savage, UW-River Falls
Linda Alvarez, UW-River Falls
Mai Vang, UW-Stevens Point
Kim Hahn and Xuedong Ding, UW-Stout
Damian Hanft and Mary McManus, UW-Stout
Mitchell Sherman, UW-Stout
Dang Yang, UW-Stout
Eri Fujieda, UW-Superior
Nancy Crabb, UW System Administration
Crista Lebens, UW-Whitewater
Elena Levy-Navarro, UW-Whitewater
Howard Ross, UW-Whitewater


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Jayant Anand (Department of Anthropology and Sociology) - UW-Barron County Hip Hop America by Nelson George Why White Kids Love Hip Hop: Wangstas, Wiggers, and the New Reality of Race in America by Bakari Kigwana
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Jeff Kuepper (Office of Student Activities) - UW-Fox Valley Hunger by Lan Samantha Chang Inheritance: A Novel by Lan Samantha Chang
Submitter(s): Book(s):	John Kuhlmann (Library) - UW-Marinette Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928 by David Wallace Adams
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Dylan Bennett (Department of Political Science) - UW-Washington County Black Theology and Black Power by James H. Cone Black Faith and Public Talk: Critical Essays on James H. Cone's Black Theology and Black Power by Dwight Hopkins


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Jodi Thesing-Ritter (Dean of Students Office) Warriors Don't Cry by Melba Pattillo Beals The Autobiography of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Martin Luther King, Jr. Rosa Parks: A Life by Douglas Brinkley SNCC: The New Abolitionist by Howard Zinn
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Dwight Watson (College of Education and Human Sciences) White Teachers/Diverse Classrooms: A Guide to Building Inclusive Schools, Promoting High Expectations, and Eliminating Racism by Julie Landsman and Chance W. Lewis Everyday Antiracism: Getting Real About Race in School by Mica Pollock
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Christine Webster (Office of Multicultural Affairs) and Nancy Wesenberg (University News) The Time of Our Singing: A Novel by Richard Powers


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Mary Crave (Division of Continuing Education, Outreach and E-Learning, Madison) A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Marlene Jaglinski (Milwaukee County) Latinos in Milwaukee by Joseph Rodriguez and Walter Sava The Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Jan Piltz (Portage County) The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Regan A. R. Gurung (Human Development and Psychology) Getting Culture: Incorporating Diversity Across the Curriculum by Regan A. R. Gurung and Loreto R. Prieto (editors) Mexican Enough: My Life between the Borderlines by Stephanie Elizondo Griest
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Thomas Nesslein (Urban and Regional Studies - Economics) Identity and Violence: The Illusion of Destiny by Amartya Sen On Political Equity by Robert A. Dahl


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Elizabeth Bell Canon (Department of English) English with an Accent: Language, Ideology, and Discrimination in the United States by Rosina Lippi-Green
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Sharon Jessee (Department of English) A Mercy by Toni Morrison
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Cecilia Manrique (Political Science and Public Administration Department) Coming Full Circle: The Process of Decolonization Among Post-1965 Filipino Americans by Leny Mendoza Strobel Scratch the News: Filipino Americans in Our Midst by Cristina Pastor
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Kay Schendel and Jaralee Richter (University Centers) When Heaven and Earth Changed Places by Le Ly Hayslip with Jay Wurts A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Housseini
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Willem Van Roosenbeek (Pride Center) Drifting Toward Love: Black, Brown, Gay, and Coming of Age on the Streets of New York by Kia Wright Queer Youth Cultures by Susan Driver
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Jessica Thill (Upward Bound) The First Part Last by Angela Johnson


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Eden Inoway-Ronnie (Office of the Provost) Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva Can We Talk about Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation by Beverly Daniel Tatum
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Heidi Lang (Social Education Office, Wisconsin Union) Dreams from My Father: A Story of Race and Inheritance by Barack Obama White Out: The Continuing Significance of Racism by Ashley W. Doanne and Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (editors)
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Monique Mills (Waisman Center) A Framework for Understanding Poverty: 3rd Revised Edition by Ruby K. Payne Whatever It Takes: Geoffrey Canada's Quest to Change Harlem and America by Paul Tough "The State of Black Madison 2008: Before the Tipping Point" (report by the Urban League of Greater Madison
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Matt Mitterko (Graduate School) Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Anne Banda (Center for Cultural Diversity and Global Health, College of Nursing) Kinky Gazpacho: Life, Love & Spain by Lori Tharps Empowering Resilience: Improving Health Care in War-Impacted African Countries by Aaron Buseh
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Gregory Carter (Department of History) One Drop: My Father's Hidden Life - A Story of Race and Family Secrets by Bliss Broyard
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Markeda Newell (Department of Educational Psychology) Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race, and Family Life by Annette Lareau
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Cindy Petrites (Alumni Relations and Career Development Center) Can We Talk about Race? And Other Conversations in an Era of School Resegregation by Beverly Daniel Tatum


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Liz Cannon (LGBTQ Resource Center, Department of English/Women's Studies) Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology by E. Patrick Johnson and Mae G. Henderson (editors)
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Karen Gibson and Susan Cramer (Educational Leadership Program) Engaging EVERY Learner by Alan M. Blankstein, Robert W. Cole, and Paul D. Houston (editors) From the Notebooks of Melanin Sun by Jacqueline Woodson Monster by Walter Dean Myers Them: A Novel by Nathan McCall


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Russell Brickey (Writing Center) Six Poets of Racial Uplift (African-American Women Writers, 1910-1940) by Effie T. Battle, Gertrude Arquene Fisher, Myra Viola Wilds and others Spirit & Flame: An Anthology of Contemporary African American Poetry by Keith Gilyard (editor)
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Tom Lo Guidice (Teaching Excellence Center for Faculty and Staff Development) Hip Hop Speaks to Children: A Celebration of Poetry with a Beat by Nikki Giovanni (editor) The Collected Poetry of Nikki Giovanni: 1968-1998 by Nikki Giovanni Love Poems by Nikki Giovanni The Collected Poems of Langston Hughes by Langston Hughes (author) and Arnold Rampersad and David E. Toessel (editors) Poetry for Young People: Langston Hughes by David Roessel and Arnold Rampersad (editors) The Dream Keeper and Other Poems by Langston Hughes


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Cyndi Kernahan (Department of Psychology/Ethnic Studies) White Like Me: Reflections on Race from a Privileged Son by Tim Wise
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Mary Manke (Education and Professional Stds.) & Todd Savage (Counseling & School Psych.) The Skin That We Speak: Thoughts on Language and Culture in the Classroom by Lisa Delpit and Joanne Kilgour Dowdy (editors) We Can't Teach What We Don't Know: White Teachers, Multiracial Schools by Gary Howard
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Linda Alvarez (Multicultural Services/Academic Success Center) It's the Little Things: Everyday Interactions That Anger, Annoy, and Divide the Races by Lena Williams


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Mai Vang (Equity and Affirmative Action) Courageous Conversations About Race: A Guide for Achieving Equity in Schools by Glenn Eric Singleton and Curtis Linton


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Kim Hahn (Apparel & Comm. Tech Dept.) and Xuedong Ding (Dept. of Operations & Mgmnt.) Postethnic America: Beyond Multiculturalism by David A. Hollinger Places Left Unfinished at the Time of Creation by John Phillip Santos
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Damian Hanft (Hospitality and Tourism Dept.) and Mary McManus (Memorial Student Center) Salsa, Soul and Spirit: Leadership for a Multicultural Age by Juana Bordas
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Mitchell Sherman (Department of Psychology) The Senator and the Socialite: The True Story of America's First Black Dynasty by Lawrence Otis Graham American Slavery, American Freedom by Edmund S. Morgan
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Dang Yang (School of Education) The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir by Kao Kalia Yang


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Eri Fujieda (Department of Social Inquiry) Racism Without Racists: Color-Blind Racism and the Persistence of Racial Inequality in the United States by Eduardo Bonilla-Silva (editor)


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Nancy Crabb (Office of Information Services) When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa by Peter Godwin House of Stone: The True Story of a Family Divided in War-Torn Zimbabwe by Christina Lamb


Submitter(s): Book(s):	Crista Lebens (Department of Philosophy and Religious Studies) Cosmopolitanism: Ethics in a World of Strangers by Kwame Anthony Appiah
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Elena Levy-Navarro (Department of Languages and Literatures) Black Queer Studies: A Critical Anthology by E. Patrick Johnson and Mae G. Henderson (editors)
Submitter(s): Book(s):	Howard Ross (Philosophy and Religious Studies) Systemic Racism: A Theory of Oppression by Joe R. Feagin Silent Racism: How Well-Meaning White People Perpetuate the Racial Divide by Barbara Trepaginer

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