{"id":65922,"date":"2022-12-02T19:25:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T23:25:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/?post_type=bu-article&#038;p=65922"},"modified":"2023-09-13T13:24:32","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T17:24:32","slug":"new-books-explore-relational-approach-to-teaching-social-justice","status":"publish","type":"bu-article","link":"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/articles\/2022\/new-books-explore-relational-approach-to-teaching-social-justice\/","title":{"rendered":"New Books Explore Relational Approach to Teaching Social Justice"},"content":{"rendered":"\t<div class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin news-block-editorial-leadin is-style-default has-media has-media-focus-right-middle\">\n\t\t<div class=\"container-lockup\">\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-leadin-media\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2048\" height=\"1365\" src=\"\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371.jpg\" class=\"\" alt=\"Photo of Grace Kim holding two books\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-900x600.jpg 900w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1500x1000.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-500x333.jpg 500w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-992x661.jpg 992w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1920x1280.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1000x667.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-1984x1322.jpg 1984w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-450x300.jpg 450w, https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/files\/2022\/12\/IMG_9371-600x400.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"wp-block-editorial-leadin-caption wp-prepress-component-caption\">Professor Grace S. Kim. Photo by Christina McDonnell <\/p>\n\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-outer\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"container-words-inner\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"wp-prepress-tag\">Equity, Diversity &amp; Inclusion<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"head\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"http:\/\/New%20Books%20Explore%20Relational%20Approach%20to%20Teaching%20Social%20Justice\">Exploring a Relational Approach to Teaching Social Justice<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"deck\">New books offer resources for teachers, students, and community members holding complex conversations about issues such as race, gender, and culture<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar js-block-editorial-metabar news-prepress-layout-metabar\">\n\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-date\">December 2, 2022<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-credits\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<ul data-credit-type=\"By\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<li><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/news\/authors\/finn-gardiner\/\">Finn Gardiner<\/a><\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-prepress-component-metabar-share js-bu-prepress-share-tools\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-twitter\"><span>Twitter<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-facebook\"><span>Facebook<\/span><\/span>\n\t\t\t<span class=\"icon-action\"><\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/id-kayla.cms-devl.bu.edu\/wheelock\/profile\/grace-kim\/\">Grace S. Kim<\/a>, a clinical associate professor in the Counseling Psychology &amp; Applied Human Development department at BU Wheelock, is no stranger to holding complex conversations about race, gender, social class, and culture in her classes. A longtime teacher, Kim has used her expertise as a clinical psychologist and educator to foster thoughtful discussions about social justice, oppression, and equity with her students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis is my 15th year of teaching, and over the course of my career, I\u2019ve learned a lot about teaching courses related to race, gender, culture, and social class,\u201d says Kim. \u201cAs a clinical psychologist, I often think about how to bring psychology into teaching.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In 2019, Kim approached two colleagues, Karen Suyemoto of UMass Boston and Roxanne Donovan from Kennesaw State University, to crystallize this expertise. The result was two companion volumes, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Unraveling-Assumptions-A-Primer-for-Understanding-Oppression-and-Privilege\/Suyemoto-Donovan-Kim\/p\/book\/9780367181215\">Unraveling Assumptions: A Primer for Understanding Oppression and Privilege<\/a><\/em> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.routledge.com\/Teaching-Diversity-Relationally-Engaging-Emotions-and-Embracing-Possibilities\/Kim-Donovan-Suyemoto\/p\/book\/9780367181192\"><em>Teaching Diversity Relationally: Engaging Emotions and Embracing Possibilities<\/em><\/a> (Routledge, 2022).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote has-background has-primary-background-color is-style-solid-color\"><blockquote class=\"has-text-color\" style=\"color:#fcfbf8\"><p>\u201cUltimately, I think the goal is to teach in a transformative way. We\u2019re not just creating and upholding the same societal norms, but really thinking about social justice.\u201d<\/p><cite>Grace S. Kim, Professor and Author<\/cite><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Unraveling Assumptions<\/em> helps readers understand more deeply how systemic inequities affect marginalized people and how to be allies and advocates. Although the book tackles difficult concepts, Kim and her coauthors aimed to make them approachable for readers. \u201c<em>Unraveling Assumptions<\/em> is for students, faculty, and community leaders who want to facilitate conversations about race, gender, social class, ability, and ethnicity,\u201d says Kim. \u201cIt\u2019s a reference book where we really try to explain multilayered descriptions of each concept.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Teaching Diversity Relationally<\/em> is geared toward faculty who want to teach about social justice, diversity, and equity in their classrooms. According to the publisher\u2019s website, the book \u201cfollows the developmental arc of a diversity course across a semester, exploring how students respond as the course moves into deeper content material and more intense discussions.\u201d It also provides guidance for teachers when discussions get heated. \u201cThese social justice-related topics are emotionally laden and often faculty are not taught what to do with emotions,\u201d Kim says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2>Talking about Social Justice<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of piling on more content like PowerPoint slides or readings to explain difficult topics, Kim stresses a more relational approach that focuses on people\u2019s emotional reactions to what they\u2019ve learned. Recognizing the power of emotions can help teachers understand the space they take up in the classroom, and how students might react to it. \u201cEmotional reactions can be very different based on your positionality and your relationship with power and privilege,\u201d she says.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With both books, Kim hopes to support teachers, students, and community members in holding conversations about social justice. She recognizes that teaching social justice, especially amid cultural tensions about discussions of equity in the classroom, can be difficult. But she emphasizes that the rewards of teaching social justice are worth it: \u201cTeaching and learning about these concepts is not only important, but also beneficial,\u201d she says. \u201cThere are a lot of rewards in terms of self-understanding, understanding of others, being able to create relationships with other people, and contributing to improving society.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kim also notes that she isn\u2019t the first\u2014or the last\u2014to hold difficult conversations in the classroom. \u201cI\u2019m inspired by the people who came before me and continue to do what I think we should do, and hopefully students whom we teach can make an impact in the world as well and really move toward creating a more just and equitable world for everyone,\u201d she says. \u201cUltimately, I think the goal is to teach in a transformative way. 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