Using Narratives and Storytelling to Promote Cultural Diversity on College Campuses

Download or read book Using Narratives and Storytelling to Promote Cultural Diversity on College Campuses written by Bledsoe, T. Scott and published by IGI Global. This book was released on 2020-07-10 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stories offer opportunities for listeners to merge the storyteller’s experiences with their own, resulting in connections that can turn into life-changing experiences. As listeners and storytellers, it is imperative that we look more closely at the stories and narratives that shape our lives. Using Narratives and Storytelling to Promote Cultural Diversity on College Campuses is an essential research publication that offers a framework for identifying culture-based narratives. The book follows five college students through a vast array of divergent experiences and provides a comprehensive dialogue about diversity through personal narratives of college faculty, students, staff, and administrators. Highlighting a range of topics including microaggressions, ethnicity, and psychosocial development, this book is ideal for academicians, practitioners, psychologists, sociologists, education professionals, counselors, social work educators, researchers, and students.