How to Talk about Hot Topics on Campus: From Polarization to Moral Conversation
Praise for How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus\ "How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus offers solid educational strategies and some of the best practical examples I have seen on how to facilitate dialogue about the many unspoken but passionately held differences that are found on campus today. Faculty, student affairs professionals, and others engaging with students on diversity issues will find this book to be a highly useful educational resource."\ Jon C. Dalton, director, Hardee Center...
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How to Talk About Hot Topics on Campus fills a gap in the student services and teaching and learning literature by providing a resource that shows how to construct and carry out difficult conversations from various vantage points in the academy. It offers a theory-to-practice model of conversation for the entire college campus that will enable all constituencies to engage in productive and civil dialogue on the most difficult and controversial social, religious, political, and cultural topics.
Preface ixAcknowledgments xvThe Authors xviiLaying the Theoretical Groundwork for Moral Conversation 1Igniting the Fire of Moral Conversation 3Promoting a Spirit of Pluralism on College Campuses 35Practicing the Moral Conversation 63A Faculty Member's View on Moral Conversation from the Classroom Robert J. Nash 65An Administrator's View on Moral Conversation from the Division of Student Affairs DeMethra LaSha Bradley 99A Senior Administrator's Systemic View on Facilitating Moral Conversations Across Campus Arthur W. Chickering 133Final Words on Moral Conversation 173Opportunities, Risks, and Caveats for Moral Conversation 175A Step-by-Step How-To Guide for Facilitators and Participants When Doing Moral Conversation Robert J. Nash Alissa B. Strong 205Additional Text References and Internet Resources 219Western Stereotypes About Islam from Both the Left and the Right Robert J. Nash 221A Whole-Campus Teaching and Learning Rationale for Moral Conversation: Inspired by the 2004 NASPA Report Learning Reconsidered: A Campus-Wide Focus on the Student Experience Robert J. Nash 229Naturalistic and Narrativistic Paradigms in Academia: Implications for Moral Conversation Robert J. Nash 241References 251Index 261
