Teaching Race: Struggles, Strategies, and Scholarship for the Mass Communication Classroom(Master Class: Resources for Teaching Mass Communication)

When it comes to teaching about race, journalism and mass communication faculty from various backgrounds must deliver instruction that acknowledges the challenges surrounding the topic while facilitating the learning of undergraduate and graduate students. Race should be a topic infused across the curriculum at the undergraduate and graduate level in institutions large and small, public and private. This takes a holistic approach with authors from a range of racial and ethnic backgrounds at small, mid-size, and large research institutions offering their insights. More than teaching tips, the chapters here offer wisdom grounded in the research of the scholarship of teaching and learning, which allows scholars to both inform their teaching with empirical research and share successful pedagogy with others.

About the Author :
Robin Blom is associate professor and graduate director of journalism at Ball State University. He is director of the Unified Research Lab (URL), where he facilitates eye-tracking, virtual reality, psycho-physiology, and gaming studies with more than a dozen faculty and student researchers. George L. Daniels is associate professor of journalism and creative media at The University of Alabama. He is immediate past head of the AEJMC Minorities and Communication Division and is a nationally certified master journalism educator (MJE) and the inaugural Faculty Fellow for Diversity & Inclusion for the Broadcast Education Association.

Review :
A timely and useful addition to AEJMC's master class series, this book provides valuable information for the instructor of mass communication classes that focus on race. Editors George Daniels and Robin Bloom have collected articles that expertly guide the instructor on effective strategies for teaching race and managing difficult conversations. Teaching Race is a well-written and potentially transformational volume that should be read by all journalism and mass communication educators. Editors George Daniels and Robin Blom have gathered an impressive array of dedicated scholar/educators who present vital content and pose necessary challenges to all who care about diversity, equity, and inclusion -- in media and beyond. These diverse scholar voices present research and personal perspectives that help us to see and understand their different dynamic experiences and strategies in teaching about race. The wealth of riveting research topics presented, the blend of stimulating narratives and the various curriculum strategies offered, makes this book a very timely and valuable acquisition.