Description

Pursuing Transformative Inclusion in Higher Education shares the story of the Becoming Community Initiative, a multi-year effort to pursue transformative inclusion on college campuses. The concept of transformative inclusion posits that true inclusion across higher education requires dismantling oppressive structures and an ongoing process of co-creating community. The contributors share the vision of transformative inclusion and Becoming Community, grounding theoretical frameworks, and how they implemented and communicated this inspiring vision. The book then highlights three main prongs of change through Professional Development Practitioner Certificate Programs, Research and Practice Projects, and Dialogue and Contemplative Action Groups, along with inclusive evaluation. Through this work, Amanda Macht Jantzer, Anna Mercedes, and Brandyn Woodard hope to inspire others to engage a broad coalition of changemakers and to establish an ongoing web of influence to begin to dismantle oppression and foster inclusive community formation in colleges and universities.

Table of Contents

Introduction
Amanda Macht Jantzer, Anna Mercedes, & Brandyn Woodard
Chapter 1. Transforming Inclusion with Healing and Heart
Kathryn A. E. Enke, Mary Dana Hinton, & Anna Mercedes
Chapter 2. Theoretical Frameworks for Pursuing Transformative Change on Campus
Amanda Macht Jantzer & Amy L. Reynolds
Chapter 3. Implementing the Vision of Becoming Community and Transformative Inclusion
Amanda Macht Jantzer, Brandyn Woodard, & Anna Mercedes
Chapter 4. Professional Development and Practitioner Certificate Programs
Brandyn Woodard & Amanda Macht Jantzer
Chapter 5. Research, Practice, and Implementation Projects
Amanda Macht Jantzer, Kyhl Lyndgaard, Catherine M. Bohn-Gettler, Diana Fenton, Kimberly Adams, Susan H. Vollbrecht, Mary Stenson, Lindsey Gunnerson Gutsch, & Ted Gordon
Chapter 6. Small Group Processes for Multi-Level Change
Anna Mercedes
Chapter 7. Co-creating a Story of Change Through Inclusive Evaluation
Amanda Macht Jantzer, Catherine M. Bohn-Gettler, & Libby Smith
Conclusion. Application and Adaptation of Transformative Inclusion in Your Context
Amanda Macht Jantzer, Anna Mercedes, & Brandyn Woodard

Product details

Published Mar 12 2025
Format Hardback
Edition 1st
Extent 218
ISBN 9781666939897
Imprint Lexington Books
Illustrations 3 tables
Dimensions 229 x 152 mm
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing

About the contributors

Anthology Editor

Amanda Macht Jantzer

Anthology Editor

Anna Mercedes

Anna Mercedes is Assistant Professor of Theology a…

Anthology Editor

Brandyn Woodard

Contributor

Kimberly Adams

Contributor

Diana Fenton

Contributor

Ted Gordon

Contributor

Kyhl Lyndgaard

Contributor

Amy L. Reynolds

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Mary Stenson

Contributor

Libby Smith

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