With the differing backgrounds and experiences students bring to the classroom today, the learning process must be ready to deal with controversial and, perhaps, uncomfortable situations that students and faculty will inevitably face both in and out of the classroom. This book creates a new awareness of viewing the world and those around us differently and realistically. It is a must-read for everyone in education.

Dr. Lillian Lodge Kopenhaver, Executive Director, Kopenhaver Center for the Advancement of Women in Communication, Florida International University

Compelling topics, insightful contributors, and practical pedagogical wisdom. Whether you’re an instructor, administrator, or even a student, this book is a valuable and challenging resource.

Tim P. Vos, President, Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (AEJMC)

This book touches all the areas that affect academic achievement few are willing to touch. The best practices offered are distinct. Classroom exercises provide opportunities to really challenge and change student thought and action. Written with solid scholarly grounding and empathetic finesse, it should be a must for every instructor’s toolbox.

Barbara Bealor Hines, professor emerita, Howard University, Past President AEJMC

With hot-button issues confronting professors and their students in a changing, and often toxic, political, economic and social environment, this book should be required reading for teachers and administrators in every journalism/communications program. An excellent and much-needed resource.

Maurine H. Beasley, professor emerita, University of Maryland College Park, Past President AEJMC

The pedagogy, lessons, and references outlined in Testing Tolerance are desperately need and vitally important for professors and students facing an increasingly intolerant world. A guidebook to help fortify the fragile minds and souls and dreams entrusted to us and our institutions.

Cathy M. Jackson, associate professor, Norfolk State University