DEI from the 90s to now with Nimisha Barton

From tolerance to land acknowledgements.

References mentioned this episode:

• Nimisha Barton. 2024. A Just Future: Getting from Diversity and Inclusion to Equity and Justice in Higher Education. Cornell University Press.
• Nimisha Barton’s website
• James M. Thomas. 2020. Diversity Regimes: Why Talk is Not Enough to Fix Racial Inequality at Universities. Rutgers University Press.
• Will Kymlica. 2007. Multicultural Odysseys: Navigating the New International Politics of Diversity. Oxford University Press.
• Sara Ahmed. 2012. On Being Included: Racism and Diversity in Institutional Life. Duke University Press. 
• Jennifer S. Furlong and Stacy M. Hartman. June 10, 2025. “How to Have ‘The Talk’ with Your Adviser.” Chronicle of Higher Education.
• Ruth Wilson Gilmore. 2023. Abolition Geography: Essays Toward Liberation. Verso Books. 
• Kelly Hayes and Miriame Kaba. 2023. Let this Radicalize You: Organizing and the Revolution of Reciprocal Care. Haymarket Books.
• Dean Spade. 2020. Mutual Aid: Building Solidarity Through This Crisis (and the Next). Verso Books. 
• Maya Wind. 2024. Towers of Ivory and Steel: How Israeli Universities Deny Palestinian Freedom. Verso Books.
• Barry M. Goldenberg. 2025. Strength through Diversity: Harlem Prep and the Rise of Multiculturalism. Rutgers University Press.
• Lauren Lassabe Shepherd. October 23, 2023. “The History Behind The Right’s Efforts to Take Over American Universities.” TIME Magazine.
• Daniel Bessner and Michael Brenes. April 26, 2019. “A Moral Stain on the Profession.” Chronicle of Higher Education. 

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