Preliminary Material / Joseph R. Jones -- Venti Low-Fat Soy, Hold the Whip / Madison Raley -- Changing Identity While Staying Me / Alex Overby -- Names and Narratives / Erinn Bentley -- Who Do You Think You Are? / Victor Salazar -- He’ll Just Spend It on Alcohol / Thomas Dailey -- Can Teacher Preparation Programs Have an Impact on Combating Islamophobia in Public Schools? / Saoussan Maarouf -- A Voice with an Echo That Nobody Heard… But… / Carime Bersh -- Growing up Gay in Georgia / Joseph R. Jones -- Across the Oceans / Chamaree de Silva -- Go Back to Where You Came from / Kerry Harding and Julie Jones -- My Experience in Developing Self-Awareness through Involvement / Justin Maki -- Teachers’ Inked / Vince Youngbauer and Michael Ridgeman -- Brojobs, Bro Culture, and Hegemonic Masculinity / Joseph R. Jones -- You Have to Go to Them / Michelle Herring -- The Minority from the Majority / Jonai Sorrell -- The “Paynes” of the Deficit Model / Tracey Dumas Clark -- Preservice Teachers Learning about Culturally Responsiveness through International Immersion / Michelle Vaughn -- A Microcosm in the Classroom / Heather McKeen -- Effective Strategies to Increase Diversity and Inclusion in the Nursing Profession / Sherika Derico and Amanda Hawkins -- Student Success Differences in a Junior-Level Undergraduate Genetics Course / Linda Hensel -- The Relationship between Cultural Diversity and Bullying / Carol Raines -- Diversity and Multiculturalism in Today’s Classroom / Elizabeth Dore -- Homophobia in Schools / Taelor Rye -- About the Authors / Joseph R. Jones.

In Feather Boas, Black Hoodies, and John Deere Hats, Jones once again challenges our beliefs about difference and acceptance. As one reviewer writes, “through a series of rich narratives, Jones provides examples of attitudes, experiences, and institutional acts that continue to propagate the marginalization of people in our communities. Intertwined within these stories are thoughtfully selected ideas to help us understand that embracing difference, and not merely respecting it, can be the catalyst for real change in all of us.” The book engenders a dialogic space for individuals to grapple with the idea of difference and the importance of inclusion in educational environments, and by extension broader society. Joseph R. Jones, PhD, is a teacher/academic. His scholarly work examines issues of diversity and multiculturalism in educational settings and by extension the broader society. Jones has published copiously on the topic and has numerous recognitions for his scholarship, most recently the 2017 Stonewall Service Award from CCCC/NCTE. Recently, he returned to the high school classroom as a special education teacher in a co-taught English classroom to help address issues of bullying within schools.

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