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Book SynopsisThis book considers the generalized topic of respect on college and university campuses from the perspectives of a variety of participants. It highlights perspectives held by different individuals culminating in a conversation about the evolution of respect issues on campus and how those issues are reflected by our broader society. There are a variety of contributors: students, faculty members, student support personnel, as well as staff persons, all of whom have contact with students in a variety of venues and with widely varying power differentials. While there can be no single agreement upon what the issue of respect means to a variety of participants, there nevertheless can be a discussion about the evolution of issues of respect on campus and in educational settings. This book contributes to a larger conversation regarding respect and is a helpful starting point for increased consideration of this issue. In this particularly polarized political environment and one in which the coa
Trade ReviewThe depth and variety of perspectives on respect provided make the reader want to keep the conversation going, in an effort to more fully understand and hopefully incite change, when it comes to incivility at all levels of interaction. -- Patti Goff, Assistant Vice President Integrated Learning & Administration, Division of Student Affairs, Providence College
Respect on Campus in an Age of Growing Disrespect is both timely and relevant. While this topic has been on the minds of the two editors for years, the discussion is necessary today more than ever. As the current administration pushes the public to consider the value of higher education while the ultra-rich buy their children’s way into the perceived “elite” colleges and universities, respect of the Academy and its faculty and staff are on the decline. This book provides insight to readers from numerous observers who are in a variety of disciplines and should become a common-reading experience for all university and college community members. -- Robbin Beauchamp, Director, the Center for Cooperative Education and Career Development, Wentworth Institute of Technology
Table of ContentsPreface Introduction Chapter One: Respect in the Classroom, Robert Engvall and Jessica Skolnikoff Chapter Two: A Student’s Perspective, Colleen Finan Fehringer Chapter Three: A Student’s Perspective: Revisited, Kelley Hutchinson Chapter Four: Respect: From Undergrad to Present, Hillary Flanagan Chapter Five: The Self, The Other and the Question of Respect in the Classroom: How Class Assignments, Discussions, and Debates are Intertwined with Issues of Respect for Students and Professors, Jennifer Trivedi and Amish Trivedi Chapter Six: Respect at Home and Abroad, Emily Wall Chapter Seven: Indirect Approach: Teaching Empathy in the Age of Trump, Tom Batt Chapter Eight: Do Female Coaches Neutralize Toxic Masculinity, Rachel Madsen and Annemarie Farrell Chapter Nine: Coaching Isn’t What it Used to Be, Jessica Skolnikoff and Robert Engvall Chapter Ten: Respect in the Hospitality Industry, Jennifer Parisi Chapter Eleven: Ethnographic Moments of an Itinerant Academic: The Disruption of an Institution and Reframing the Faculty/Student Relationship, Marie Wallace Chapter Twelve: Respect in the Clinical Classroom, Allison Brindle Chapter Thirteen: A Conversation Among Peers, Anonymous Chapter Fourteen: Concluding Remarks, Robert Engvall and Jessica Skolnikoff About the authors
