President Brand’s DEI reading list

These books focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion are on President Brand's DEI reading list. 

  • “White Fragility” by Robin DiAngelo

  • “How To Be An Anti-Racist” by Ibram X. Kendi

  • “me and white supremacy” by Layla F. Saad

  • “Everyday White People Confront Racial & Social Injustice: 15 Stories Edited by Dr. Eddie Moore, Jr., Marguerite W. Penick-Parks, Ali Michael, et. al.

  • “The Empowered University: Shared Leaders, Culture Change, and Academic Success” by Freedom A. Hrabowski III, Philip J. Ross (Contributor), Peter H. Henderson (Contributor)

  • “The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness” by Michelle Alexander

  • “Stamped” by Jason and Ibram X. Kendi

  • “The Color of Law: A Forgotten History of How Our Government Segregated America” by Richard Rothstein

  • “Letter to My Son” by Ta-Nehisi Coates

  • “Native Guard” (selections) by Natasha Tretheway

  • “Explaining White Privilege to a Broke White Person" by Gina Crosley-Corcoran

  • “Safe Spaces, Brave Spaces: Diversity and Freedom of Expression” by John Palfrey and Alberto Ibarguen

  • “Free Speech on Campus” by Erwin Chemerinsky and Howard Gillman

  • “Whistling Vivaldi” by Claude M. Steele