CRSC Publications

Diversity Project: Final Report

The Diversity Project: Final Report documents the experiences of undergraduate students at the University of California, Berkeley in a period where there was increasing racial and ethnic diversity in the student body. It was first published in 1992. Read more about the Diversity Project here.

The reprinted edition with a new preface, published in 2010, is available for a free download here.

Books by CRSC Affiliates

Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

2022

By Conra D. Gist and Travis Bristol - Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers are underrepresented in public schools across the United States of America, with Black, Indigenous, and People of Color making up roughly 37% of the adult population and 50% of children, but...Read more about Handbook of Research on Teachers of Color and Indigenous Teachers

Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley

2022

By Carolyn Chen - Silicon Valley is known for its lavish perks, intense work culture, and spiritual gurus. Work Pray Code explores how tech companies are bringing religion into the workplace in ways that are replacing traditional places of worship, blurring the...Read more about Work Pray Code: When Work Becomes Religion in Silicon Valley

Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

2022

By Jetta Grace Martin - There is a saying: knowledge is power. The secret is this. Knowledge, applied at the right time and place, is more than power. It's magic.

That's what the Black Panther Party did. They called up this magic and...Read more about Freedom! The Story of the Black Panther Party

Neo-nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education

2021

By John Aubrey Douglass - Universities have long been at the forefront of both national development and global integration. But the political and policy world in which they operate is undergoing a transition, one that is reflective of a significant change in domestic politics...Read more about Neo-nationalism and Universities: Populists, Autocrats, and the Future of Higher Education

Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable

2021

By Eric A. Stanley - Advances in LGBTQ rights in the recent past—marriage equality, the repeal of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, and the expansion of hate crimes legislation—have been accompanied by a rise in attacks against trans, queer and/or gender-nonconforming people of color...Read more about Atmospheres of Violence: Structuring Antagonism and the Trans/Queer Ungovernable

Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity

2019

By Michael Omi - Whereas most scholarship on Japanese Americans looks at historical case studies or the 1.5 generation assimilating, this pioneering anthology, Japanese American Millennials, captures the experiences, perspectives, and...Read more about Japanese American Millennials: Rethinking Generation, Community, and Diversity

The College Dropout Scandal

2019

By David Kirp - Higher education today faces a host of challenges, from quality to cost. But too little attention gets paid to a startling fact: four out of ten students -- that's more than ten percent of the entire population - -who start college drop out. The situation...Read more about The College Dropout Scandal

Invisible Visits: Black Middle Class Women in the American Healthcare System

2018

Tina K. Sacks - Although the United States spends almost one-fifth of all its resources funding healthcare, the American system continues to be dogged by persistent inequities in the treatment of racial and ethnic minorities and women.ÂInvisible Visits...Read more about Invisible Visits: Black Middle Class Women in the American Healthcare System

Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil

2018

Tianna Paschel - After decades of denying racism and underplaying cultural diversity, Latin American states began adopting transformative ethno-racial legislation in the late 1980s. In addition to symbolic recognition of indigenous peoples and black populations,...Read more about Becoming Black Political Subjects: Movements and Ethno-Racial Rights in Colombia and Brazil

20 Questions & Answers on Black Europe

2017

By Stephen Small - Europe is made up of at least 46 nations, and a population of more than 770 million people. Black people of African descent are estimated at more than 7 million, with at least 90% of them in just 12 nations. Stephen Small offers an in-depth analysis of...Read more about 20 Questions & Answers on Black Europe

Grateful Nation: Student Veterans and the Rise of the Military-Friendly Campus

2017

Ellen Moore - In today's volunteer military many recruits enlist for the educational benefits, yet a significant number of veterans struggle in the classroom, and many drop out. The difficulties faced by student veterans have been attributed to various factors: poor...Read more about Grateful Nation: Student Veterans and the Rise of the Military-Friendly Campus

When Police Kill

2017

Franklin E. Zimring - Deaths of civilians at the hands of on-duty police are in the national spotlight as never before. How many killings by police occur annually? What circumstances provoke police to shoot to kill? Who dies? The lack of answers to these basic questions...Read more about When Police Kill

Black against Empire The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, With a New Preface

2016

Joshua Bloom - This timely special edition, published on the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the Black Panther Party, features a new preface by the authors that places the Party in a contemporary political landscape, especially as it relates to Black Lives Matter...Read more about Black against Empire The History and Politics of the Black Panther Party, With a New Preface

Afro-Latin@s in Movement: Critical Approaches to Blackness and Transnationalism in the Americas

2016

Tianna Paschel - Through a collection of theoretically engaging and empirically grounded texts, this book examines African-descended populations in Latin America and Afro-Latin@s in the United States in order to explore questions of black identity and representation,...Read more about Afro-Latin@s in Movement: Critical Approaches to Blackness and Transnationalism in the Americas

Strangers in Their Own Land Anger and Mourning on the American Right

2016

By Arlie Russell Hochschild - When Donald Trump won the 2016 presidential election, a bewildered nation turned to Strangers in Their Own Land to understand what Trump voters were thinking when they cast their ballots. Arlie Hochschild, one of the most influential...Read more about Strangers in Their Own Land Anger and Mourning on the American Right

The New Flagship University: Changing The Paradigm from Global Ranking to National Relevancy

2015

John Douglass - The New Flagship University is an expansive vision for leading national universities and an alternative narrative to global rankings and World Class Universities. The Flagship model explores pathways for universities to re-shape their missions and...Read more about The New Flagship University: Changing The Paradigm from Global Ranking to National Relevancy

20 Questions and Answers on Dutch Slavery and its Legacy

2015

Stephen Small - Most people in the Netherlands think of slavery and the slave trade as something that happened a long time ago, did not affect many people, and have little relevance to Dutch society today. Nothing could be further from the truth. The truth is that politics...Read more about 20 Questions and Answers on Dutch Slavery and its Legacy

Latino Politics

2014

Lisa Garcia Bedolla - Fully revised and updated, the second edition of this popular text provides students with a comprehensive introduction to Latino participation in US politics. Focusing on six Latino groups - Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans, Salvadorans,...Read more about Latino Politics

American Corrections: Concepts and Controversies

2014

Barry Krisberg - American Corrections, Second Edition offers students a contemporary, issues-oriented introduction that covers every aspect of corrections, prompting students to think critically about complex issues that are affecting the current...Read more about American Corrections: Concepts and Controversies

Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America

2014

Jonathan Simon - In this “impassioned plea for human dignity” (Kirkus Reviews) Jonathan Simon—called “one of the outstanding criminologists of his generation” by Nikolas Rose of the London School of Economics—charts a surprising path to end mass incarceration in America...Read more about Mass Incarceration on Trial: A Remarkable Court Decision and the Future of Prisons in America

Racial Formation in the United States- 3rd Edition

2014

Michael Omi - Twenty years since the publication of the Second Edition and more than thirty years since the publication of the original book, Racial Formation in the United States now arrives with each chapter radically revised and rewritten by authors Michael...Read more about Racial Formation in the United States- 3rd Edition

Global Mixed Race

2014

By Stephen Small - Patterns of migration and the forces of globalization have brought the issues of mixed race to the public in far more visible, far more dramatic ways than ever before. Global Mixed Race examines the contemporary experiences of people of mixed descent in...Read more about Global Mixed Race

Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

2014

G. Cristina Mora - How did Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Cubans become known as “Hispanics” and “Latinos” in the United States? How did several distinct cultures and nationalities become portrayed as one? Cristina Mora answers both these questions and details the scope of...Read more about Making Hispanics: How Activists, Bureaucrats, and Media Constructed a New American

The New Scarlet Letter?: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

2014

Steven Raphael - The numbers are eye-opening. In 2007, on any given day, 2.2 percent of all males in the United States were incarcerated, including 7.9 percent of all black males. Some 2.6 percent of white males , 7.7 percent of Hispanic males, and 16.6 percent of black...Read more about The New Scarlet Letter?: Negotiating the U.S. Labor Market with a Criminal Record

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