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Open materials in Gender & Sexuality Studies

August 16, 2023 / / 0 Comments

Starting this semester, the OER team is highlighting open educational resources in underrepresented disciplines with an emphasis on sharing high quality open materials.

This post focuses on gender and sexuality studies and was compiled by Jo Thompson. The materials within this post may be of interest to those in Gender and Sexuality Studies as well as those working across the Social Sciences and Humanities. Enjoy!

  • Gender: Reflections and Intersections (2022). Vancouver Island University. License: CC BY-NC-ND
    • “Gender: Reflections and Intersections is the collaborative culmination of student contributions in the Sociology of Gender Relations class (SOCI 322) in the Fall term of 2022 at Vancouver Island University.” Topics covered include gender and sports, gender bias in medicine, gender-expansive early childhood education, and more. 
  • Gendered Lives: Global Issues (2021) by Nadine T. Fernandez and Katie Nelson. License: CC BY
    • “Gendered Lives takes a regional approach to examine gender issues from an anthropological perspective with a focus on globalization and intersectionality. Chapters present contributors’ ethnographic research, contextualizing their findings within four geographic regions: Latin America, the Caribbean, South Asia, and the Global North. Each regional section begins with an overview of the broader historical, social, and gendered contexts, which situate the regions within larger global linkages.”
  • Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today, extended version (2012) by Bureau of International Information Programs, United States Department of State. License: CC0
    • “We cannot solve global challenges unless women participate fully in efforts to find solutions. Female participation in the private sector is a crucial economic driver for societies worldwide. Economic security benefits every facet of a woman’s life, with positive effects on the health, education and vitality of families. Learn about women who are changing their societies for the better. This extended version of Global Women’s Issues: Women in the World Today includes, for each chapter, a summary, key words, multiple choice questions, discussion questions, essay questions, and a list of additional resources.”
  • The Homosaurus by The Digital Transgender Archive. License: CC BY-NC-ND
    • “The Homosaurus is an international linked data vocabulary of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer (LGBTQ) terms. This vocabulary is intended to function as a companion to broad subject term vocabularies, such as the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Libraries, archives, museums, and other institutions are encouraged to use the Homosaurus to support LGBTQ research by enhancing the discoverability of their LGBTQ resources.”
  • Introduction to Human Sexuality (2022) by Ericka Goerling, PhD and Emerson Wolfe, MS. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    • “[The] first section, Reflections and Explorations in Human Sexuality, includes ten chapters ranging from Sexology to Gender to Sexual Behaviors. In many ways, Part 1 is a great example of introductory human sexuality and many of the subjects have personal application to one’s experiences and learning. Our second section, Part 2, is Professional and Clinical Topics in Human Sexuality and covers topics such as Sexuality Over the Lifespan, Sexually Transmitted Infections, and Sexual Dysfunctions and Treatment. While our Part 2 is still considered introductory in nature, it does have a more clinical/professional approach to topics in terms of learning. [The authors feel] that all these subjects hold value for students’ personal and professional development whether they’re going into psychology, social work, gender and sexuality studies, nursing, public health, anthropology, or something else entirely.”
  • Introduction to LGBTQ+ Studies: A Cross-Disciplinary Approach (2022) by Deborah P. Amory, Sean G. Massey, Jennifer Miller, and Allison P. Brown. License: CC BY
    • “Designed for an introductory course, this textbook takes a cross-disciplinary approach to the study of LGBTQ+ issues that helps students grasp core concepts through a variety of different perspectives.”
  • Introduction to Women and Gender Studies (2020) by Deborah Holt. License: CC BY
    • “The overall goal of the content selected for the creation of this book is to [b]roaden understanding and awareness of Women and Gender studies in the Humanities produced within the cultural and historical contexts of social groups throughout the world drawing upon such fields as art, literature, religion, philosophy, and music.”
  • Introduction to Women, Gender, Sexuality Studies (2017) by Miliann Kang, Donovan Lessard, Laura Heston, & Sonny Nordmarken, University of Massachusetts. License: CC BY
    • “This textbook introduces key feminist concepts and analytical frameworks used in the interdisciplinary Women, Gender, Sexualities field. It unpacks the social construction of knowledge and categories of difference, processes and structures of power and inequality, with a focus on gendered labor in the global economy, and the historical development of feminist social movements. The book emphasizes feminist sociological approaches to analyzing structures of power, drawing heavily from empirical feminist research.”
  • Marking Gender in Spanish by Silvia Rivera Alfaro. License: CC BY-NC
    • “This open educational resource is created for language learners who want to make independent decisions on the politics over their bodies and identities and determine how they would like to be called while learning Spanish. The material can also serve teachers and professors as a resource to help navigate this challenging topic of our current times. This guide allows the learner to gain a basic understanding of Spanish grammar and its relationship to gender in an independent way. It intends to be not only a resource to decide how you would like to be named but also to understand the complexity of the subject, in relation to Spanish-speaking societies.”
  • Persistence is Resistance: Celebrating 50 Years of Gender, Women & Sexuality Studies (2020) by Julie Shayne. License: CC BY-NC
    • “Persistence is Resistance is a collection celebrating 50 years of Gender, Women and Sexuality Studies. Contributors are a diverse group of scholars, from undergraduate students to faculty emeritus, representing twenty-four institutions. Essays cover GWSS’s history, praxis, and implementation. The book also includes artwork by GWSS undergraduates and alumni, and their answers to “why GWSS?” Persistence is Resistance is ideal for the classroom because the essays are short, jargon light, and inspire feminist inquiry, activism, and pride.”
  • The Psychology of Gender (2023) by Suzanne Valentine-French and Martha Lally. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    • Topics covered include and introduction to the psychology of gender, methods for studying gender, theories of gender identity, and more.
  • Sexuality, the Self, and Society (2022) by Susan Rahman, Nathan Bowman, and Dahmitra Jackson. License: CC BY
    • “Content included in Sexuality, the Self, and Society is aligned with the typical scope for an introductory, interdisciplinary Human Sexuality Textbook. It is written to be a complete text for a semester length course but could be used, in part, reorganized, or edited in true OER fashion. It is meant to be accessible, relevant, and inclusive. It also will not remain static meaning that the author will continue to update periodically and those who adopt may do so as they see fit.”
  • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Employment Discrimination (2017) by Matthew William Green. License: CC BY-NC-SA
    • “This Chapter will address the current protections that are available to lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (“LGBT”) individuals who allege they have been victims of employment discrimination. The Chapter’s primary focus will be on federal statutory law, particularly Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Although the focus here is on federal law, Appendix I to this Chapter lists the states that protect individuals from public and/or private discrimination under state laws.”

New and Noteworthy OER 05/13

May 13, 2022 / / 0 Comments

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s bi-weekly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Open Education

  1. Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition, by Amanda Coolidge; Sue Doner; Tara Robertson; and Josie Gray, BCcampus (2018). License: CC BY
    “The goal of the Accessibility Toolkit – 2nd Edition is to provide resources for each content creator, instructional designer, educational technologist, librarian, administrator, and teaching assistant to create a truly open textbook—one that is free and accessible for all students. This is a collaboration between BCcampus, Camosun College, and CAPER-BC.”
  1. Adaptation Guide: A reference to adapting or revising an open textbook, by Lauri M. Aesoph, BCcampus (2016). License: CC BY                   
    “The Adaptation Guide is a practical reference about how to customize — or adapt — an open textbook so that it better fits your needs in the classroom and elsewhere. This guide defines the term adaptation and discusses reasons for revising a book, why this is possible with an open textbook, and the challenges involved.”

Arts & Sciences

  1. The Political Imagination: Introduction to American Government, by Peter Kolozi and James E. Freeman; Contributors: Isa Vasquez (2022).
    License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “…a realistic, critical analysis as well as a hopeful, engagement-oriented narrative that encourages students to understand the important role they can play in the political system and in crafting a society in which they want to live. The Political Imagination draws on social and political theory and history offering an analytical as well as normative framework to think about the substance of politics, the procedures and institutions of government, and a dynamic, socially contingent definition of political power.”
  1. Dr. Brandle’s Introduction to American Government, by Shawna Mary Brandle, Kingsborough Community College (2021). License: CC BY-NC
    “This is the reading and viewing for our course on American Government. It is a remix of the American Government 2E book from Openstax. You can read, view, explore, discuss, and annotate for our class in our reading group. If you prefer, you can download a PDF of the entire book to read offline.”
  1. A Practical Approach to Understanding Music Theory, by Charles Brooks, University of North Alabama (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “…a textbook designed for the non-music performance major or music business/audio engineer who needs to professionally interface with musicians without needing to write or compose music. The material is designed around a spiral learning model in which a very simple straightforward concept is introduced, defined and explained. From this point and forward the book adds one element of music theory after another until a broad base of musical understanding and application is achieved.”
  1. Sociology of the Family, by Amy Traber, Queensborough Community College (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This OER textbook provides students with a brief introduction to: the perspective, methods, and theories that constitute the sociology of the family; research on patterns and processes of dating/mating, cohabitation/marriage, parenting. divorce/remarriage, and family stressors/strengths in the United States. It was created through the integration of various OER texts, including OpenStax, Sociology Wikibooks, and many more.”

Professional Studies

  1. Active Bystander Intervention: Training and Facilitation Guide: Training for Preventing and Responding to Sexual Violence in B.C. Post-Secondary Institutions, by Sexual Violence Training Development Team, BCcampus (2021). License: CC BY
    “A workshop and facilitation guide to support B.C. post-secondary institutions to prevent and respond to sexual violence and misconduct. Active Bystander Intervention is a 90-minute workshop for all members of the campus community: students, faculty, administrators, and staff. This training helps learners acquire the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and intervene in an incident of sexual violence as well as discuss strategies for creating a safer campus community. Uses the 4D’s (Direct, Distract, Delegate, Delay) Active Bystander Intervention Model. (The slide deck that accompanies this resource can be downloaded from the Introduction.)”
  1. Advanced Professional Communication: A Principled Approach to Workplace Writing, by Melissa Ashman and Arley Cruthers, Fanshawe College (2021). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “This resource is designed to guide college students in advancing their existing skills in communication by using a principled approach to business communication for managerial and leadership success in the modern workplace.”

  2. The Asynchronous Cookbook, by Office of Digital Learning & Inquiry, Middlebury College (2021). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Whether you’re teaching mostly in person but looking for some regular, asynchronous activities to add to your course, or teaching a fully online course, this resource is for you. The activities in this cookbook draw on research and good practice in online course design to provide recipes – concise and specific instructions and examples – for adding asynchronous activities to a course. Meaningful interaction between students and instructors is a key ingredient in all of these recipes.”
  1. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students, by Andrew Binks, Virginia Tech Libraries (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Cardiovascular Pathophysiology for Pre-Clinical Students, is an undergraduate medical-level resource for foundational knowledge of common cardiovascular diseases, disorders and pathologies. This text is designed for a course pre-clinical undergraduate medical curriculum and it is aligned to USMLE(r) (United States Medical Licensing Examination) content guidelines.”

  2. Dentistry Environment Essentials, by Nicole Stormon, Tachae Douglas-Miller, and Sowmya Shetty, The University of Queensland (2022). License: CC BY-NC
    “The setting where dental procedures take place is a unique environment. The design of a dental clinic or surgery is purposefully built to promote ergonomic practice, safe procedures, efficiency and facilitates infection control. This book aims to introduce the dental environment and give practical guidance on how to navigate the equipment, instruments, procedures and how to stay safe. All dental team members require an appreciation and understanding of the principles in this book to ensure patients receive the safest and most pleasant experience when receiving dental treatment.”

Technology & Design

  1. Patterns for Beginning Programmers, by David Bernstein, James Madison University (2022). License: CC BY
    “Programming patterns are solutions to problems that require the creation of a small fragment of code that will be part of a larger program. Hence, this book is about teaching you how to write such fragments of code. However, it is not about teaching you the syntax of the statements in the fragments, it assumes that you already know the syntax. Instead, it is about finding solutions to problems that arise when first learning to program.”
  1. Production Ergonomics: Designing Work Systems to Support Optimal Human Performance, by Cecilia Berlin and Caroline Adams, Ubiquity Press (2017). License: CC BY
    “To help budding system designers and production engineers tackle design challenges holistically, this book offers a multi-faceted orientation in the prerequisites for healthy and effective human work. We cover physical, cognitive and organizational aspects of ergonomics, and provide both the individual human perspective and that of groups and populations, ending up with a look at global challenges that require workplaces to become more socially and economically sustainable. This book is written to provide a solid foundation for improving industrial workplaces to attract and retain healthy and productive staff in the long run.
  1. Repairing Infrastructures: The Maintenance of Materiality and Power, by Christopher R. Henke and Benjamin Sims, The MIT Press (2020). License: CC BY-NC
    “Infrastructures—communication, food, transportation, energy, and information—are all around us, and their enduring function and influence depend on the constant work of repair. In this book, Christopher Henke and Benjamin Sims explore the causes and consequences of the strange, ambivalent, and increasingly central role of infrastructure repair in modern life. Henke and Sims offer examples, from local to global, to investigate not only the role of repair in maintaining infrastructures themselves but also the social and political orders that are created and sustained through them. Repair can encompass not only the kind of work we most commonly associate with the term but also any set of practices aimed at restoring a sense of normalcy or credibility to the places and institutions we inhabit in everyday life
They show that repair is an essential if often overlooked aspect of understanding the broader impact and politics of infrastructures. Understanding repair helps us better understand infrastructures and the scope of their influence on our lives.”

City Tech O.E.R. team

Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Rachel Jones, Adjunct Librarian

New and Noteworthy OER 04/29

April 29, 2022 / / 0 Comments

New and Noteworthy is the City Tech Library O.E.R. Team’s bi-weekly roundup of new and noteworthy O.E.R. We try to include at least one O.E.R. relevant to each school at City Tech in every post. At the end of the month, these resources will be compiled and distributed by the library liaison for your department. Please contact us if you know of new or particularly interesting O.E.R. to share with our colleagues or would like more information about O.E.R. initiatives at City Tech.

Arts & Sciences 

  1. Start Here, Speak Anywhere!: Empowering Our Voices for a Global Audience, by the Faculty of the Department of Speech, Communication, and Theatre Arts of the Borough of Manhattan Community College, edited by Angela Elbanna and Joe Hutcheson, CUNY PressBooks (2022).
    License: CC BY-NC
    A text on public speaking “with a purpose of ‘advancing equity and the intellectual and personal growth of students’ and strengthening ‘a culture of care inside and outside the classroom. The book is also intended to further the value of ‘creating exceptional teaching and learning environments inside and outside the classroom; valuing the experience and knowledge students bring to the classroom, and engaging them in the construction of knowledge.’”

  2. Showing Theory to Know Theory: Understanding Social Science Concepts Through Illustrative Vignettes, by Patricia Ballamingie and David Szanto, Showing Theory Press (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “A collaborative, open educational resource, Showing Theory brings together a collection of short pedagogical texts that help new learners understand complex theoretical concepts and disciplinary jargon from the critical social sciences. Each entry “shows” an element of theory using an “illustrative vignette”—a short, evocative story, visual or infographic, poem, described photograph, or other audio-visual material.”
  1. Let’s Chat!: Spanish Conversation Activities, by Amber Hoye et al., the Pathways Project at Boise State (2022). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “In our Let’s Chat! Series, we hope to make it easier for language teachers to implement spontaneous conversation into their curriculum by providing “classroom-ready” activities that are exciting and culturally relevant, with the goal of providing teachers interactive lessons that are easily adaptable in order to facilitate active language learning.”


Professional Studies

  1. Restorative Mastery for the Dental Hygienist, by Renee Alexandre and Rick Aronstein, Mount Hood Community College Library Press (2021). License: CC BY
    “Dental hygienists and auxiliaries with restorative skills will become increasingly in demand as their scope of practice expands. Restorative Mastery for the Dental Hygienist presents practical demonstrations and the core knowledge needed for successfully placing and finishing class II restorations in first molars using video demonstrations, checklists, and exercises.”

  2. Undergraduate Diagnostic Imaging Fundamentals, by Brent Burbridge, MD, FRCPC, University of Saskatchewan, Distance Education Unit (2017/2021). License: CC BY-NC-SA
    “Diagnostic Imaging principles and concepts are augmented by the presentation of images for common clinical conditions. Guiding principles related to minimizing radiation exposure and requesting the most appropriate imaging examination are addressed.Static images are enhanced by the ability to access images stored and displayed on an Html-5 compatible, Dicom image viewer that simulates a simple Picture Archive and Communication system (PACS). Users can also access other imaging from the Dicom viewer (ODIN), beyond the basic curriculum provided, to further advance their experience with viewing diagnostic imaging pathologies.”


Technology & Design

  1. Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D by Wally Baumback. BCcampus (2021). License: CC BY
    Introduction to Drafting and AutoCAD 2D was written as a tool to guide and teach readers to master AutoCAD. No two students learn at the same pace, therefore the book was written with competency-based modules. The competency-based modules are bite-size pieces that can be used to learn by distance education, correspondence, online, instructor-led classes, or by individuals teaching themselves to use AutoCAD in their own home or office.
  1.  Introduction to Architecture by Kelsey Ferreira. Open Oregon Educational Resources (2021). License: CC BY-NC
    This Open Educational Resource (OER) is designed for learners interested in discovering how to appreciate the built environment. The text assumes no prior knowledge of architectural history and focuses on the vocabulary of architectural analysis, as well as case studies on individual architects and structures. The emphasis is on learning to look and evaluate buildings in context and to foster a greater appreciation for the world around us. This text does not focus on defining structural systems or move chronologically, and instead is intended as a series of mini-lessons on specific topics. Each chapter also contains recommendations for additional readings and videos to provide opportunities for further learning

City Tech O.E.R. team

Cailean Cooney, Assistant Professor, OER Librarian: ccooney@citytech.cuny.edu
Joshua Peach, Adjunct Reference & OER Librarian: jpeach@citytech.cuny.edu
Rachel Jones, Adjunct Librarian

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