Culture centers in higher education: perspectives on identity, theory, and practice

Foreword / Gloria Ladson-Billings

Preface: A call to action: historical and contemporary reflections on the relevance of campus culture centers in higher education / Lori D. Patton

Part one: Racial/ethnic group specific culture

Latina/o culture centers: providing a sense of belonging and promoting student success / Adele Lozano

Asian American student involvement in Asian American cultural centers / William Ming Liu, Michael J. Cuyjet, adn Sunny Lee

Island of sanctuary: the role of the American Indian culture center / Heather J. Shotton, Star Yellowfish, and Rosa Cintrón

On solid ground: an examination of the successful strategies and positive student outcomes of two black cultural centers / Lori D. Patton

Part two: Theoretical perspectives and culture centers

Counterspaces in a hostile place: a critical race theory analysis of campus culture centers / Tara J. Yosso and Corina Benavides Lopez

Critical borders: student development theoretical perspectives applied to culture centers / Mary F. Howard-Hamilton, Kandace G. Hinton, and Robin L. Hughes

Resituating culture centers within a social justice framework: is there room for examining whiteness? / Michael Benitez Jr.

Part three: administrative and practice-oriented issues for culture centers

Viewing cultural practice through a lens of innovation and intentionality: strategies for student peresonnel administrators in culture centers / Toby S. Jenkins

Campus culture center directors' perspectives on advancement, current issues, and future directions / E. Michael Sutton and Phyllis McCluskey-Titus

Promoting student engagement: administrative considerations for current and future planning of culture center programming and outreach / Salvador B. Mena

Appendix A: Transforming for the 21st century: best practices for examining and evaluating campus culture centers an multicultural affairs offices / Lori D. Patton.