Month: October 2012

Haggis, P. (Director). (2005). Crash. [Motion Picture]. Los Angeles, CA: DEJ Productions. Race and gender issues lead a group of individuals in Los Angeles to collide. Rick is an L.A. attorney whose wife doesn’t hide her hatred of people of Continue reading Movie Night: Crash→

October 25, 2012: Presentation at the 2012 American Evaluation Association conference in Minneapolis, MN. My session was called, “Changes in Undergraduate Students’ Orientation Toward Cultural Differences as a Result of an Intentional Human Relations Course.” This study examined changes in Continue reading American Evaluation Association 2012 Conference, Minneapolis, MN→

McCord, Kate. 2012. In the Land of Blue Burqas. Chicago, IL: Moody Press. The author speaks the local language and has interviewed and conversed with hundreds of Afghans, both men and women. She listened to their stories and lived among Continue reading October Reading: In the Land of Blue Burqas→

Missy Manderfield and I presented two Prejudice Reduction Workshops to kindergarten students at Monroe Elementary School in North Mankato, MN today! The students in kindergarten explored the concepts of “same” and “different.” We had been trained by the Greater Mankato Continue reading Prejudice Reduction Workshops for Kindergarten Students!→

Zwick, E. (Director). (2006). Blood Diamond.  [Motion Picture]. Santa Monica, CA: The Bedford Falls. Danny Archer is a smuggler looking for a single diamond to make enough money to leave Africa for good. He meets Solomon Vandy, an African diamond Continue reading Movie Night: Blood Diamond→