Material Detail

This open textbook is being utilized in a ethnic studies / comparative ethnic and global societies course for undergraduate or graduate students by Dr. Katherine Chu at California State University Dominguez Hills. The open textbook provides an accessible introduction to ethnic studies, including the history of the field, key concepts such as racial formation and intersectionality, and chapters on Africana, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Chicanx/Latinx studies. In this course, the text is supplemented with module videos, guided module planners, library readings, films, and discussion/reflection prompts that help students connect historical foundations to contemporary questions of diaspora, media, solidarity, and social justice. The main motivation to adopt an open textbook was to remove cost barriers while still giving students a rigorous, customizable, and current core text aligned with CSU ethnic studies goals. Most students access the open textbook online through Canvas links and the CSUDH Library on laptops or desktop computers; some students also use mobile devices for reading on the go.