Diversity Resources
These are examples of different diversity-related organizations as well as scholarship and grant opportunities. This list is not complete. There are other organizations that may be of interest to your company.
Videos
Technical Diversity-related Organizations
- National Society of Black Engineers
- Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
- Society of Women Engineers
- Women in Technology, Inc.
- National Society of Hispanic MBA's
- National Black MBA Association
- Anita Borg Institute for Women and Technology
- Society of Mexican American Engineers and Scientists
- American Indian Science and Engineering Society
- Black Data Processing Associates
- National Organization of Gay and Lesbian Scientists and Technical Professionals
- Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Science
- National Action Council for Minorities in Engineering
- National Association of Asian American Professionals
- Asian Women in Business - locations
- National Center for Women and Information Technology
General Community-based Diversity-related Organizations
- National Urban League – historic civil rights Community-Based Organization
- League of United Latin American Citizens
- United Negro College Fund
- National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
- Hispanic Scholarship Foundation
- Parents, Families, and Friends of Lesbians and Gays
- American Association of People with Disabilities
- National Organization on Disabilities
- Association for the Advancement of Retired People
- Asian Pacific Development Center of Colorado
- LGBTQ Student Resources & Support
Scholarship and Grant Opportunities
Reading Material
- Brown, Claire Damken, and Audrey Nelson. Code Switching: How to Talk So Men Will Listen. NY: Alpha Books/Penguin Group, 2009.
- Brown, Claire, Charlotte Snedeker, and Beate Sykes. Eds. Conflict and Diversity. Cresskill, NJ: Hampton Press, 1997.
- Cox Jr., Taylor. Creating the Multicultural Organization: A Strategy for Capturing the Power of Diversity. San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2001.
- Dobrich, Wanda, Steven Dranoff, and Gerald Maatman, Jr. The Manager’s Guide to Preventing a Hostile Work Environment: How to Avoid Legal and Financial Risks by Protecting Your Workplace from Harassment Based on Sex, Race, Disability, Religion, or Age. NY: McGraw-Hill, 2002.
- Evans, Sybil, and Sherry Suib Cohen. Hot Buttons: How to Resolve Conflict and Cool Everyone Down. NY: Harper Collins, 2000.
- Evans, Sybil. Resolving Conflict in a Diverse Workplace. Amherst, MA: Amherst Educational Publishing, 1997.
- Gardenswartz, Lee, and Anita Rowe. Managing Diversity. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin/Pfeiffer, 1993.
- Gardenswartz, Lee, Anita Rowe, and Liz Winfield (Ed.), Multiculturalism at Work:
- Cultural Norms and Language, in Winfield, Training Tough Topics, NY: AMACOM, 2001.
- Gardenswartz, Lee, Anita Rowe, Patricia Digh, and Martin Bennett. The Global Diversity Desk Reference. San Francisco: Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2003.
- Gladwell, Malcolm. Blink. NY: Little, Brown and Company, 2005.
- Harvey, Carol, and M. June Allard. Understanding and Managing Diversity: Readings, Cases, and Exercises. 4th ed. Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education Inc., 2009.
- Jamieson, David, and Julie O’Mara. Managing Workforce 2000: Gaining the Diversity Advantage. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 1991.
- Lieberman, Simma, George Simons, and Kate Berardo. Putting Diversity to Work: How to Successfully Lead a Diverse Workforce. Menlo Park, CA: Crisp, 2004.
- Loden, Marilyn, and Judy Rosener. Workforce America: Managing Employee Diversity as a Resource. Homewood, IL: Business One Irwin, 1991.
- Nelson, Audrey and Brown, Claire Damken. The Gender Communication Handbook: Conquering Conversational Collisions between Men and Women. San Francisco, CA: Pfeiffer/Wiley, 2012.
- O’Reilly, Nancy. Leading Women: 20 Influential Women Share their Secrets to Leadership, Business, and Life. Avon, MA: Adams Media, 2015.
- Rasmussen, Tina. The ASTD Trainer’s Sourcebook: Diversity. NY: McGraw-Hill, 1996.
- Storti, Craig. Cross-Cultural Dialogs: 74 Brief Encounters with Cultural Differences. Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press, 1994.
- Sue, Derald Wing. Overcoming Our Racism. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003.
- Thomas Jr., R. Roosevelt. World Class Diversity Management. San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler, 2010.
- Young, Stephen. Micro Messaging. NY: NY. McGraw-Hill, 2007.
