Now that I’ve taught D&T for a few years (and have spent decades thinking about D&T), here are some of the top topics that come up again and again for many kinds of experiences in many kinds of D&T fields. I will start fleshing these out into resource guides… during and after this semester. I welcome your feedback!

• Diversity and Technology Basics
  • Speak Your Truth, Check Your Privilege

• Intersectionality
  • Intersectionality concepts arose from technology issues!
    • Feminist Frequency videoLafayette College interview with Kimberlé Crenshaw (10 minutes)America’s Assembly Line: Discontent, a chapter on the era in which “Intersectionality Theory” was coined.
    • Why Intersectionality Can’t Wait (Crenshaw)
    • Intersectionality Explainer (Vox). Links to the three cases involving technology companies:
      • DeGraffenreid v. General Motors
      • Moore v. Hughes Helicopter, Inc.
      • Payne v. Travenol
  • subtopic: evaluating sources

• Ethical Data Collection and “Human Subjects”
  • subtopic: medical bias in Marvel Comics
    
    
• Workplace Codes
  • Good Codes, Bad Codes
  • The Law
  • Tech Worker RPG
    • strikes & solidarity
    • ethics vs. law
    • inclusion rider
      
• Language, Style and Sensitivity
  • subtopic: Cultural Competence Checklist
  • subtopic: Emojis, Stickers, Avatars & Inclusion
    
• Microaggressions
  • MicroAggressors: The Game
  • subtopic: identity bias in pop culture
    
• One Zone Trainings (NYU-specific)
  • Wheel of Zones
  • LGBTQ+ Terms & Concepts