Cultural Diversity in Family Life Education

Cultural Diversity in Family Life Education helps students improve their understanding of the specific cultural, language, and social and economic nuances of particular people and families. Equipped with this knowledge, readers develop the competencies required to be successful within the family science discipline.

Chapter 1 covers the topic of race and ethnicity as it relates to individuals. Structural diversity, hegemony, and microaggressions toward people of color are addressed. In Chapter 2, students learn the role class plays in the lives of families, the difference between social class and social status, and how privilege, microassaults, and oppression can manifest according to class. Chapter 3 presents historical and contemporary perspectives on gender and sexual orientation, as well as intersectionality theory. In Chapters 4 and 5, the text explains how religion and ageism factor into the family, alongside discussions of intersectional issues related to these topics. The closing chapter speaks to fathers, fathering, and fatherhood within different societies and intersectional contexts.

Timely, valuable, and critical, Cultural Diversity in Family Life Education is an ideal textbook for courses in family science.

Kimmery Newsom, Ph.D., CFLE, LMFT is a tenured professor and the program director of human development and family studies at the University of Wisconsin Stout. She holds a Ph.D. in family studies and human services from Kansas State University.

Keondria McClish, Ph.D., CFLE is an adjunct instructor of early childhood education at Metropolitan Community College. She holds a Ph.D. in adult and continuing education and teaching from Kansas State University.

Lover Chancler, B.S.W, Ph.D. is an assistant professor in child and family development and the director of the Center for Multiculturalism and Inclusivity at the University of Central Missouri. She holds a Ph.D. in family studies from Kansas State University.