Inclusive Excellence Library
Welcome to the Inclusive Excellence Library! The Office of Inclusive Excellence has a selection of books on a variety of topics related to diversity, equity, and inclusion that are available for you to check out and read. Our selections of books cover topics such as history, disability, immigrant experiences, neurodiversity, decolonizing higher education, LGBTQ+ identities, first-generation and low-income students, veteran students, feminism, race relations, mental health social justice, and more!
These books are available in print from our the Office of Inclusive Excellence Library on the Statesboro Campus, and some are also available online or in print through Georgia Southern Libraries on both campuses. Click on the covers of the books listed below to read a summary and get information about availability.
Interested in checking out from or returning a book to the OIE library? Click on the link below to get started!
Available Books
| Cover | Title | Author | Availability |
 | The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness | Alexander, M. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | A Black Women’s History of the United States | Berry, D.R. & Gross, K.N. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Decolonizing the University | Bhambra, G. K., et. al. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Revisioning History – Book 1: A Queer History of the United States | Bronski, M. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Quest for Environmental Justice: Human Rights and the Politics of Pollution | Bullard, R. D. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Strategic Student Veteran: Successfully Transitioning from the Military to College Academics | Cass, D. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Between the World and Me | Coates, T. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Freedom is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement | Davis, A.Y. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Meaning of Freedom and other Difficult Dialogues | Davis, A.Y. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas | Diouf, S.A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Revisioning History – Book 3: An Indigenous Peoples’ History of the United States | Dunbar-Ortiz, R. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Brain: The Story of You | Eagleman, D. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | A Mind Spread Out on the Ground | Elliott, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down: A Hmong Child, Her American Doctors, and the Collision of Two Cultures | Fadiman, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | What We Don’t Talk About When We Talk About Fat | Gordon, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Autistic Brain: Helping Different Kinds of Minds Succeed | Grandin, T. & Panek, R. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Islamic Exceptionalism: How the Struggle Over Islam is Reshaping the World | Hamid, S. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | (Don’t) Call Me Crazy: 33 Voices Start the Conversation About Mental Health | Jensen, K. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | All Boys Aren’t Blue | Johnson, G.M. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Double Challenge: Being LGBTQ and a Minority | Kaplan, R. & Kaplan, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Hood Feminism: Notes From the Women that a Movement Forgot | Kendall, M. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Stamped From the Beginning: The Definitive History of Racist Ideas in America | Kendi, I.X. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Four Hundred Souls: A Community History of African America, 1619-2019 | Kendi, I.X., & Blain, K.N. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | I’m Fine: A Student Perspective on Suicide and Mental Health on College Campuses | Kumpf, E. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Taking Up Space: The Black Girl’s Manifesto for Change | Kwakye, C., & Ogunbiyi, O. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Every Student Has a Story: Personal Narratives from First Generation College Students | Lenfestey, K. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload | Levitin, D.J. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | A Quick & Easy Guide to Queer and Trans Identities | Mady, G. & Zuckerberg, J. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Spread Your Wings and FLI: How to Effectively Navigate College as a First-Generation Low-Income Student | Mora, J.I. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Trans* In College: Transgender Students’ Strategies for Navigating Campus Life and the Institutional Politics of Inclusion | Nicolazzo, Z. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Revisioning History – Book 2: A Disability History of the United States | Nielsen, K.E. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Revisioning History – Book 4: An African American and Latinx History of the United States | Ortiz, P. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Life During College: The Veteran’s Guide to Success | Osborne, N.J., et. al. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men | Perez, C.C. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | LGBTQ Without Borders: International Life | Quist, J. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Exploring the Tripod: Immigration, Security, and Economy in the Post-9/11 United States | Roy, N. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Nonviolent Resistances in the Contemporary World: Case Studies from India, Poland, and Turkey | Roy, N. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Yo No Soy Tu Perfecta Hija Mexicana | Sánchez, E.L. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | The Gap Decade: When You’re Technically an Adult but Really Don’t Feel Like it Yet | Schnack, K. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Neurotribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity | Silberman, S. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | The Joy Luck Club | Tan, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Why Are All the Black Kids Sitting Together in the Cafeteria? And Other Conversations about Race | Tatum, B.D. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | Disability Visibility: First-Person Stories from the Twenty-First Century | Wong, A. | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
 | An Inconvenient Minority: The Attack on Asian American Excellence and the Fight for Meritocracy | Xu, K. | Available from our Bookshelf |
 | Journal of Diversity in Higher Education: A Publication of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education | Available from the Library and our Bookshelf |
Last updated: 5/6/2022