SECTION 4
Further Collegiate Activities

4.1 Analyzing Argumentation in Your Major
Dissect the construction of arguments in professional journals.

4.2 Noting Variety
Analyze the impact of diversity on your classes or workplaces.

4.3 Examining the Mechanisms of Power
Use definition techniques to raise awareness of "power."

4.4 Learning About Leaders
Examine the impact of diversity in leadership in your major or field.

4.5 Thinking About Race in Academia
Write autobiographies; analyze how academic or professional experiences are racialized.

4.6 Analyzing Assumptions in Academic Writing
Define "the norm" in professional or technical writing. Identify its relationship to audience.

4.7 Recognizing Social Justice Issues in Your Field
Use newspaper accounts to explore the relevance of social justice in your field.

4.8 Analyzing Audience in Academic Writing
Examine textbooks and identify assumptions about audience.

4.9 Profiling Your Major
Describe the demographics of students’ majors (students and professional members), and explain the diversity.

4.10 Recognizing Achievements
Write biographies; embrace diversity of achievers.

4.11 Examining Class
Write analytical essays to expose classism in educational or professional experiences.

4.12 Thinking About Gender in Your Major
Conduct research projects to expose the ways in which a major is "genderized."

4.13 Reporting on Religion
Write first-person reports on religious diversity and its impact on people's lives.

4.14 Abstracting and Synthesizing Information
Write an abstract for an article that deals with social justice.

4.15 Acting on Your Agenda
Stimulate involvement in a social justice activism project.

4.16 Evaluating the Effectiveness of Writing
on Social Justice Issues
Draft reviews of social justice books; improve analytical skills.

4.17 Calculating Cash
Conduct a workplace audit; expose "professional privileges" in pay.

4.18 Comparing Benefits
Conduct a workplace audit; expose "professional privileges" in benefits.

4.19 Examining the Construct of Race in the Sciences
Write an etymology of the concept of race in your field.

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