Yikes MC, sounds like they kinda put you into a difficult spot, seems it all worked out
. 1 hour is not much time to become familiar with any body of research, especially one as contemporary and spread out as social justice/multiculturalism.
And I totally agree that they've become buzzwords, which, like everything, has it's pros and cons. As I shared before, my dissertation was in this area and it seemed to me that several different and related disciplines were/are approaching the large topic through their own lenses, which is understandable. I think that's one aspect of this work that excites me -- it's decentralized and has potential to inform many disciplines. Anyway, here are ten resources for anyone wishing to know more about this area. These were all used to inform my study, thus my bias is present.
Brady-Amoon, P. (2011). Humanism, feminism, and multiculturalism: Essential elements of social justice in counseling, education, and advocacy.
The Journal of Humanistic Counseling, 50, 135-148.
Hage, S.M., Romano, J.L., & Conyne, R.K. (2007). Best practice guidelines on prevention practice, research, training, and social advocacy for psychologists.
The Counseling Psychologist, 4, 493-566.
Kenny, M. E., Waldo, M., Warter, E. H., & Barton, C. (2002). School-linked prevention: Theory, science, and practice for enhancing the lives of children and youth.
The Counseling Psychologist, 30(5), 726-748.
Kumagai, A. K., & Lypson, M. L. (2009). Beyond cultural competence: Critical consciousness, social justice, and multicultural education.
Academic Medicine, 84, 782-787.
Skiba, R., Michael, R.S., Nardo, A.C., & Peterson, R. (2002). The color of discipline: Sources of racial and gender disproportionality in school punishment.
Urban Review, 34, 317-342.
Smedley, A. & Smedley, B.D. (2005). Race as biology is fiction, racism as a social problem is real.
American Psychologist, 60, 16-26.
Walsh, M. E., Galassi, J. P., Murphy, J. A., & Park-Taylor, J. (2002). A conceptual framework for counseling psychologists in schools.
The Counseling Psychologist, 30(5), 682-704.
Weinstein, R.S., Gregory, A., & Strambler, M.J. (2004). Intractable self-fulfilling prophecies: Fifty years after Brown v. Board of Education.
American Psychologist, 59, 511-520.
Villegas, A.M. & Lucas, T. (2002)
Educating culturally responsive teachers: A coherent approach. Albany, NY: SUNY Press.
Weinstein, R.S. (2002).
Reaching higher: The power of expectations in schooling. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.