Identity Sphere
The idea that gender identities and expressions do not fit on a linear scale, but rather on a sphere that allows room for all expression without weighting any one expression […]
Illegal Alien
a foreigner who enters the U.S. without an entry or immigrant visa, especially a person who crosses the border by avoiding inspection or who overstays the period of time allowed […]
Immigrant
An alien who has been granted the right by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services to reside permanently in the United States and to work without restrictions in the United States. […]
Immigration
The action of coming to live permanently in a foreign country. See also emigration. Immigration [Def. 1]. (n.d.). In Oxford Dictionaries Online, Retrieved March 23, 2016, from http://www.oxforddictionaries.com/us/definition/american_english/immigration.
Implicit Bias
Also known as unconscious or hidden bias, implicit biases are negative associations that people unknowingly hold. They are expressed automatically, without conscious awareness. Many studies have indicated that implicit biases […]
Inclusion
Authentically bringing traditionally excluded individuals and/or groups into processes, activities and decision/policy making in a way that shares power. MP Associates and Center for Assessment and Policy Development. (2013). www.racialequitytools.org […]
Inclusive Excellence
Comprehensive effort to link diversity and quality. It is about transitioning diversity andinclusion from isolated initiatives to catalyst for educational excellence. The four elements of inclusive excellenceare: focus on student […]
Indigeneity
Indigenous populations are composed of the existing descendants of the peoples who inhabited the present territory of a country wholly or partially at the time when persons of a different […]
Intergender
A person whose gender identity is between genders or a combination of genders. Green, E. R., & Peterson, E. N. [LGBT Resource Center at UC Riverside]. (2006). LGBTQI terminology (PDF). […]
Intersectionality
A feminist sociological theory, intersectionality is the interconnected nature of social categorizations such as race, class and gender as they apply to a given individual or group, regarded as creating […]
