This shelf provides resources associated with the general theory and practice of diversity, equity, inclusion, and EO/EEO programs.

Faculty Publications:

• Abbe, Allison. “The Balancing Act for Female Officers,” WAR ROOM, March 5, 2020, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/balancing-act/
• Abbe, Allison. “Diversity as Strategic Asset: How Asian-Americans Strengthen the Force,” WAR ROOM, May 12, 2022, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/asian-americans/
• Galvin, Thomas P., and Charles D. Allen. “Diversity Management and the Postdiversity Vision: An Applied Pragmatist Approach.” Armed Forces & Society 47, no. 1 (2021): 48-76, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/0095327X20920311

Laws, Policies, Memos, and Regulations (sorted by regulation number):

• Public Law 88-352, The Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title VII.
• Public Law 103-353, Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act of 1994.
• Army, U.S. Army Diversity Roadmap, 2010.
• Army, “About Army Diversity” (includes Army Diversity Policy), 2015.
• Army, Army People Strategy: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Annex, 2020.
• Army Diversity Office, “Army Workforce Diversity Mission Area,” presentation, May 2007.
• Army Directive 2013-20, “Assessing Officers and Noncommissioned Officers on Fostering Climates of Dignity and Respect and on Adhering to the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention Program,” September 27, 2013.
• Army Women’s Initiatives Team resources (2022):
  • SECARMY Memo, “Establishment of the Army Women’s Initiatives Team,” December 15, 2022.
  • SECARMY, “Army Women’s Initiatives Team Charter,” December 15, 2022.
  • Director of the Army Staff Memo, “Armywide Distribution and Call for Membership of the Army Women’s Initiatives Team,” December 16, 2022.
• Department of Defense, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Strategic Plan: Fiscal Years 2022-2023.
• DoD, “Actions to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the Military,” memorandum, December 17, 2020.
• DoD Directive 1010.02E, Diversity Management and Equal Opportunity in the DoD, Change 2, June 1, 2018.
• DoD Directive 1350.2, DoD Military Equal Opportunity (MEO) Program, Change 1, May 7, 1997.
• DoD Instruction 1020.05, DoD Diversity and Inclusion Management Program, September 9, 2020.
• OPM, Building and Maintaining a Diverse, High-Quality Workforce, June 2000.
• OPM, Guidance for Agency-Specific Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Plans, 2011.

Strategies and Reports:

• Department of Defense, Department of Defense Board on Diversity and Inclusion Report: Recommendations to Improve Racial and Ethnic Diversity and Inclusion in the U.S. Military (Washington, DC: Department of Defense, 2020).
• Kane, Tim. Who are the Recruits? The Demographic Characteristics of U.S. Military Enlistment, 2003-2005 (Washington, DC: The Heritage Foundation, 2006), https://www.heritage.org/defense/report/who-are-the-recruits-the-demographic-characteristics-us-military-enlistment-2003
• Reyes, Anthony D., Strategic Options for Managing Diversity in the U.S. Army (research report, Washington, DC: Joint Center for Political and Economic Studies, 2006).
  • Note: Although the publisher claims copyright, this is considered a work of the U.S. Government as it was funded by the Army through a fellowship program and is made available through a DoD website (see https://diversity.defense.gov/Portals/51/Documents/Resources/Commission/docs/Business%20Case/Strategic%20Options%20for%20Managing%20Diversity%20in%20the%20Army.pdf)

Commentaries (inclusion does not represent endorsement):

• Bennett, Janet M. and Milton J. Bennett, “Developing Intercultural Sensitivity: An Integrative Approach to Global and Domestic Diversity,” The Diversity Symposium 2001, https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/handbook-of-intercultural-training-3e/n6.xml
• Eder, Mari. “Did Women Just Not Exist?” WAR ROOM, May 18, 2023, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/women/
• Kearney, Paul. “Not Worth a Thousand Words: Abandoning the DA Photo,” WAR ROOM, April 3, 2020, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/da-photo/
• Rodriguez, Rand. “Bias: The Hidden Figure in Diversity,” WAR ROOM, July 26, 2018, https://warroom.armywarcollege.edu/articles/bias-hidden-figure/
• Diversity Leadership:
  • Astrid Homan, interviewed by Marga Biller, “Review of Leadership in Times of Diversity,” December 10, 2020, Learning Innovations Laboratory, produced by Harvard Graduate School of Education, Zoom Call video, 1:11:05, https://harvard.zoom.us/rec/play/BRKb9IU94ftrte2XYLber49S_yYlKvqrA6UOtU6KTZmB5MmcphYEM6DxPuh1mLdjdAlPRfKI90lO7fI6.R3YEwNjjBVYRCqPn?continueMode=true&_x_zm_rtaid=R-Z-U5RjQfmd_tgJRa8A3Q.1608009275583.095708d504fa8d4c16083da93d8ad266&_x_zm_rhtaid=512
• Gender Integration:
  • Nindl, Bradley C. and Mita Lovalekar. USMC Gender-Integrated Recruit Training Study Final Report Prepared for the United States Marine Corps, M95494-20-C-0021 (Pittsburgh, PA: University of Pittsburgh, June 1, 2022), https://www.hqmc.marines.mil/Portals/61/Docs/FOIA/Reading-Room/Final_Report-University_of_Pittsburgh_Academic_Study_on_Gender-Integrated_Recruit_Training.pdf