The Critical Moments Case Studies

1. "The Small Group": two African-American women discuss their reluctance to learn in small group settings
2. "Survival Soliloquy": an African-American man finds many of his friends are dropping out of college and he must decide whether or not to seek help from a successful African-American male student
3. The Teacher : an African-American and Latina student question whether the practices of their white English teacher are racist
4. "Sinking in Sociology: a young, working class male student is not doing well in his sociology course and has difficulty asking for help
5. "Between A Rock and A Hard Place": a Latino student is pressured by his brothers who mistrust his growing success at the university
6. "Annette's Dilemma": a young woman finds herself unable to say no to requests from significant others and her academic work suffers
7. "Good News": members of a scholarship program for students who demonstrate significant financial need express their anger over the newspaper headline of a front-page article on the program that reads "Low Income Students Find Place to Fit In"
8. "Fitting In": a half Mexican, half German student discusses his discomfort with some of his experiences as a biracial student on campus
9. "The First Amendment": a Native American student requests permission to study the 1st Amendment and Native American religion and is discouraged by her teacher who has no background in this area
10. "Misunderstood": a working class male student breaks up with his girlfriend, a woman from a wealthy family who fails to understand the demands of his family on him
11. "On Being Heard Across the Table": a Hmong female student tells her small group about her frustration with an English teacher who continues to mistake her identity as Chinese; a white male student expresses his frustration about her lack of assertiveness
12. "The Photo Album": a lesbian student must decide whether or not to come out in her anthropology class