"In The Identity-Conscious Educator: Building Habits and Skills for a More Inclusive School, author Liza A. Talusan provides educators a framework for exploring and understanding identity. When educators build knowledge about identity and engage in self-reflection, they can effectively and purposefully foster the habits and skills of an identity-conscious practice and create a more inclusive school environment. This book explores issues of race, social class, gender, sexual orientation, and disability and discusses how educators can begin to address these topics in their personal and professional lives and, in turn, how they can have meaningful interactions with students and peers. By reading The Identity-Conscious Educator, educators embark on an identity-conscious journey"--