1. This book strikes at a core and defining principle of the university: to expose students to new and challenging ideas and to encourage them to confront these ideas in a fair and objective manner. 2. It provides feasible, specific advice and encourages a frank discussion of an important challenge facing many teachers. 3. Author Courtney M. Dorroll is a young academic at a very small liberal arts college in South Carolina. As such, she is alert to the particular challenges facing a target audience for this book: new academics looking for advice on how to teach a sensitive but important topic to inexperienced students in smaller communities.