Taking the advice of a few subscribers, how about this:

"the dynamics within and among diverse groups and the misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning process"

So the new blurb would be:

Examples of topics include: the relationships among poverty, race, women and
literacy in the United States and in other countries; health as it pertains
to women and the poor; the dynamics within and among diverse groups and the misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning process"; sexual and gender orientation issues and how they impact learners and teachers; religious differences and adult literacy classrooms; body image and the impact it has on adult learners; the role of women's literacy in family literacy programs, and the assumptions about race and poverty often made in these programs; domestic violence and its intersection with poverty, race, and literacy; physically and mentally
challenged adult literacy learners; the level of  women's literacy and its ties to economics and welfare of families; access to literacy in different cultures based on gender, racial, and economic status; connection between women's literacy, race, poverty and public policy; and identification of supportive communication networks.

As a reminder, we would be changing this:

"the hidden rules of persons living with the effects of poverty, the intersection of these effects with gender and race, and the misunderstandings these can cause in the teaching/learning process;"

to:

"the dynamics within and among diverse groups and the misunderstandings that can occur in the teaching/learning process"

What do people think about the above suggestion?

Please let me know on list or off list (dgreenberg at gsu.edu) what you think.

Thanks,
Daphne