Thursday October 19th - Virtual Track
Session Block 3, 9:30 - 10:30am
Collective Self-Advocacy Strategies for Anti-Racist Institutional Excellence
Roundtable
Teresa Villa-Ignacio, Calle Watkins Liu, Wanjiru Mbure, Shani Turner
This roundtable's participants collectively founded and co-chaired a Faculty of Color Association (FOCA) at a predominantly white small liberal arts college. We will discuss the self-advocacy lessons we learned and how we implement them in our current positions. Topics include student-centered, curricular, and faculty recruitment and retention strategies; advocating for sustainable funding; avoiding burnout; creating community by celebrating music, food, and culture; creating an information and action network for addressing crises in real-time, and leveraging partnerships with other minoritized groups such as the LGBTQ+ community and international students. This presentation will appeal to faculty and staff engaged in anti-racist efforts.
Keynote Presentation, 11:00am - 12:00pm
Carol Anderson, Ph.D.
Session Block 4, 1:30 - 2:30pm
Disability Justice in DEIBJ Conversation
Roundtable
Lisa Flowers-Clements, Sarah Doherty
A conversation between diverse disabled DEIBJ practitioners about personal and professional experiences of navigating PWI higher education institutions, working to enact inclusive excellence, belonging, and social justice as diverse disabled and chronically ill people, and the triumphs and frustrations of working as change agents in institutions that would prefer not to change. They will share survival strategies, lessons learned from DEIBJ work, and what makes them hopeful for a more just future in higher education.
Session Block 5, 2:45 - 3:45pm
Teaching and Learning from International Students in a Global Village
Roundtable
Rekha Sharma, Yesim Kaptan, Mitchell McKenney, Ikram Toumi
This roundtable discussion centers on intercultural communication in pedagogy/andragogy, emphasizing ways to encourage agency and interaction to foster learning and belonging. The discussion will incorporate interviews of international students and reflections from instructors regarding interpersonal, intercultural, and organizational communication practices that enhance education and connection for everyone involved. Presenters will share research and insights regarding potential dissimilarities about how instructors and students may view their roles, responsibilities, and norms in academic situations. Participants will be invited to discuss proactive behaviors and teaching methods used to engage and empower students, creating a microcosm of the world in online and face-to-face settings.
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Reimagining the Academy: Lived Experiences at Miami Supporting Inclusive Excellence Across our Institutions
Panel Session
Jacqueline Johnson, Jody Perkins, Alia Levar Wegner
Librarians will discuss an interdisciplinary project that brings together faculty, professional staff, students and community members across the disciplinary, racial, geographic and socioeconomic barriers that typically divide us to develop an online resource archive that begins to tell the story of race at Miami and in the surrounding community. It includes oral histories, documentaries histories, and archival documents from and about Black alumni, students, faculty, and staff at Miami University. The project serves as a catalyst for the importance of teaching Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at a time when teaching this topic is being thwarted by lawmakers.