Friday, October 19, 2012

KEEPING OUR FACULTY OF COLOR SYMPOSIUM April 14-16, 2013


KEEPING OUR FACULTY OF COLOR SYMPOSIUM

Transforming Our Institutions: Advancing Inclusive Excellence Among Faculty in Higher Education

Keeping Our Faculty of Color VI
April 14-16, 2013
The University of Minnesota is pleased to announce the sixth biennial Keeping Our Faculty of Color Symposium. We invite you to join us as we gather to engage cross-disciplinary theories, rigorous scholarship, and innovative practices to advance conceptual, empirical, and practical work to develop, recruit, and retain faculty of color.

Symposium Goals

The symposium is focused on bringing together scholars committed to understanding and promoting faculty diversity to articulate a national research agenda for advancing faculty diversity in higher education.
The symposium will feature keynote speakers, concurrent sessions, social events, and opportunities for issues and ideas to be discussed.

Who Should Attend

College and university researchers, scholars, administrators, and policy makers from all disciplines are encouraged to attend.

Confirmed Keynote Speakers

Kimberly A. Griffin, Ph.D, Associate Professor, College of Education, University of Maryland
Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, Ph.D, President, The University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland
Additional confirmed keynote speakers and panelists will be posted on the website as the sessions are finalized. Please check back soon.

University of Minnesota Symposium Planning Committee

Heidi Barajas, Associate Dean, College of Education and Human Development, Director of Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center
Arlene E. Carney, Vice Provost, Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs
Lori Graven, Departmental Director, College of Continuing Education
Geoff Maruyama, Professor of Educational Psychology
*Louis Mendoza, Professor and Chair of Chicano Studies; Associate Vice Provost, Office for Equity and Diversity
Jean O’Brien, Professor, Department of History, Chair of American Indian Studies
Rebecca Ropers-Huilman, Professor and Chair, Department of Organizational Leadership, Policy, & Development; Affiliate, Gender, Women, & Sexuality Studies
*Catherine Squires, Cowles Professor of Journalism, Diversity and Equality, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
Paul J. Strykowski, Professor and Associate Dean, College of Science and Engineering
*Symposium Co-chairs
For further content information, contact Louis Mendoza, lmendoza@umn.edu.

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