UConn faculty, students, and post-docs from the Department of Educational Leadership, the HESA program, and Office of Diversity & Inclusion will be involved as presenters and volunteers during this year’s annual ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education) virtual conference on November 18-21 and pre-conference for the Council for Ethnic Participation (CEP) on November 13. Ten of our faculty, recent graduates, and graduate students from UConn will present 12 papers and interactive symposia and serve as discussant or chair on five paper sessions and interactive symposia. For those interested in participating in the conference, registration is still available.
The theme for the 2020 Conference is Advancing Full Participation. The association noted that:
Advancing full participation requires dismantling racism, classism, sexism, and other forms of oppression that systematically disadvantage different individuals and groups. It requires that we construct and study “architecture of inclusion” (Sturm, 2006) at various decision points, across sectors, and between siloes. We need to understand the mechanisms most likely to foster inclusion and full participation across public, private, national and international contexts.
Indeed, the scholarship and research that our UConn scholars are sharing during the conference is aimed at advancing full participation, incorporating qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and addressing wide-ranging topics from pedagogy and learning, to policy, to student development, to global education. If you are planning to participate in the annual ASHE conference, we hope that you will take time in your schedule to support and learn from the excellent work of our UConn scholars. You can refer to the compiled selection of sessions with UConn presenters, chairs, or discussants below. Of course, we recommend using the official conference schedule for the most accurate and up-to-date information.
| Session Name | Date | Time (EST) | Location | Session Type | UConn Scholar | Role | Paper Title | Link |
| Making Space for Community, Support and Healing in Racial Equity Higher Education Work | Fri, November 13 | 12:45 to 2:00pm EST | Council for Ethnic Participation Virtual Pre-Conference, Bulbancha Room | Interactive Symposium | Frank A. Tuitt | Co-Chair | http://tinyurl.com/y6fdfx3s | |
| Making Space for Community, Support and Healing in Racial Equity Higher Education Work | Fri, November 13 | 12:45 to 2:00pm EST | Council for Ethnic Participation Virtual Pre-Conference, Bulbancha Room | Interactive Symposium | Milagros Castillo-Montoya | Presenter | http://tinyurl.com/y6fdfx3s | |
| Learning Through Engaging: Colleges Developing Activistas, Global Citizens, and Worldviews | Wed, November 18 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Ida B. Wells Room | Paper Session | Adam M. McCready | Discussant | http://tinyurl.com/yx8z4hlc | |
| Difference in Opinion: Making Sense of Student Encounters | Wed, November 18 | 2:45 to 4:00pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Natchez Room | Paper Session | Ashley N. Robinson | Chair | ||
| New Perspectives on Faculty Workload Inequities | Thu, November 19 | 12:00 to 12:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Natchez Room | Roundtable | Milagros Castillo-Montoya | Presenter | Braids and Bridges: A Collaborative Postcolonial AutoEthnography of Racially Minoritized Women Teaching Intergroup Dialogue | http://tinyurl.com/y2o2nyxs |
| Examining Race, Culture, and Fit in Higher Education | Thu, November 19 | 12:00 to 12:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room | Roundtable | Luz Burgos-López | Presenter | The erasure of Blackness and role of Antiblackness in the Construction of Higher Education Latinidad | http://tinyurl.com/yyflojxx |
| Multicultural and Critical Teaching and Learning Perspectives | Thu, November 19 | 12:00 to 12:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room | Roundtable | Joshua Abreu | Presenter | Learning to Teach Through Experimentation: A Multi-Case Study on Three Professors Teaching Historically-Marginalized Students | http://tinyurl.com/y4bbf7t3 |
| Critical Perspectives on Service Learning | Fri, November 20 | 1:00 to 2:15pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Equitable Engagement Room | Paper Session | Milagros Castillo-Montoya | Presenter | Developing Latinx students’ critical consciousness in a sport-based critical service learning | http://tinyurl.com/y5jds384 |
| Critical Perspectives on Service Learning | Fri, November 20 | 1:00 to 2:15pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Equitable Engagement Room | Paper Session | Ajhanai Channel Inez Newton | Developing Latinx students’ critical consciousness in a sport-based critical service learning | http://tinyurl.com/y5jds384 | |
| The Influence of Policies on Graduate Education and Workforce Development | Fri, November 20 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room | Paper Session | H. Kenny Nienhusser | Presenter | If You Fund Them, Will They Come?: Findings from a Graduate Student Fellowship Program | http://tinyurl.com/y62dy47f |
| The Influence of Policies on Graduate Education and Workforce Development | Fri, November 20 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room | Paper Session | Milagros Castillo-Montoya | Presenter | If You Fund Them, Will They Come?: Findings from a Graduate Student Fellowship Program | http://tinyurl.com/y62dy47f |
| Racism Off-Campus and Online: Quantitative Investigations | Fri, November 20 | 2:45 to 4:00pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Chitimacha Room | Paper Session | Adam M. McCready | Presenter | Does Experiencing Racialized Aggressions on Social Media Predict Mental Health Outcomes | http://tinyurl.com/y42hjwjj |
| Attitudinal Inquires: Mixed-Methods Approaches to Student Safety | Fri, November 20 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room | Paper Session | Adam M. McCready | Presenter | Masculinities as Barriers to Full Participation: A Longitudinal Study on Fraternity Masculine Norms and Hazing Motivations | http://tinyurl.com/y6oydyap |
| Teaching and Learning in Global Contexts | Fri, November 20 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Utah Room | Paper Session | Saran Stewart | Presenter | Decolonizing Academic Spaces: Advancing Full Participation Globally to Promote Racial Equity in Postsecondary Education | http://tinyurl.com/yyfnpr4h |
| Teaching and Learning in Global Contexts | Fri, November 20 | 4:30 to 5:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Utah Room | Paper Session | Frank A. Tuitt | Presenter | Decolonizing Academic Spaces: Advancing Full Participation Globally to Promote Racial Equity in Postsecondary Education | http://tinyurl.com/yyfnpr4h |
| Institutions’ Role in Perpetuating or Disrupting Inequity | Fri, November 20 | 2:45 to 4:00pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Caddo Room | Paper Session | H. Kenny Nienhusser | Discussant | http://tinyurl.com/yyg87sg4 | |
| Facilitating College Pathways through College Access Programs | Fri, November 20 | 1:00 to 2:15pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Caddo Room | Paper Session | Leslie Allen Williams | Presenter | Filling the Potholes: How College Access Programs Aid Participants’ Journeys to, through and Beyond College | http://tinyurl.com/y3kkx37r |
| (Im)Possible Strategy? Globalizing Efforts for Racial Equity in Higher Education | Sat, November 21 | 1:00 to 2:15pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room | Interactive Symposium | Frank A. Tuitt | Chair | ||
| (Im)Possible Strategy? Globalizing Efforts for Racial Equity in Higher Education | Sat, November 21 | 1:00 to 2:15pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room | Interactive Symposium | Milagros Castillo-Montoya | Presenter | http://tinyurl.com/y4ty8j8b | |
| Student Affairs on the Front Lines: Addressing Hazing, White Supremacy, and Success for Students of Color | Sat, November 21 | 2:30 to 3:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Chitimacha Room | Paper Session | Ashley N. Robinson | Presenter | How Does Whiteness “Show Up” in Student Affairs Work? An Institutional Ethnographic Literature Analysis | http://tinyurl.com/y6skb2dw |
| Taking a Stand: ASHE’s Position Taking Committee Year in Review | Sat, November 21 | 2:30 to 3:45pm EST | ASHE Virtual Conference, Bulbancha Room | Invited Session | H. Kenny Nienhusser | Presenter | http://tinyurl.com/y3cft87u |