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2024 Conference Schedule (all times in CST)
Wednesday February 7, 2024
12:00 – 12:10pm: Welcome and Introduction
12:10 – 1:00pm
Opening Keynote Address: Dr. Tenisha Tevis
1:10 – 2:00pm
General Session: Neurodiversity in Higher Education: A Comprehensive Approach to Inclusion, Support, and Community Building
2:00 – 2:05pm: Break
2:05 – 2:50pm
General Session: Communities of Care: Creating Belonging Through a Care and Wellbeing Initiative
2:50 – 3:00pm: Break
General Session: “In loco Parentis” and the Difficult Love of Serving in Place of the Parent
3:00 – 3:55pm
3:55 – 4:00pm: Wrap-Up
Thursday February 8, 2024
12:00 – 12:10pm: Welcome
12:10 – 1:00pm
Invited Panel: Embracing Hope through Trauma Informed Practices (featuring Dr. Kathryn Brewer, Dr. Erin Hambrick, and Dean Sarah Helfrich)
1:10 – 1:55pm
General Session: Using pedagogy of care to foster belonging and resilience in personal and professional development courses
1:55 – 2:05pm: Break
2:05 – 2:50pm - Roundtable Sessions:
Session A:
• The Benefit of Promoting Student Interactions Around Meaning, Value, and Purpose
• Exploring the Future of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion in Higher Education
Session B:
• Autoethnography and the Role of Identity: Employing Experiential Learning for Leading Authentic Teacher Education
• Invisible Belonging: How Adjunct Faculty Create Belonging in Online Classesdevelopment courses
2:50 – 3:00pm: Break
3:00 – 3:55pm
General Session: Selfcare is NOT Selfish! Cultivating the Relationship with Yourself from Surviving to Thriving in Uncertain Times
3:55 – 4:00pm: Wrap-Up
Friday: February 9, 2024
12:00 – 12:05pm: Welcome
12:05 – 12:50pm
General Session: Disability/Ableism/Higher Education
12:50 – 1:45pm
General Session: Safe Enough For Whom?: Envisioning Institutional Response Models to Anti-LGBTQIA+ Campus Hate Speech Incidents Grounded in an Ethic of Care
1:45 – 1:55pm: Break
1:55 – 2:40pm
General Session: Serving Students in the In-Between
2:40 – 2:50pm: Break
2:50 – 3:55pm
Closing Keynote Address: Dr. Margaret Sallee
3:55 – 4:00pm: Wrap-Up
