Melissa A. Martinez, Texas State University
The Equity, Inclusion, and Action Committee will hold two exciting and interactive sessions during our upcoming 2017 AERA Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Both sessions are open and relevant to graduate students and faculty at all ranks and in all roles.
The first session is titled Building a Wall of Resistance through Critical Solidarities: Attending to our Personal and Professional Needs and that of Others in the Current Political Climate. It will take place on Saturday, April 29, 2:45-4:15 p.m. in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 213A. The session will be interactive and focus on how scholar-activists (can) address the current and recurrent violence and tensions in our society related to race, gender, LGBTQ+, and other equity issues in light of the current political climate. The session will incorporate individual, small-group, and large-group dialogue and reflection to consider how we have been personally and professionally impacted by the current political climate, what it will take to ensure the needs of our disenfranchised are met, and how we can empower others and each other through our work and build coalitions to reach a state of synergy that will ensure progress towards equity and social justice.
The second session is titled Early & Mid-Career Mentoring for Equity-Focused Faculty: Insights from Senior Scholars on Navigating the Pathways of Academia. It will take place on Sunday, April 30, 12:25-1:55 p.m. in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 6B. This session will also be interactive and include four esteemed senior scholar-administrators: Michael Dantley from Miami University, Frank Hernandez from Southern Methodist University, Judy Alston from Ashland University, Susan Faircloth from University of North Carolina Wilmington. They will share their insights about advancing research and leadership agendas that promote educational equity and enact social justice. In particular, the session focuses on considering the following questions: How should I establish and argue for social justice-focused, engaged scholarship in academia? Navigate complex issues of equity in the classroom? Manage sometimes undue service expectations? Decide whether administrative leadership is my next step? Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in roundtable dialogues with each of the senior scholars to discuss ideas and needs. This interactive session is part of an ongoing mentoring initiative to lend equity-oriented faculty in educational leadership, administration and/or organizations valuable mentorship opportunities outside of their academic institutions.
The Equity, Inclusion, and Action Committee invites members from all Divisions at AERA to attend these sessions in an effort to spur critical conversation and reflection, and provide a space for hope and healing.
The Equity, Inclusion, and Action Committee will hold two exciting and interactive sessions during our upcoming 2017 AERA Annual Meeting in San Antonio. Both sessions are open and relevant to graduate students and faculty at all ranks and in all roles.
The first session is titled Building a Wall of Resistance through Critical Solidarities: Attending to our Personal and Professional Needs and that of Others in the Current Political Climate. It will take place on Saturday, April 29, 2:45-4:15 p.m. in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 213A. The session will be interactive and focus on how scholar-activists (can) address the current and recurrent violence and tensions in our society related to race, gender, LGBTQ+, and other equity issues in light of the current political climate. The session will incorporate individual, small-group, and large-group dialogue and reflection to consider how we have been personally and professionally impacted by the current political climate, what it will take to ensure the needs of our disenfranchised are met, and how we can empower others and each other through our work and build coalitions to reach a state of synergy that will ensure progress towards equity and social justice.
The second session is titled Early & Mid-Career Mentoring for Equity-Focused Faculty: Insights from Senior Scholars on Navigating the Pathways of Academia. It will take place on Sunday, April 30, 12:25-1:55 p.m. in the Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 6B. This session will also be interactive and include four esteemed senior scholar-administrators: Michael Dantley from Miami University, Frank Hernandez from Southern Methodist University, Judy Alston from Ashland University, Susan Faircloth from University of North Carolina Wilmington. They will share their insights about advancing research and leadership agendas that promote educational equity and enact social justice. In particular, the session focuses on considering the following questions: How should I establish and argue for social justice-focused, engaged scholarship in academia? Navigate complex issues of equity in the classroom? Manage sometimes undue service expectations? Decide whether administrative leadership is my next step? Attendees will have the opportunity to participate in roundtable dialogues with each of the senior scholars to discuss ideas and needs. This interactive session is part of an ongoing mentoring initiative to lend equity-oriented faculty in educational leadership, administration and/or organizations valuable mentorship opportunities outside of their academic institutions.
The Equity, Inclusion, and Action Committee invites members from all Divisions at AERA to attend these sessions in an effort to spur critical conversation and reflection, and provide a space for hope and healing.