CONCURRENT SESSIONS
Saturday, April 9
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #1
MENTORING GUIDE TO LEADERSHIP: TO BE OR NOT TO BE
Presenter(s): Dr. Danita Tolson, Coppin State University; Dr. Danita Potter, Grambling State University
The purpose of the presentation is to discuss and describe administration development related to mentoring leaders into the Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) administrative positions. The demands for strong leaders are increasing on our campuses to guide, support, and be positive role models for both our students and faculty. The research will present data from the mentee perspective transitioning into a leadership position. The paper will also include the journey while being in a leadership position, the obstacles, and benefits.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #2
So, what’s next?: Examining African American Males in Pursuit of Graduate Degrees
Presenter(s): Dr. Kenyetta V. Martin, Western Kentucky University; Mr. Ethan A. Zagore, University of Notre Dame
This session discusses research of perceptions related to recruitment and retention of an underrepresented population, African American (AA) males, attending a predominantly white institution (PWI) and working toward the same graduate degree. AA males attending the PWI make up less than 4% of the graduate population, consistent with the nation-wide underrepresentation of AA males in graduate schools. This study explores student perceptions regarding recruitment, retention, and job placement that attracted over half of the 4% AA graduate males at the PWI into this one program.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #3
Conceptualizing the Importance of Digital Scholarship for African American Educators
Presenter(s): Dr. Terry Carter, Kennesaw State University (Marietta Campus)
This presentation will use the Boyer (1997) model of scholarship reconsidered as a theoretical framework for examining how digital scholarship can be used to provide evidence for faculty performance evaluation and as evidence in tenure and promotion portfolios. The presenter will provide the audience with a process to take into consideration in order to create a clear digital scholarship trajectory for faculty career enhancement and advancement. The presentation will conclude by showcasing a faculty created website as a publication artifact for his academic performance evaluation
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #4
FOCUS ON TEACHING: USING VIDEO FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE AND SUPERVISION
Presenter(s): Jacqueline D. Smith, Ed.D., Texas Southern University; Deliah Davis, Ed.D., Texas Southern University; Natalie Garrett, Texas Southern University
A classroom is a dynamic environment, and there is always a lot going on that can be missed in the moment. To improve our teaching methods, we must understand what our current teaching methods are, and this is impossible to do based only on our own perceptions or the perceptions and feedback from others. The solution, according to renowned professional development expert Jim Knight, is video! This presentation will highlight tips that ensure video recordings are used in accordance with ethical standards, and show how clinical practice, first year and veterans teachers can easily benefit from setting up a camera and hitting "record"!
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #5
Urban Teacher Preparation: Inputs impact Outcomes for Students of Color
Presenter(s): Kisha Porcher, George Mason University
Teacher preparation programs are challenged by policymakers to demonstrate how their teachers positively impact K-12 student achievement and close achievement gaps. President Obama’s administration, has sought to strengthen teacher preparation programs, through the Teacher Education Reform and Improvement initiative, by linking programs to student achievement. Teacher education policy in the U.S. has not focused on the perspectives of faculty. This study provides the opportunity for faculty of urban teacher preparation programs to provide an understanding of how they define student achievement to teachers who will teach students of color.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #6
PD 2.0: Using Internal & External Programs for Leadership Development
Presenter(s): Marsha White Tucker, Northeastern University; R. Kelly Cameron, Northeastern University
"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people" (Eleanor Roosevelt). Professional forms of staff development is shifting away from traditionalism and embracing ideas of nontraditional methods for the delivery of leadership development. This roundtable, co-presentation summarizes an internal strategy used by Northeastern University to promote career growth concerning professional staff members of color, in addition to an external partnership program (The Partnership, Inc.) designed for leadership training to support professionals of color in career advancement across industries.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #7
Black Females in Academia: A Review and Possibilities for New Directions
Presenter(s): Shametrice Davis, PhD, California State University, Long Beach; Shametrice Davis, PhD, California State University, Long Beach; Kelly Brown, EdD, Prairie View A&M University Prairie View A&M University
Current literature illustrates that Black women contend with hardships preventing the same success enjoyed by other faculty members of a different gender and/or race. These issues are characterized by fighting to prove their worth and working to disprove stereotypes while maintaining the self-efficacy necessary to persist through tenure and promotion processes. Despite these obstacles, many Black women still thrive in academia, particularly in different institution types. It is thus important that more research address the needs of Black female faculty, specifically in HBCUs.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #8
Supporting Black Student Activists During #BlackOnCampus
Presenter(s): Tashiana Bryant, Cal Poly Pomona
With the surge of student-led protests across the country, there has been a heightened awareness of its impact on black students’ mental health and academic excellence. Black students have to balance academia and their call to be the leaders in improving their college experience and campus climate. This discussion will focus on the role of Black Faculty and Staff when supporting black student activists holistically. This is also an opportunity to share best practices on how you support your black student leaders on your campus.
Centennial Ballroom Salon AB #9
Across Program Collaboration for Shared Candidate Outcomes
Presenter(s): Dr. Douglas Michael Butler, PhD., Prairie View A&M University; Dr. Clarissa Gamble Booker, Ed.D.., Prairie View A&M University; Dr. Sonia K. Boone, Ph.D., Prairie View A&M University
One of the primary missions of our HBCU is to serve those underserved populations and to prepare professionals who will be successful productive citizens in a multicultural world environment. Embracing the mission, faculty collaboratively identified learning outcomes important for student success. In this investigation, the University was viewed from the lens of resilience theory where protective factors are employed to counteract negative images sometimes internalized by students of color. Students provide their story, through survey, interview, and focus group data, about their level of confidence and preparation to fulfill the University mission.
9:30 - 10:20am
Barcelona Room
Leadership Development at Minority Serving Institutions: Kellogg's Initiative and Beyond Beyond
Presenter(s): Betty Overton, Ph.D., University of Michigan; Harvey Dorrah, Ph.D., Wayne County Community College
Institutional leadership is important for all higher education institutions. However, for Minority Serving Institutions, that serve large numbers of underrepresented students and where historic inequities are factors, effective leadership is essential. This evaluation study focuses on the outcomes of a Kellogg Foundation initiative to support leadership development at Minority Serving Institution (Tribal Colleges and Universities, Historically Black Colleges and Universities, and Hispanic Serving Institutions). The study attempts to measure the impact of Kellogg's project on participants' career development and their leadership at MSIs.
Casablanca Room
An Informal "Family Dinner" Conversation: Pre K-12 and Higher Education
Presenter(s): Claudette G. Lands, Ed.D., Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Nicole Oglesby, M.A., Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis; Regina Turner, Ph. D., Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis
Few partnerships are more vital and connected to higher education than PreK-12. In the same way, few conferences offer the opportunity, experience, training and talent that AABHE does to have an informal “family dinner conversation about local and regional happenings along this pipeline. This session focuses on "just talk" about "just us" in an informal family dinner type conversation to discuss personal, professional impressions of PreK-12 happenings and how we might try to make this landscape more attractive for African American students.
Tokyo/Vancouver Room
The Gathering Places: The Power of the Collective in Growing African American Heritage Scholarship and Sustainability
Presenter(s): Michelle Lanier, North Carolina African American Heritage Commission/Duke University
This session will explore interdisciplinary gathering-based projects, which bridge fields of study, academic institutions, and generations. Specific examples will include Casting the Net, a regional initiative based in Florida, and the North Carolina African American Heritage Commission's statewide Gathering Place Project. With a particular focus on growing the best practices of African American museum spaces, both efforts strategically engage African American students and faculty at both HBCUs and Predominantly White Institutions to create training and connectivity opportunities for this intergenerational community of practice.
Melbourne Room
An Institutional Effectiveness Model that Cultivates Accountability and Transparency
Presenter(s): Michael J Self Sr, Community College of Allegheny County
This interactive session will focus on the positive impact that a system of evaluation, assessment, and planning can have on an institution. Such a system would garner additional support from internal and external stakeholders due to the increased accountability and transparency that it would provide. Attendees will be presented with strategies to support their planning efforts, including designing measurable goals, connecting priorities at all levels of the institution, and gaining and maintain internal and external support.
Centennial Ballroom Salon D
Strategically Positioning LMI: A Listening Session (Open to LMI Alumni and Faculty)
Presenter(s): Barbara J. Johnson, PhD (LMI ’03); Roland Smith, EdD (LMI Faculty); Jerrel Wade, EdD (LMI ’15)
This session will provide LMI alumni and faculty an opportunity to offer insights on the future direction of LMI. All ideas and reflections are welcome in this listening session focused on the strategic positioning of LMI.
10:30 - 11:20am
Barcelona Room
Resiliency; Success in higher education for African American faculty/students
Presenter(s): Bernard Oliver, United Arab Emirates University; Bernard Oliver, University of florida; Frank Conic, University of Florida
Resiliency research is emerging as one of the necessary elements for the enhancement and success of human development in stressful situations. Several researchers (Henderson & Milstein, 2011; Bonner, 2014, McGinity, 1999) have written extensively about the importance of developing resilience in students, adults and leaders as they face challenging social environments. In this presentation the authors focus on the developing resilience in Black faculty and students as they face challenging situations in the context of higher education.
Casablanca Room
The Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships: Why the Journal is Necessary
Presenter(s): James Wadley, Ph.D., L.P.C. (PA & NJ), ACS, NCS, IMHF, Educational
The presentation is a detailed account of how the scholarly, refereed, interdisciplinary, Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships emerged from an idea to a plan to what has now become a movement among some Black scholars and clinicians across the United States and Canada. The purpose of the session is to inform participants about the scope and aims of the Journal as well as some of the important scholarly and clinical work of Black sexologists. The Journal of Black Sexuality and Relationships is devoted to addressing the epistemological, ontological, and social construction of sexual expression and relationships of persons within the African diaspora.
Melbourne Room
Establishing Sustainable Career Pathways That Yield Success for all Stakeholders
Presenter(s): Michael J. Self, Sr., Ph.D., Community College of Allegheny County
This interactive session will discuss career pathways and provide frameworks for the development of sustainable ones. Participants will be exposed to strategies that will engage internal and external stakeholders as well as to mechanisms to continuously evaluate the quality and effectiveness of the model that they develop.
Tokyo/Vancouver Room
More than 300 Black Men in STEM: A success story at an urban university in the south
Presenter(s): Phoebe Ajibade, North Carolina A & T State University; Paul Ankomah, NC A&T State University; Robert Christian & Jerono P. Rotich, PhD, Virginia Department of Health
Science, Technology, Engineering and Math are a priority in higher education to prepare and sustain knowledge workers for the competitive and global economy. Retention and graduation rates of college students has become a primary concern of accreditors and governing bodies of higher education institutions. This presentation will describe efforts utilized to engage Black male sports science majors in pre-physical therapy and business training. The American College of Sports Medicine knowledge, skills, and abilities inform the curriculum of the program which boasts over 600 undergraduate first generation students, mainly consisting of Black males from the South. The elements of success included intensive academic advisement and study skills resources will be describe. Implications for STEM training of first generation students will be discussed.
Centennial Ballroom Salon D
Shared Governance and Student Success
Presenter(s): Robert Keith Collins, PhD, San Francisco State University
What is the relationship between shared governance and student success? To explore this question, this proposed paper presents a case study of Ethnic Studies in the California State University (CSU), which examines the impact of collaborative faculty and administrative involvement in the shaping of Ethnic Studies educational policy and student achievement and empowerment in the twenty-first century. Student success through shared governance must be understood as a result of faculty drive curriculum, student interactions with the resources Ethnic Studies pedagogies offer, and administrative support of these educational programs and associated learning goals.
11:30am - 12:20pm
Barcelona Room
MOTIVATE FROM THE GATE: Effects of the First Year Experience Course at a HBCU.
Presenter(s): James Williams, Prairie View A&M University; Shayla Wiggins; Ebony Blue
Colleges and universities have struggled with high attrition rates. African American students bear the weight of this conundrum; student persistence is at best 38%. As institutions attempt to enhance student achievement, they are using the first-year experience (FYE) course as a platform to support students. There is no clear consensus among researchers and practitioners about what components of the FYE course have the greatest impact on student achievement, persistence, and retention. Further, the effects of the FYE are not fully known. Time to investigate FYE!