Fourth Biennial Meeting--October 24-27, 2002

Schedule

Wednesday, October 23, 2002

Thursday, October 24, 2002

Friday, October 25, 2002

Saturday, October 26, 2002

Sunday, October 27, 2002

Plenary Sessions

Global Citizenship and Transglobal Identities

Distinguished scholars born in four different countries draw on their own scholarship and personal narratives to explore the idea of global citizenship. How has the remapping of the world's boundaries and the massive migrations of people challenged earlier definitions of citizenship and identity? What shifts in intellectual and structural frameworks of knowledge must consequently occur on our campuses?

Chandra Talpade Mohanty, Full Professor of Women's Studies, Hamilton College and Core Faculty, Union Institute Graduate School; Evelyn Hu-DeHart, Professor of History, Director of Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America, Brown University; Grant Cornwell, Vice President and Dean of Academic Affairs, Professor of Philosophy, St. Lawrence University; Obioma Nnaemeka, Associate Professor of French, Women's Studies, and African American Studies, Indiana University-Purdue University, Indianapolis

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Creating Diverse Learning Environments: Research Linking Diversity, Learning, and Institutional Practice

Two of the most highly regarded researchers on diversity and higher education pair to discuss some revelatory new findings from their research. How does diversity education promote powerful democracy outcomes? And what can institutions do to enhance such learning?

Sylvia Hurtado, Associate Professor of Education, University of Michigan; Daryl G. Smith, Professor of Education and Psychology, Claremont Graduate University

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Religious Pluralism: Redrawing the Spiritual Map

Massive migrations have made the United States the most religiously diverse country in the world. How does this diversity influence personal identities and spiritual commitments? What is required for a society to move from diversity and tolerance to democratic pluralism within the new geo-religious reality? How can higher education foster explorations of values in the face of deep disagreement?

Victor H. Kazanjian, Jr., Dean of Religious and Spiritual Life, Wellesley College

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Diversity at the Crossroads: Mapping Our Work in the Years Ahead

A seasoned observer of campus diversity who has seen American higher education reach its most democratic moment examines our achievements and challenges. What are the concepts that have emerged from our work and how should we map the road ahead - both here and in the world at large?

Edgar Beckham, Former Program Officer, Ford Foundation and Dean of the College, Wesleyan University; current Senior Fellow at AAC&U

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Opening Event: The New Americans
scheduled in partnership with Active Voice

A preview of The New Americans: a PBS miniseries produced by Kartemquin Films, the award-winning producers of Hoop Dreams.

We will show excerpts of The New Americans, a new PBS documentary miniseries that looks intimately at the American dream through the eyes of immigrants and refugees -- from Nigeria, India, the Dominican Republic, the West Bank, Mexico and Vietnam -- and captures the breadth and scope of their everyday lives, from before they leave their homeland through their first turbulent years in America. One of the filmakers will be at the conference to kickoff the preview!

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Concurrent, Roundtable, and Poster Sessions

Friday, October 25
Poster Sessions 7:30 - 8:30 am

Creating an Atmosphere for Successful Multicultural Student-Centered Learning
Patricia W. Coleman-Burns, Assistant Professor of Nursing & Director, Office of Multicultural Affairs, University of Michigan; Debra J. Brown, RN, CFNP, CANP, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill; Anu P. Whitelocke, Program Associate, University of Michigan

Tranforming Diversity from Espoused Value to an On-Going Commitment: Strategies for Effective Assessments of Diversity Initiatives
Jane Maria Davis, Associate Professor of English & Multicultural Learning; Anne Rypstat Richards-Omidvar, Multicultural Learning Community Associate Coordin; Both of Iowa State University

Listening to All the Voices: Recruitment Literaturefor the New Populations in Minnesota
Janice S. Fitzgerald, Deputy to the Chancellor and Chief of Staff, Minnesota State Colleges and Universities

The Library's "Link" to Student Services: Gateway to Diversity Resources on the Web
Dana Juriew, Assistant Professor/Librarian, Oakland University

The Autobiography Project
Jessica Berit Kindred, Adjunct Instructor of Psychology, Hunter College

Town-Gown Meetings: The Rewards and the Challenges of Community Dialogue to Promote Diversity Within the Academy
Michelle Marie McCoy, Assistant Professor, Journalism and Mass Communication, Kent State University Stark Campus

Teaching and Learning Strategies for the New Millenium
Mysore Narayanan, Associate Professor of Engineering, Miami University

A Changing World: Campaigns with a Global and International Focus
Elaine Shen, Director of Partnerships & Training, Active Voice

Ronald E. McNair Program at Truman State University: A Decade of Excellence
Teresa York, Program Coordinator, Ronald E. McNair Program Bertha Thomas, Interim Dean of Multicultural Affairs, Truman State University

Graduate International Students' Isolation: Differing Explanations from Faculty and International Students
Andrea Grace Trice, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Purdue University

Assimilation, Integration, or Survival?: Diverse Perspectives on Interfaith Marriage in a Small Jewish Student Community on a Southern Campus
Matthew Andrew Witenstein, Doctoral Student in Educational Leadership, Louisiana State University

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Friday, October 25
Concurrent Sessions 10:15 - 11:15 am

C6: Serving the Campus and Community: Trainings in Cross-Cultural Communication
Interactions between people from different cultures often involve systems of meaning that were thought to be shared, but were in fact widely divergent. Mutual misinterpretation can occur. This workshop will discuss intercultural communication using theory and research from cross-cultural psychology, suggesting ways to decode cultural meaning systems and enable more accurate readings of intercultural exchanges.
Martha LaBare, Dean for Academic Affairs; Rashmi Jaipal, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Both of Bloomfield College

C3: Gender Issues in the Academic Mentoring Process
This session shares insights on the effects of a gender-based model of mentoring on the personal and professional development of students and faculty. Presenters will discuss how to structure a mentor program to build camaraderie, trust, inclusion, and strategic intervention. Diverse perspectives are shared from a faculty member, a former student mentor, and a student currently being mentored.
Jennifer A. Walker, Assistant Professor of Counseling, St. Louis Univiversity; Catherine Buffalino Roland, Associate Professor of Counselor Education; Jane E. Rheineck, Doctoral Student; Both of the University of Arkansas

C4: Building a Campus "Community of Diversity:" Views from the Glass Melting Pot.
This presentation shares successful responses to 9/11 at Brooklyn College including democratic pedogogies and faciliated student dialogues. The tragic events of 9/11 also raised the need for students to explore the meaning of citizenship. Presenters will provide curricular innovations that use technology to enhance the integration of domestic diversity and global education that respond to this need.
Jerome Krase, Murray Koppelman Professor; Vincent Fuccillo, Associate Professor & Chair of Political Science; Milga Morales, Dean of Student Life; All of City University of New York - Brooklyn College

C1: Blending the Intercultural and the Multicultural: The Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates
The session will present the preliminary findings from the Global Intercultural Experience for Undergraduates (GIEU) program, which promotes experiential learning to develop the intercultural competencies of students in multicultural contexts. Presenters will engage the audience in exploring the practical applications and future directions of such intercultural experiential learning programs on various campuses.
A.T. Miller, Coordinator of Multicultural Teaching and Learning; Linda Gillum, Assistant Provost for Academic Affairs; Edith Fernandez, Doctoral Student in Higher and Post-Secondary Education; All of the University of Michigan

C2: Internationalizing Undergraduate Education at U.S. Colleges and Universities: What We've Learned So Far
The American Council on Education (ACE) has just completed a national survey project, funded by the Ford Foundation, aimed at mapping the state of internationalization at U.S colleges and universities. This presentation will highlight our major findings from the surveys and suggest promising institutional strategies.
Laura Siaya, Research Associate; Eugene Anderson, Research Associate; Both of the American Council on Education

C7: Impact of Campus Diversity on Students: Ten Years of Research and Practice
This session will be useful to faculty and administrators who are trying to examine ways to implement their campus diversity initiatives and assess the benefits of their efforts. Using the University of Michigan's longitudinal research model, participants will be provided with ways that research can be used to track student perceptions and experiences with diversity over their four years on campus. Presenters will discuss ways this data can be used to debunk myths about diversity, influence decision makers, and initiate campus programs.
John Matlock, Associate Vice Provost; Katrina Wade-Golden, Research Associate; Both of the University of Michigan

C5: Retro or In The Know?: Teaching Race in the Millennium Generation
This session challenges the traditional definitions of race and racism (i.e. black/white paradigm) through dialogues with students and anti-racism educators. This presentation suggests that race relations is moving towards a more self-defined, hyper-racial paradigm that bases social exclusion on class more than color. Participants will examine this paradigm and develop innovative pedagogies to address this challenge.
Vincent F. A. Golphin, Writer-in-residence & Adjunct Professor; Allair Reid, Student; Elizabeth Stauffer, Student; All of St. John Fisher College

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Friday, October 25
Concurrent Sessions 11:30 - 12:30 pm

C15: Community Engagement and the Core Curriculum
Cultures and Communities is the curricular component of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee's transformational diversity initiative, the Milwaukee Idea. The presenters will share insights from Cultures and Communities, which offers a sequence of courses that feature community engagement and cross-cultural literacy through student-centered pedagogies.
Gregory Jay, Professor of English & Director of the Cultures & Communities Program; Jenni Bugni, Director of the Institute for Service Learning; Cheryl Ajirotutu, Associate Professor of Anthropology; All of the University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

C14: Diversity and Learning: Assessing Structured Interaction in Diversity Education
This presentation focuses on the role of structured interaction "circles" within diversity-related courses from the University of Michigan. Insights for helping students gain critical thinking skills to understand the fuller meaning of this "world lived in common" are provided Presenters will also explore the challenges in research on student awareness and commitment to social justice.
Kelly E. Maxwell, Associate Director of Program on Intergroup Relations; Tabbye M. Chavous, Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology; All of the University of Michigan

C9: Promoting Global Understanding Through a Freshman Learning Community
Purdue University developed a Global Village Learning Community for freshman that fosters structured interactions among the international and U.S. student populations. This session will present the curriculum of this learning community and explore students' perceptions of their experience through data that were collected from the students during their first semester. The presentation shares practical lessons learned such as when and how to plan social events, what components of the curriculum students valued most and least, and how to attract new students.
Andrea Grace Trice, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, Purdue University

C13: Pulling Rabbits, Masks, Elephants, & Teeth Out of a Hat: Delightful Dirty Diversity Divulgences!
As an innovative pedagogical tool, an intercultural skit will be performed that will model a variety of settings, people, and scenarios to underscore the need for social responsibility. Using unique and special props interwoven with music, song, dance, and audience participation, the monologist will highlight the challenges facing people with unique abilities on a day-to-day basis.
Sheela S. Free, English Faculty, San Bernardino Valley College

C10: Connecting Place to Space: Intercultural Education Through Visual Culture
Learning to read the visual record of a community can help students understand the unique confluence of and adaptation of that community to various global phenomena, such as geography, migration, economics, etc. The presenter will share innovative ways that art and visual culture can be used to enhance intercultural education and the role art educators play in promoting this pedagogical tool.
Melanie Gail Davenport, Assistant Professor & Area Coordinator of Art Education, University of Florida

C16: Reciprocal Learning: Assessing the Interconnections of Diversity, Student Learning, and Teaching
Through assessment of the dynamic interaction between the student and the instructor, the presenters will share insights of a psychology course that was transformed to incorporate diversity. Participants will have an opportunity to examine various learning styles, diversity research, pedagogical strategies, and assessment efforts emerging from this transformation.
J.L. Kemp, Assistant Professor of Psychology, McKendree College; Gwen Lee-Thomas, Director of Assessment, Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

C12: Deaf and Hard of Hearing Students in Higher Education: Making Integration Possible
Seventy percent of deaf and hard of hearing students in colleges and universities withdraw without attaining a degree, in part, because of a variety of social and academic barriers. This session provides strategies for better integration of hard of hearing and deaf students in colleges and universities through understanding of the cultural and historical aspects of this unique student population. These strategies can reveal ways of creating a warmer climate for all students with disabilities.
Anne G. Liversidge, Doctoral Candidate in Education Policy and Leadership, University of Maryland College Park

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Friday, October 25
Concurrent Sessions 3:34-5:15

C17: Assessing Our Campus Climate: A Report on a Multi-phased Cultural Audit Conducted by the Hewlett Project on Pluralism and Unity at St. Lawrence University
As part of the Hewlett project, St. Lawrence University conducted a cultural audit to assess the ethnic, economic, political and social diversity of all members of the community. The results are being used to support the project's work in building connections between groups and enhancing individual sensitivities. This presentation shares insights about the project's process, the assessment tools that were used, and plans for future applications and expansions.
Susan M. Cypert, Associate Vice President for Human Resources & Special Assistant to the President for Equity Programs; Patti Frazer Frazier Lock, Professor of Mathematics; Christine Zimmerman, Director of Institutional Research; All of St. Lawrence University

C23: Academic Achievement and Retention for African American Students: A Student/Faculty Approach
Through the leadership of the African American Studies Program, students interviewed faculty and key administrators to determine their strategies for academic success as undergraduates. The results from this project are presented to provide the audience with ways that faculty can be more active in the academic success of undergraduate students and strategies for students to develop successful processes of studying and learning.
J. Herman Blake, Director of African American Studies, Professor of Sociology and Educational Leadership; Mutsa Chinoda, Program Associate for African American Studies; Donnell Lamont Bivens, Program Assistant for African American Studies; All of Iowa State University

C21: Studying the Holocaust After September 11, 2001
This session presents a variety of themes on race and ethnicity which draw from comparisons between the Holocaust and the terrorism of the present. Among the topics to be discussed are: racial profiling past and present and learning to live in a post-Holocaust, post-September 11th world. The audience will be actively engaged in interpreting a variety of primary source documents and selected Holocaust poetry. Classroom-tested material will be available for all participants.
Richard Kalfus, Professor and Chair of Humanities, St. Louis Community College - Kirkwood

C20: Intergroup Dialogue Forum
Five national leaders in intergroup dialogue work will constitute a freewheeling roundtable discussion on key issues. Topics will range from considering how the intergroup dialogue movement can make a more substantial impact on local and government policy, to exploring models and formats for intergroup dialogue practice, to developing collaborations across higher education, K-12 and community groups. Everyone in attendance will be invited to participate in these discussions.
David Schoem, Faculty Director of the Community Scholars Program, University of Michigan; Jesùs Treviño, Associate Provost for Multicultural Affairs, University of Denver; Ximena Zuniga, Assistant Professor of Education, University of Massachusetts - Amherst; Kelly E. Maxwell, Associate Director of Program on Intergroup Relations; Monita C. Thompson, Associate Director of Program on Intergroup Relations; Both of the University of Michigan

C24: Writing for Change: Teaching about Difference, Power, and Discrimination
This workshop provides a concrete way for faculty members to transform their courses around diversity issues by using a manual developed from "The Difference, Power, and Discrimination Program" at Oregon State University. This manual provides a collection of exercises to help students become aware and supportive of diversity through writing. Participants will have an opportunity to examine the role of language in diversity work.
Susan M. Shaw, Assistant Professor of Women Studies; Janet Lockhart, Technical Writer; Both of Oregon State University

C18: Curricular Innovations: Encompassing Physical Science and Humanities in Global Studies & Linking Genetics and Social Responsibility
Presenters share insights for integrating diversity content into science courses. One innovation focuses on an interdisciplinary curricular transformation that fuses scientific content and social issues with an emphasis on race/class/gender. Another model features students learning through inquiry-based education that explores the historical and cultural conditions influencing the development of science theory and applications.
Davene Eyres, Physics Faculty; Wei Djao, Global & Asian Studies Faculty; Both of North Seattle Community College; Deborah D. Wygal, Professor of Biology; Nancy A. Heitzeg, Associate Professor of Sociology; Both of College of St. Catherine

C22: Innovative Models of Transformation: From the Grassroots to Multicultural Literacy
This session focuses on transforming the campus environment to prepare students for an increasingly diverse society. From a liberal arts college perspective, presenters from the Kirkland Project for the Study of Gender, Society, and Culture will illuminate the challenges and opportunities facing faculty committed to fostering a holistic multicultural environment. The community college perspective shares a grassroots model to create a culturally responsive academic and social environment that promotes democratic pedagogic practices and healthy inter-group relations.
Moderator: Esther Merves, Director of Membership, AAC&U; Stephen Kodjo Appiah-Padi, Coordinator of Multicultural Programs; Queen Foreman McMiller, Director of the Equal Opportunity & Multicultural Center; Both of Lansing Community College; Nancy Sorkin Rabinowitz, Professor of Comparative Literature; Susan Sanchez-Casal, Associate Professor of Spanish; Jinnie Garrett, Professor of Biology; Both of Hamilton College

C19: National Initiative for Women in Higher Education: Women's Leadership for Institutional Transformation
Members of the Executive Committee of the NIWHE will give an overview of the work of this unique multicultural alliance and discuss women-led efforts across the country aimed at creating sustained institutional transformation. Participants will have an opportunity to share challenges and successes on their own campuses, and learn about resources available through the NIWHE network and Web site.
Nancy "Rusty" Barcelo, Vice President of Minority Affairs, University of Washington; Caryn McTighe Musil, Vice President, Diversity, Equity, and Global Initiatives, AAC&U; Judith S. White, Assistant Vice President, Office of the Executive Vice President, Duke University

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Saturday, October 26
Roundtable Sessions 7:30 - 8:30 am

Peer Education in Human Relations-Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Donna Albro, Director of Peer Education in Human Relations, Hobart and William Smith Colleges

A Critical Analysis: University of Wisconsin's Diversity Initiative Plan 2008
Eric J. Anctil, Doctoral student, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Integrating Disciplines & Crossing Boundaries: Goucher College's Senior Service-Learning Capstone 2002
Jennifer Bess, Assistant Professor of English; Gail Edmonds, Acting Dean of Students; Ray Dabak, Student; Constance Herasigh, Student; All of Goucher College

Creating a Community of Diversity
J. Herman Blake, Director of African American Studies; Michelle Talbott, Student Coordinator, African American Society; Curtis "Jeff" Tarver II, Student Coordinator, Band of Brothers; Rhonda Williams, Student Coordinator, Circle of Trust; All of Iowa State University

Teaching Diverse Learners in Introductory College-Level Mathematics Courses
Irina A. Chernikova, Assistant Professor of Technical Mathematics; Deborah S. Weber, Professor of Social Science; Both of the University of Akron; Seth Hirshorn, Associate Professor of Sociology, University Of Michigan

Moving from Talking about Diversity to Thinking Diversity: One College of Education's Journey
Barbara I. Clark, Associate Professor of Education; Jean Ramage, Professor of Counseling and School Psychology, University of Nebraska at Kearney

Using Ethnography in the Classroom: Promoting Diversity Awareness and Supporting Pedagogical Shifts
Elaine R. Cleeton, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Ellen R. Kintz, Professor of Anthropology: Both of State University of New York at Geneseo; Glenda A. Gross, Graduate Student in Sociology, Syracuse University

Using Blackboard to Enhance Face to Face Discussion in a Cultural Diversity Class
Cheryl Lynn Coan, Instructor and Doctoral Candidate in Multicultural Education, Marquette University

Perceptions of Good Teaching
Joanne McGrath Cohoon, Research Assistant and Professor; Dawn Elizabeth Reed, Undergraduate Research Assistant; Both of the University of Virginia

September 11: Implications for Multiculturalism
Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California Irvine

Results of a Collaborative Tutoring Mode
Gregory M. Hauser, Associate Professor; Thomas P. Thomas, Associate Professor; George Olson, Professor of Education; All of Roosevelt University

Language and Identity at the University of Cape Town: Innovative Conceptualizations of Language Policy, Practice, and Curricula
John Katunich, Doctoral Student, University of Michigan

Education of the Heart and Mind that Promotes Diverse Leadership: An MSU Model
Patricia M. Lowrie, Director of Women's Resource Center, Michigan State University; Frances E. Kendall, Consultant on Organizational Change; Roselle L. Wilson, Interim Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, North Carolina A&T

Divided We Stand: The Reality of Social Distance Among College Students at a State Liberal Arts University
Eunice Matthews-Armstead, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Erica Childs, Assistant Professor of Sociology; Both of Eastern Connecticut State University

Affirmative Action's Impact on African-American Administrators at Predominantely White Institutions
Robert, Jr. C. Mock, Associate Dean of Professional Studies, University of Arkansas at Little Rock

Teachers LEAD (Learn, Engage and Do): Applying the Social Action Leadership Development Model in Teacher Education
Jocelyn Lee Payne, Assistant to the President for Diversity & Special Projects, Northeastern State University

Examining the Affects of the Group Dynamics of Diversity Workshops on Campus: A Qualitative Study in a Residential College Setting.
Matthew Andrew Witenstein, Doctoral Student of Educational Leadership, Louisiana State University

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Saturday, October 26
Concurrent Sessions 10:30 - Noon

C27: Hiring Faculty of Color: A Blueprint for Search Committees
Drawing from her recent AAC&U publication, Diversifying the Faculty: A Guidebook for Search Committees, Caroline Turner will give some tips to improve the success rate of hiring faculty of color. Informed by deep knowledge of the research on this issue, Turner will walk participants through the stages of running a search, offer advice and resources, and field questions from the audience.
Caroline Sotello Viernes Turner, Professor of Education Leadership & Policy Studies, Arizona State University

C30: Teaching Diversity through International Travel and Research Abroad: Lessons Learned
Presenters will share their insights from developing a study abroad program for the past two years. Lessons learned include strategies for recruitment, preparation, and in-country management. This program is designed to provide opportunities for minority students (although anyone can apply) to spend 10-12 weeks abroad doing scientific research with faculty mentors.
Janet McCord, Assistant Professor of Religion and Philosophy; Malinda Fitzgerald, Associate Professor of Biology; Both of Christian Brothers University

C31: Evaluating a School-Wide Curriculum Transformation Process: An Intensive Focus Approach
This session provides strategies to overcome challenges of transforming core courses to focus on concepts of privilege, oppression, diversity, and social justice. Presenters will share evaluation techniques for measuring the impact of the transformation on their school.
Cynthia A. Hudgins, Senior Research Associate; Melissa Rae Peet, Research Associate; Beth Glover Reed, Associate Professor; All of the University of Michigan

C29: The Detroit Initiative: Learning About Diversity Through Academic Service Learning
The Detroit Initiative, a partnership between the University of Michigan and Detroit Community Agencies, is a curricular model for service learning that embeds concepts of diversity and social justice. Each course in the series has a unique focus including empowerment of under-served children and families, action-oriented community-based research, and experiential peer-supported service provision. Presenters will share their insights, research findings, and experiences from this model of academic service learning.
Laura Patricia Kohn-Wood, Assistant Professor of Psychology; Lorraine M. Gutierrez, Professor of Social Work & Associate Professor of Psychology; Stacey Lyn Teller, Project Coordinator of the Family Development Project; All of the University of Michigan

C32: Technology Innovations: Closing the Distance in and Expanding Student's Worldviews through Distance Education
Drawing on their Diversity Connections Project, the presenters from the University of Wisconsin at Stout share their innovative model of using technology to bridge geographic and cultural space and to engage students of different racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. The University of Michigan offers a co-curricular approach using technology that engages students in constructive dialogue on such topics as affirmative action and racism.
Brian Fitch, Assistant Professor; Alec Kirby, Assistant Professor; Both from the University of Wisconsin-Stout; Pat McCune, Director of Dialogues on Diversity; Diana Perpich, Educational Technologies Consultant; Julieanne Muir, Graduate Student in Education; All of the University of Michigan

C26: Chasing the Dream: Screams from an Urban University
This presentation uses a series of vignettes with original music and dance to demonstrate a way for students to grapple with issues that confront them at a urban university. Insights from this pedagogical tool will be shared.
Regina Turner, Associate Professor, Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

C28: Strategies for Addressing Religious Pluralism on Campus
Following the plenary session on religious pluralism, this workshop will provide concrete examples for those who want to improve the way their institution helps students from different religious and cultural backgrounds feel welcome on campus.
Peter Laurence, Director of the Education as Transformation Project; Victor Kazanjian, Dean of Religious & Spiritual Life, Wellesley College

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Saturday, October 26
Concurrent Sessions 2:00 - 3:30 pm

C8: GRASS Routes and DOVE: Linking University/Community Partnership Research with Graduate Student Diversity at the University of Minnesota
Leaders of GRASS Routes (which supports university/community collaborative research) and DOVE (which provides fellowships for graduate students who bring Diversity of Views and Experiences) will discuss their work together, which aims to integrate social responsibility and social justice into the research and graduate education missions of a public, land-grant Research I university.
Naomi Scheman, Professor of Philosophy & Women's Studies, Associate Dean of the Graduate School; Catherine Jordan, Assistant Professor of Pediatrics; Susan Gust, Community Activist; All of the University of Minnesota

C38: Preparing Students for a Diverse Democracy: Results from the Second-Year Survey
This session will present results from the Diverse Democracy Project's second-year survey of college students. Presenters will report on findings from the ten participating institutions on students' interactions with diverse peers and their level of involvement in curricular and co-curricular activities designed to increase student engagement.
Sylvia Hurtado, Associate Professor & Department Chair; Mark E. Engberg, Graduate Student & Research Assistant; Edith Fernandez, Graduate Student & Research Assistant; All of the University of Michigan

C39: Providing Access: Cultural Inclusiveness after Hopwood and Building Bridges to Underserved Communities in Higher Education
The session will cover the challenges faced, lessons learned, and outcomes achieved by Rice University to maintain its commitment to the educational value of cultural inclusiveness since the 1996 decision in Hopwood v. the State of Texas. The University of Michigan team offers insights about how institutions can use access policies as an innovative practice to connect the campus to the community to improve campus diversity.
Roland B. Smith, Jr., Associate Provost & Adjunct Professor of Education, Rice University; Magdalena Martinez, Graduate Research Assistant, University of Michigan; Britany Affolter-Caine, Graduate Research Assistant, Pennsylvania State University; Donald E. Heller, Associate Professor & Senior Research Associate, University of Michigan

C40: Developing a Measurement Architecture for Achieving Equity in Educational Outcomes for Ethnically Diverse Students
This workshop will show participants how to use existing institutional data for developing a Diversity Scorecard-a tool to monitor progress toward equity for ethnically diverse students in four areas: access, retention, institutional receptivity, and excellence.
Martha Soto, Associate Director; Estela Mara Bensimon, Professor of Higher Education and Director; Marcy J. Drummond, Project Specialist; All of the Center for Urban Education at the University of Southern California

C34: How to Fight Hate Crimes on College Campuses?
A Web project of the Southern Poverty Law Center, Tolerance.org encourages people from all walks of life to "fight hate and promote tolerance." Presenters will share different strategies to help people become aware of the problem of hate and intolerance, equip the audience with the best tolerance ideas, and prompt people to act in their homes, schools, businesses and communities.
Kelvin Datcher, Outreach Coordinator; Jennifer Holladay, Director; All from Tolerance.org

C37: "Scout's Honor" Documentary
SCOUT'S HONOR is a 56-minute documentary film about the grassroots movement to overturn the anti-gay policies of the Boy Scouts of America. In the screening/presentation, the producers bring educational study guides and facilitate discussions about how gay/straight alliances are formed in schools and the workplace.
Thomas C. Shepard

C33: "Collected Lives: Memory in Motion," Building Diversity Through Performance
Participants will witness performed excerpts from Collected Lives: Memory in Motion, a dramatic, multimedia, oral collage of the Civil Rights era, woven from interviews that seven student actors conducted with friends, family, and Kirksville, Missouri, community members. A post-performance discussion will follow, focusing on using this narrative performance as a pedagogical tool for diversity.
Bertha Thomas, Interim Dean of Multicultural Affairs; Becky Becker, Associate Professor of Theatre; Both of Truman State University

C35: Engaging Faculty in Enhancing Diversity in the Classroom: An Experiment in Campus Transformation
The presenters will describe their faculty-centered approach to enhance the climate for diversity at an urban, comprehensive campus. They will also share their plan for assessing the impact of their work and how they used data to enhance their project.
Richard C. Turner, Professor of English; Kate Duffy, Lecturer in English; Regina Turner, Associate Professor of Communication Studies; All from Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

C36: Civility Leadership: A Model for Institutional Transformation
This session will introduce participants to a new model of leadership that guides institutional change by establishing a campus-wide standard of civil behavior. Sustainable core values, community partnerships, and the culture of civility will be examined in the context of shared governance and institutional pride.
Karen L. Mendonca, Vice President for Student Affairs, California State University, Monterey Bay; Raymond Lou, Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Southwest State University

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Saturday, October 26: Concurrent Sessions 4:00 - 5:15 pm

C11: How the Media Teach About Diversity
Drawing upon research for his book, The Children are Watching How the Media Teach about Diversity, Cortés will examine the various ways that the mass media provide an informal education about race, ethnicity, gender, religion, disability, sexual orientation and other aspects of diversity through a highly interactive process that continuously involves participants in media analysis, he will focus on how the media disseminate information, organize ideas, transmit values, create expectations and model behavior related to diversity.
Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California Irvine

C43: The Effects of Student Engagement with Diversity and Community on Cognitive, Affective, and Behavioral Outcomes
This presentation will report on a study which used quantitative and qualitative methodologies to document and assess student development in three residence hall settings. The qualitative analysis of interviews will map the factors that hinder or facilitate student engagement with diversity and community.
Ximena Zuniga, Assistant Professor of Education; Elizabeth A. Williams, Associate Director for Research; Joseph B. Berger, Assistant Professor for Education; All of the University of Massachusetts - Amherst

C49: Connections and Collaboration: Linking Assessment and Curricular Transformation
This session will focus on diversity initiatives and the collaborative efforts of academic affairs and student affairs at the College of St Catherine. Presenters share insights from their successful collaboration in assessment and curricular transformation, which contributed to increased attention to issues of student climate as well as the creation of a new program in Critical Studies of Race/Ethnicity.
Nancy A. Heitzeg, Associate Professor of Sociology; Brian J. Bruess, Dean of Students; Sharon Doherty, Assistant Professor of Women's Studies & Steering Committee Chair, Centers of Excellence; All of College of St. Catherine; Rose Brewer, Professor & Chair of Africian American Studies, University of Minnesota

C48: Creating Space for Substantive Equality: Students and Diversity Curriculum
The presenter will share results from a national longitudinal study which finds that students who participated in diversity curricula were more likely to support the use of affirmative action in college admissions. The presentation will address implications for research and programmatic efforts on campus.
Linda DeAngelo, Doctoral Student, University of California, Los Angeles

C44: Diversity Flashpoints: Research-Based Pedagogy for Developing Diversity Competency on the College Campus
This session will demonstrate the use of case-based cultural vignettes as probes for discussion and analysis to improve intercultural awareness and sensitivity, and to address managing differences effectively in the university environment.
Karen J. Hoelscher, Professor of Elementary Education; Joseph E. Garcia, Professor of Management; Both of Western Washington University

C46: Class Matters: Expanding the Diversity Conversation Participants will have the opportunity to gain knowledge of research and literature related to working-class culture; consider an enhanced definition of diversity that includes social-class origins; and discuss the practical implications for including class in diversity work.
Susan E. Borrego, Associate Dean & Director of Office for Minority Student Affairs, California Institute of Technology

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Sunday, October 27, 2002
Rountable Sessions 7:30 - 8:30 am

The Diversity Within: Intermarriage, Identity, and Campus Community
Carlos Cortés, Professor Emeritus of History, University of California Irvine

Intergroup Relations, Conflict, and Community: A Collaborative Model for Diversity and Learning
Kelly E. Maxwell, Associate Director of Program on Intergroup Relations; Monita C. Thompson, Associate Director of Program on Intergroup Relations; All of the University of Michigan

Marginal White Identities: Do They Exist?
Maya Miskovic, Doctoral Candidate, Loyola University Chicago

Expectations and Insights: What is Notre Dame Doing Right?
Gina V. Shropshire, Academic Advisor and Concurrent Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

Preparing Future Faculty: A Cultural Integrity Model
Shelley Lynn Smith, Education Specialist, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities; Sheila Wright, Assistant Professor of Education, St. Xavier University

Call Me Mister: Collaborative Efforts to Educate a World Lived in Common
Lemuel W. Watson, Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow for the C. H. Houston Center, Clemson University

Creating a Student Affairs Diversity Action Plan: Challenges and Difficulties
Gail V. Wells, Director of Minority Student Servces; Dolores E. Battle, Senior Advisor to the President; Amy L. Reynolds, Senior Staff Psychologist; All of Buffalo State College

Creating Inclusive Classrooms One Assignment at a Time
Tom Randall Whalley, Instructor of English as a Second Language, Doulgas College

Welcoming Diversity: An Interactive Roundtable
Anu P. Whitelocke, Program Associate; Debra J. Brown, PhD, RN, CFNP, CANP; Patricia W. Coleman-Burns, Assistant Professor of Nursing & Director of Academic Program; All of the University of Michigan

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Sunday, October 27
Concurrent Sessions 8:30 - 10:00 am

C51: Transforming Sites of Confrontation to Sites of Critical Engagement
In this interactive session, participants use an integral (mind, body, heart, and spirit) epistemology to transform spaces of polarization to ones of whole, authentic engagement. In a brief talk, different ancestral ways of knowing the sacred and implications for one's resistance and acceptance of learning wholly are explored.
Joanne Gozawa, Professor of Transformative Learning & Change, California Institute of Integral Studies

C53: An Holistic Approach to Social Injustice
This workshop shares insights from a praxis-based teaching methodology which engages students to respond non-violently and compassionately to unjust situations that previously had left them feeling powerless. Each dimension of the process-insertion, social analysis, theological reflection (or reflection on democratic principles and values), and social action-will be presented through actual case studies of students' projects.
Mary Kathleen Flannery, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies & Director of Cultural Diversity Initiatives, Chestnut Hill College

C52: Diversity, Demographics, and Dollars: Meeting the Needs of Diverse Students in a Time of Reduced Resources
This session is designed to engage the audience in discussion on the lessons learned from the Project on the Future of Higher Education. The project is a grant funded effort that is creating college and university models that emphasize ways to enhance faculty vitality and student learning in a climate of reduced resources.
Mary Marcy, Co-Director & Senior Administrator, Antioch University

C50: Diversity Learning through the Arts: Developing Students' Creativity and Connectedness in the On-Line Environment
This interactive workshop explores how arts-based pedagogy/practice was translated to an online learning environment. It includes simulations, role-plays, song, poetry, and use of metaphors.
Robin Ann Mello, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater

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If you have questions, please e-mail us at meetings@aacu.org.