2021 Schedule

Schedule in purple italic text

All times are in Eastern Time. If you encounter any technical difficulties, please email [email protected] for assistance.

All Zoom links for the Fifth Annual Women of Color in the Academy Conference can be found here, using the password provided to conference attendees on Thursday, May 20th.

TimeAgenda
9:00-9:30

Opening Ceremony*

Land Acknowledgement and invocation

Mary Jo Ondrechen

Opening Remarks

Nicole N. Aljoe

Welcomes

Kim Janey, Mayor of Boston

Karl Reid, Senior Vice Provost and Chief Inclusion Officer at Northeastern University

9:30-10:30

Plenary Session I

Keynote Address | Paula A. Johnson, President of Wellesley College

10:30- 10:40

Break

10:40-11:40

Breakout Session I

  • Intersectionality as a Disrupter of Women of Color’s Invisibility in Higher Education | Nicole M. Joseph
  • Making the Unconscious Conscious: Dismantling Implicit Bias as a Prerequisite to Anti-Racist Work | Josephine M. Kim
  • Mentors as Muses: Supporting and Inspiring Women Faculty and Graduate Students of Color | Dalia Llera
  • They got in – now how do we keep them? – Classroom Retention Strategies for Underrepresented Students | Kerstin Perez
  • Transforming Education by Empowering Diverse Teaching Faculty | Lisa A. Gray, Margaret Hahn-Dupont, Oyinda Oyelaran, Iman Salama
11:40-11:45

Break

11:45-12:10

Follow up discussion to breakout session i

12:10- 12:15

Break

12:15-1:20

Networking Lunch*

Dedication Address | Shalanda Baker, Deputy Director for Energy Justice & Secretary’s Advisor on Equity for the U.S. Department of Energy

*We will use Wonder for our virtual networking session. This platform allows you to enter a virtual “room” and move from prompt-guided conversation to conversation. Tech support will be available for those who are new to Wonder.

1:20 – 1:50

Caregiving break

1:50 – 2:50

Breakout Session II

  • Activism in the Academy | Shardé M. Davis
  • Self-Care as COVID-19 Begins to Lift: Practical Tools
    to Enhance Your Life | Robyn L. Gobin
  • The Art of Effective Negotiation | Geraldine Richmond
  • The Power of Collaboration and Partnership in Grants
    and Research | Janise McNair, Meenakshi Narain,
    Serena Parekh, H.C. Robinson
  • Using Our Voice, Crafting Our Image: The Power of
    Tempered Visibility | Stacy Blake-Beard
2:50 – 2:55

Break

2:55-3:20

follow-up discussion to breakout session ii

3:20 – 3:30

break

3:30 – 4:30

Plenary Session II

Panel Discussion | Reshaping the Academy for Us
Twyla Baker, President of Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College
Gilda Barabino, President of Olin College of Engineering
Paula A. Johnson, President of Wellesley College

4:30 – 5:00

Closing Remarks*

Reflections and Gratitude

Toyoko Orimoto

Accessibility:

The Women of Color in the Academy Conference is happy to help with any accommodations needed to ensure your full participation in and enjoyment of the conference. If you require accommodations (large print, ASL interpreter, etc.), please reach out to [email protected] to coordinate your request.