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Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education “Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society” March 27-28, 2009 CONFERENCE PROGRAM Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Hall of Graduate Studies 320 York Street New Haven, CT For further information: http://www.yale.edu/graduateschool/div/diversity/bouchet_conf.htmlersity/bouchet_conf.html Ph. (203) 432-0763 or e-mail [email protected] Sponsored by the Yale Graduate School Office for Diversity & Equal Opportunity 1 “Diversity holds a key to positive change in higher education, but just how to embrace diversity and make it a fundamental part of our mission is a vexing question.” – Johnnetta Cole, President Emerita of Spelman College What is the role of higher education in promoting an understanding of human diversity, inclusivity and the many positive implications for democratic societies? How can the university create an environment in which the diverse backgrounds, experiences and perspectives of all graduate students are not only respected but embraced? How can the university provide better training and a more engaging forum in which issues of diversity in a global society can be comfortably addressed? We welcome you and enthusiastically invite all those gathered to actively reflect on and participate in the challenges of diversity which lie before us. It is our sincere hope that this conference will only be the beginning of a very fruitful and collaborative journey together. Best wishes, Yale Bouchet Conference 2009 Program Committee 1 Yale Bouchet Conference on Diversity in Graduate Education "Embracing Diversity: A Pathway to a Truly Inclusive Democracy and Global Society" Yale University Graduate School of Arts & Sciences March 27-28, 2009 Conference Agenda Friday, March 27, 2009 3:00 – 4:00 p.m. REGISTRATION (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 116) 4:00 – 5:30 p.m. WELCOME and Keynote Plenary Panel (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) Remarks: Michelle Nearon, Assistant Dean and Director, Yale University Graduate School Curtis Patton, Professor Emeritus, Epidemiology & Public Health, Yale University Peter Salovey, Provost, Yale University Keynote Plenary "Transforming Discrete Diversity Initiatives into a Plan for Educational Excellence for All" Panelists: Sylvester J. Gates, John S. Toll Professor of Physics, University of Maryland at College Park Ainissa G. Ramirez, Associate Professor, Mechanical Engineering, Yale University Medeva Ghee, Associate Director, Leadership Alliance, Brown University Moderator: Liza Cariaga-Lo, Assistant Provost for Faculty Development and Diversity, Harvard University 1 5:45 – 6:45 p.m. Bouchet Leadership Award Public Lecture (Hall of Graduate Studies, 320 York Street, Rm. 211) KEYNOTE SPEAKER: SHIRLEY ANN JACKSON, PRESIDENT, RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE The Honorable Shirley Ann Jackson, Ph.D., is President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, in Troy, New York and Hartford, Connecticut. She has held senior leadership positions in government, industry, research, and academe. Her research and policy focus includes energy security and the national capacity for innovation, including addressing the “Quiet Crisis” of looming gaps in the science, technology, and engineering workforce and reduced support for basic research. A theoretical physicist, she was chairman of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1995-1999). She is a Vice Chairman of the Council on Competitiveness and co-chairs its Energy Security, Innovation and Sustainability initiative. She is past President (2004) and Chairman of the Board (2005) of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, a member of the National Academy of Engineering, the American Philosophical Society, and a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Physical Society, and AAAS. She serves on the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution, and on the Board of the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a member of the Board of Directors of the NYSE Euronext, and a director of IBM, FedEx, Marathon Oil, Medtronic, and PSEG. Calling her a “national treasure,” the National Science Board selected her as its 2007 Vannevar Bush Award recipient for “a lifetime of achievements in scientific research, education, and senior statesman-like contributions to public policy.” 2 7:00 – 8:00 p.m. Welcome Reception (McDougal Graduate Student Center Common Room) Featuring Violinist, Daisy Jopling Violinist Daisy Jopling was born in London in 1969, and now lives in NYC. She has spent the last 12 years living in Vienna and touring the world with the creative string trio “Triology”, with whom she has recorded 4 CDS, 2 with BMG RCA Victor (www.triology.cc). Her Solo work has included playing a concerto in the Royal Albert Hall in London at the age of 14, and playing before 30,000 people at the opening of the Vienna Festival in May 2005. She has participated in writing the music for many films, including 2 in Hollywood, “Spanglish” and “The Road to El Dorado”, and has written the music for a puppet show in NYC, "Feathers from the Sky". She has just released her first solo album, "Key to the Classics", with the incredible producer Bojan Dugic. (http://cdbaby.com/cd/daisyjopling) Dinner on your own (see the list of restaurants in registration packet) 3 Saturday, March 28, 2009 7:30 – 9:00 a.m. REGISTRATION (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 116) 8:30 – 10:00 a.m. Welcome Breakfast and Second Plenary Panel (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) “The Role Campus Diversity Plays in Creating an Egalitarian Democracy" Panelists: Kimberly Brown, Assistant Professor, English, Northeastern University Sheri Notaro, Associate Dean, Washington University St. Louis Chontrese Doswell, Assistant Dean for Retention, Mentoring and Support Programs, Howard University Moderator: Orlando Taylor, Vice Provost and Dean, Howard University Graduate School 10:15 – 11:15 a.m. Concurrent Sessions I (Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) Conference Rooms) Concurrent Session I.A – Panel Workshop (HGS 218) A.1 Conflict Resolution through Diversity Management: Paradigms for Organizational Success Presenters: Brian Grizzell, California State University Dominguez Hills and Walden University; Alina Payne, Walden University; Volney Douglas, Walden University; Mark Thomas, Walden University Concurrent Session I.B – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-A) THEME: “The Brown Affect and Narratives of Migration” B.1 Geographies of Sorrow: Brown Affect and Latina Narratives of Migration Presenter: Armando Garcia, Cornell University B.2 The New Literary Globalism: Literature as Social Knowledge and Dave Eggers “What is the What” Presenter: Amina El-Annan, Yale University Concurrent Session I.C – Oral Research Presentation and Poster Discussions (HGS 217-B) THEME: “Frontiers in Engineering and Chemistry” C.1 Green Bi-Pedal Robot Presenter: Kevin Omwega, Yale University C.2 Using Geodesic Theory to Study Slow Diffusion in Disordered Media (Poster) Presenter: Crystal Nga Nguyen, Department of Chemistry, Brown University C.3 Characterization of Siloxane Adsorbates Covalently Attached to TiO2 (Poster) Presenter: Nobuhito Iguchi, Department of Chemistry, Yale University 11:15 – 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) 4 11:30 – 12:30 p.m. Concurrent Sessions II (Hall of Graduate Studies (HGS) Conference Rooms) Concurrent Session II.A – Oral Research Presentations and Poster Discussions (HGS 218) THEME: “Challenges of Diversity in Higher Education A.1 Mindfulness and College Adjustment Among Foster Care Alumni: The Mediating Relationship of Social Support Presenter: Melissa Smith, Catholic University A.2 How Non-Traditional Doctoral Programs Allow Women of Color Who are the Heads of Their Household and Single Parents to Get the Doctoral Credential That is Often the Key to a Robust Academic Career Presenter: Kendra O. Finklea, A. T. Still University A.3 Why Don’t You Get Somebody New to Do It?: Race and Cultural Taxation in the Academy Presenter: Tiffany Joseph, University of Michigan A.4 Retention of Women in Physics and the Conference for Undergraduate Women in Physics at Yale (Poster) Presenter: Rachel Miller-Ziegler, Yale University A.5 The Many Hats We Wear: The Influence of Shared University Affiliation on Interracial Bias Reduction (Poster) Presenter: Erin L. Thomas, Yale University Concurrent Session I.I B – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-A) THEME: “Circuits of Knowledge Reshaping the Domestic Imaginary” B.1 Force and Freedom: Black Abolitionists and the Politics of Violence, 1850-1861 Presenter: Kellie C. Jackson, Columbia University B.2 Negroes of the West: Blackness, Indian Immigration, and Early 20th Century U.S. Racial Imagination Presenter: Elliot H. Powell, New York University Concurrent Session II.C – Oral Research Presentations (HGS 217-B) THEME: “Health, Behavior and Disease” C.1 GABAergic Nigrotectal Projections Mediate Specific Nigra-Evoked Motor and Postural Abnormalities Presenter: Angela Holmes, Georgetown University C.2 The Role of N-acetylaspartylglutamate (NAAG) in Inflammatory Pain Presenter: Mary Adedoyin, Georgetown University C.3 let-7 as a Potential Agent to Alter Radiation Resistance in Cancer Cells Presenter: Imran Babar, Yale University 12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Bouchet Lecture Luncheon (Hall of Graduate Studies, Rm. 119) Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies and Dean, Yale University Graduate School 5 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions III (Hall of Graduate Studies Conference Rooms)
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