Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference University of Iowa College Of

Latinx Educational Excellence in the Midwest Conference University of Iowa College of Education Saturday, October 21, 2017 7:45-8:30AM Registration ~ Jones Commons, N300 Lindquist Center Continental Breakfast 8:30AM Welcome Remarks ~ Jones Commons, N300 Lindquist Center

8:45AM Plenary Speaker ~ Mr. Dan Stevenson, West Liberty School District Title: Supporting Latinx Students, Families, and Communities: A Teacher's Perspective Session One: 9:30AM-10:45AM

S204 Immigration Law and Latinx Activism in Iowa

Jonathan Munoz, Associate Attorney; Nidey Erdahl Fisher Pilkington & Meier, PLC

Emiliano Martinez, University of Iowa TLC Researching Latinx Identities and Issues in K-12 Education Commons N110 “Cuentos de la Maestra/Teacher Tales of a Bicultural Latina Feminista in an all African American, all-male Chicago High School” Heather Hathaway, University of Illinois—Chicago

“Women of Color and Early College High Schools” Leslie Locke, University of Iowa “Acts of Understanding and Misunderstanding: Conferencing and Communicating Between Immigrant Parents and Elementary Teachers” Carolyn Colvin, University of Iowa Elizabeth Willmore, University of Iowa Jay Arduser, International School (Doha, Qatar)

“Home's Cool: The Issue of Homeschooling in Puerto Rico” Dalina Perdamo, University of Iowa TLC Historical and Current perspectives in Latinx Higher Education Professional Development “Serving Latinx Students in Two-Year Colleges with Established and Emerging Latinx Area Populations: Perspectives from Institutional Leaders” N110 Valerie Crespín-Trujillo, University of Wisconsin—Madison “Reclaiming Chicana Leadership: A micro-history of Nancy Rustya Barcelãs leadership and activism at the University of Iowa Carla Gonzalez, University of Iowa

“Yo no sabía, no pensaba que habían Mexicanos:” Puerto Rican students learning about Latina/x/os and school in the rural Midwest” Lisa Ortiz, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign N103 Strategies and Perspectives on Teaching Latinx Students Magarita Mojica, East Moline School District

This workshop session is for K-12 educators and will end at noon.

Session Two: 11:00AM-Noon

TLC Moving East and Discovering Latinos in the Heartland: Initiatives Commons and Challenges for Latina/o Studies at the University of Iowa N110 Omar Valerio-Jiménez, The University of Texas at San Antonio Santiago Vaquera-Vásquez, University of New Mexico Claire Fox, University of Iowa Ariana Ruiz, University of Iowa

S104 Closing the Latinx Educational Achievement Gap in STEM Fields

“The Impact of Science Writing Heuristics: Closing the Achievement Gaps between Hispanic and Caucasian Student Achievement” Will Hansen, University of Iowa

“Investigating perceptions of pre-service secondary mathematics teachers of teaching mathematics for social justice to support Latinx students “ Gabriela Vargas, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

N104 Examining Latinx Health Care Needs in Rural and Urban Spaces

“Healthcare Career Exploration Program for Latinx and Rural Adolescents in the Midwest” Yunkyoung Loh, GarrisonChing-Lan, LinBrianna Ward, Ji Youn Cindy Kim, Aurora Pham, Sara Heshmati, Mariah Pride, Dr. Saba R. Ali, University of Iowa

“’Buscando el cuidado’: Spatial mismatch of health services in Spanish for Latinx immigrants in suburban Chicago communities of Aurora, Cicero, and Carpentersville” Aida Guhlincozzi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Lunch and Keynote 12:15PM-1:30PM N300 Jones Commons Keynote speaker ~ Dr. Adele Lozano, University of Wisconsin—La Crosse Session Three: 1:45PM-3:00PM

TLC Undocumented Students and the Work of Allies in Higher Commons Education N110 “Undocumented Students and Allies in Higher Education” Kenia Calderon, Undocumented Activist

“Perseverance is Key” Reyna Ayala Montes, Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science

“I have undocumented students. What should I do? Best practices to protect undocumented students in school” Vanessa Espinoza, Iowa State University Jessica Mena Flores, Iowa State University TLC From E to C: Strategies and Programs to Assist Latinx Students Professional from Elementary School to College Development Area Mark Hopkins, Buena Vista University N110 Brittany Garling, Buena Vista University Lorena Singh, Storm Lake Community School Yadira Alday, Storm Lake Community School Chelsea Smith, Storm Lake Community School

S204 Removing Barriers for Underserved Learner: Making Equity in Education Everyone’s Business

Juan Garcia, ACT, Inc.

N104 Today and Tomorrow: Past Struggles and Developing a Latinx Legacy

“LULAC 101: Struggles Past and Present” Bridget Murillo, LULAC Council 318 Andrew Bribiesco, LULAC Council 318

“Latinx Legacy Project” Marris Opsahl, Goshen College Jose M. Chiquito Galvan, Goshen College Ann Hostetler, Goshen College Session Four: 3:15-4:15PM

S204 The Ways for Latinx Students: What Schools Can Do to Support, Encourage, and Mentor First Generation Latinx Students

Carolyn Colvin, University of Iowa Hernan Bernabe, University of Iowa Elia Faria, Iowa's Upward Bound Program

S104 Researching and Promoting Equity in Education for Latinx Students

“The past is prologue: Language policy and nativism in new immigrant contexts” Stephanie Guglielmo Lynch, University of Iowa David Johnson, University of Iowa Crissa Stephens, University of Iowa

“Investigating teachers’ knowledge and beliefs on multiculturalism and the relation to Hispanic students’ science learning” Yejun Bae, University of Iowa Eunjung Kim, University of Iowa

“Hispanic Serving Institutions: What are they?” Mark Valencia, University of Iowa N104 The Strength of Street Knowledge: Doing Woke Research, Engagement, and Intervention in Black and Latino Communities

Rodrigo Dominguez-Martinez, Northern Illinois University

N103 Admisiones a las universidades y convertirseen estudiante univerversitario (Admission to the universities and becoming a college student)

Karla Alvarez, University of Iowa

Closing Session 4:30PM-5:00PM

TLC Where do we go from here?: Collaboration and Action in Higher Education Commons N110 TLC PDA Where do we go from here?: Collaboration and Action in K-12 Education N110 TLC N111 Where do we go from here?: Collaboration and Action in the Community