NCORE Program and Resource Guide 20th Annual National Conference on Race & 2007 The Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies Public and Community Services Division College of Continuing Education University OUTREACH The University of Oklahoma 2350 McKown Drive Norman, Oklahoma 73072-6678 The University of Oklahoma is an equal opportunity institution. Accommodations on the basis of disability are Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE 2007) available by calling (405) 292-4172. Masks courtesy of Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, The University of Oklahoma, Norman 20TH ANNUAL National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education May 29 through June 2, 2007 F San Francisco, California Sponsored by The Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies Public and Community Services Division College of Continuing Education F University OUTREACH THE UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE National Advisory Committee (NAC) The Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education The Executive Committee of the Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies serves as the primary planning body for the Annual National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education (NCORE). The Executive Committee encourages direct, Appointment NCORE 2005—2007 Student Appointment NCORE 2007 broadly based input into the planning process from all conference participants through the conference evaluation process, discussion, and other written and verbal communication. Jason Minh Alt, Diversity Advocacy Coordinator Anita Hopson Malone, Student State University of New York—Purchase, New York The University of Oklahoma Norman—Oklahoma Richard Allen, Ph.D. George Henderson, Ph.D. Lotsee F. Patterson, Ph.D. Maricela Alvarado, Director Juan C.L. Portley, Student Policy Analyst David Ross Boyd Professor Professor Latino Cultural Center, Purdue University—West Lafayette, Indiana The University of Oklahoma The Cherokee Nation S. N. Goldman Professor, David School of Library and Pamela Huang Chao, Professor Norman—Oklahoma Tahlequah, Oklahoma Ross Boyd Professor, and Regents’ Information Studies Sociology, American River College—Sacramento, California Professor of Human Relations The University of Oklahoma Anamaria Cobo de Paci, Ph.D., Director Mai Yang Vang, Student University of San Francisco The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Center for Hispanic Excellence San Francisco—California Norman, Oklahoma University of Pennsylvania—Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Cristine Cullinan, Ph.D., Administrator Jessica Solyom, Student Amy C. Bradshaw, Ph.D. Training and Development, University of Oregon—Eugene, Oregon University of Utah Richard E. Hilbert, Ph.D. (Chair) Tulio Ramirez West Valley City—Utah Associate Professor Professor Emeritus Owner Kenneth B. Durgans, Ed.D., Vice Provost Department of Educational Institutional Diversity, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute *Jennifer Horace, Graduate Student Department of Sociology Tulio’s Mexican Restaurant Psychology Troy—New York Indiana University—Indianapolis, Indiana The University of Oklahoma Commissioner, Oklahoma City The University of Oklahoma *Michael F. Pesko, Research Coordinator and Student Norman, Oklahoma Planning Commission, Oklahoma Frances E. Kendall, Ph.D., Consultant Norman, Oklahoma Organizational Change and Communication, Specializing in Issues of Multicultural and International Student Affairs Private Vo-Tech Commission, and Hamline University—St. Paul, Minnesota State Human Rights Commission Diversity—Albany, California Norman, Oklahoma Patricia M. Lowrie, Director *Alternate Willie V. Bryan, Ed.D. Women’s Resource Center Former Vice Provost and Thomas L. Hill, Ph.D. David L. Tan, Ph.D. Michigan State University—East Lansing, Michigan Associate Professor Vice President Associate Professor and Lisa Moore, Assistant Dean Department of Health Promotion Student Affairs Appointment NCORE 2008—2009 Department of Educational Multicultural Affairs, Reed College—Portland, Oregon Sciences Iowa State University Leadership and Policy Studies David Owen, Assistant Professor The University of Oklahoma Ames, Iowa Joel Arvizo, Project Coordinator Health Sciences Center The University of Oklahoma Department of Philosophy, University of Louisville—Louisville, Kentucky Office for Diversity and Community Outreach Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Jonell Sanchez, Higher Education Assessment Manager The University of Utah—Salt Lake City, Utah College Board—New York, New York Kim Lee Autio-Halula, Ph.D., Associate Dean Charles E. Butler, Ph.D. Franci L. Taylor, Cross-Cultural Competency Consultant College of Health Sciences Professor Emeritus Christopher B. Howard, Ph.D. Beth Wilson, JD Bozeman, Montana Marquette University—Milwaukee, Wisconsin Associate Vice President Education, Human Relations, and Executive Assistant to the Sharon J. Washington, Ph.D., Special Assistant to the President Catherine Batsche, Ph.D., Associate Dean African and African American Strategic & Leadership Initiatives President, and Diversity Initiatives, Bennett College for Women Florida Mental Health Institute Studies Deputy Executive Director Director, Institutional Access Greensboro, North Carolina University of South Florida—Tampa, Florida International Programs Center The University of Oklahoma and Equity Willa Young, Associate Director Jane Bello-Brunson, Director The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Southern Methodist University Multicultural Center, The Ohio State University—Columbus, Ohio Office of Multicultural Programs Norman, Oklahoma Dallas, Texas Valparaiso University—Valparaiso, Indiana Jeanette R. Davidson, Ph.D. Karen S. Cockrell, Ed.D., Associate Professor Director Ex-officio Members: Appointment NCORE 2007—2008 Dept of Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Silas Law, Ph.D. African and African American University of Missouri—Columbia, Missouri Orient Express Mamta Motwani Accapadi, Ph.D., Assistant Director Studies and Associate Professor James P. Pappas, Ph.D. Norman, Oklahoma Multicultural Information Center Debbie Corsino-Moore, Director School of Social Work Vice President for University of Texas—Austin, Texas Multicultural Initiatives, Salt Lake Community College The University of Oklahoma University Outreach, and Gwen Anderson, Director Salt Lake City, Utah Norman, Oklahoma Dean Multicultural Center, Student Services Donna M. Cox, Ph.D., Chair and Professor College of Liberal Studies Utah Valley State College—Orem, Utah Department of Music Robert Con Davis-Undiano, Ph.D. The University of Oklahoma University of Dayton—Dayton, Ohio Neustadt Professor Robin C. Benton, Assistant Professor Norman, Oklahoma Sport, Fitness & Leisure Studies Susan Davis, Ph.D., Employee Services Coordinator Dean, Honors College Jorge L. Mendoza, Ph.D. Chair and Professor Salem State College—Salem, Massachusetts Fischler School of Education Executive Director Belinda P. Biscoe, Ph.D. Psychology Department James Francisco Bonilla, Ed.D., Assistant Professor Nova Southeastern University—North Miami Beach, Florida World Literature Today Director, Mid-Continent The University of Oklahoma Conflict Studies and Graduate School of Public Administration Dona Fletcher, Professor/Chairperson The University of Oklahoma Comprehensive Center Norman, Oklahoma and Management, Hamline University—St. Paul, Minnesota Sociology, Geography, Social Work Norman, Oklahoma Assistant Vice President Jacqueline McMillan, Executive Assistant to President/Board of Trustees Sinclair Community College—Dayton, Ohio University Outreach Wright State University—Dayton, Ohio Noelle Goodwin, Special Event Coordinator Public and Community Services, Melvin C. Hall, Esquire Janice D.M. Mitchell, Ph.D., Professor Campus Visits-IUPUI Partner, Riggs, Abney, Neal, College of Continuing Education Indiana University—Indianapolis, Indiana Sylvia H. Morales The University of Oklahoma German Linguistics and Intercultural/International Education Turpen, Orbison & Lewis Gallaudet University—Washington, D.C. Shaun R. Harper, Ph.D., Assistant Professor and Research Associate Community Volunteer Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Alicia Montoya, Ph.D., Associate Professor Center for the Study of H.E. Latino Culture Consultant Penn State University—University Park, Pennsylvania Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Elementary Education Department Jerry E. Jensen Evelyn M. Jacobson, Ph.D., Associate Vice Chancellor University Equal Opportunity Kutztown University—Kutztown, Pennsylvania Grayson Noley, Ed.D., Chair and Associate Professor Academic Affairs and Affirmative Action Officer University of Nebraska—Lincoln, Nebraska The University of Oklahoma Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Connie W. Lee, Associate Professor Norman, Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma—Norman, Oklahoma G. Dean Patterson Jr., Assistant Vice President School of Nursing Student Affairs, Case Western Reserve University—Cleveland, Ohio Clemson University—Clemson, South Carolina Leonard Perry, Associate Dean of Students A.T. Miller, Coordinator Director, Multicultural Student Affairs, Iowa State University—Ames, Iowa Multicultural Teaching and Learning ON THE COVER—Exploring Identity: Masks are intimately rooted in the histories and rituals of many world cultures. Masks have been used to tell University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, Michigan stories, to metaphysically transform, to heal, to protect, to communicate with ancestors, and to communicate with gods. The mask represents our Jacquelyn V. Reza, Ed.D., Professor/Counselor De Anza