CSGS 2020 Preliminary Program

March 5-7, 2020

Thursday, March 5, 2020

12:00-6:00 pm Registration CSGS Check-In

8:00 am-5:00 pm Council of Historically Black Graduate Schools (CHBGS)

Separate Registration Required

4:00-5:30 pm Executive Committee Meeting Montgomery Room

5:30-7:00 Joint Dinner (CSGS and CHBGS) Hamilton I and II

Friday, March 6, 2020

7:00 am-5:00 pm Registration CSGS Check-In

8:30-5:00 pm Exhibitor Fair Foyer

7:30 am-8:15 am Breakfast Hamilton II Sponsored by ETS

8:30 - 8:45 am CSGS Presidential and UAB Welcome Hamilton I

8:45-9:45 am Plenary I: Creating Climates Where All Can Thrive Hamilton I Presider: Kim Needy, of Arkansas Suzanne Ortega, President, Council of Graduate Schools 9:45 - 10:00 am Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

10:00-11:00 am Concurrent I: Emerging Forces: Perspectives on Skipwith I Integrating Diversity and Professional Development in Graduate

Yi Hao, Jasmine Crenshaw, University of Virginia

10:00-11:00 am Concurrent I: Graduate Admissions Disruption and Skipwith II Diplomacy: The Graduate Admissions-Graduate School Partnership in the Age of SEOs, Digital Recruitment, and Funnel Expansion

Kurt Jefferson, Spalding University Paul Bolton, Spalding University

10:00-11:00 am Concurrent I: Industry Workforce Development in Hamilton II Graduate Education: Presentation of the A2i Program

Laura Demarse, North Carolina State University Peter Harries, North Carolina State University

11:00 - 11:15 am Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

11:15-12:15 pm Plenary II: Legal Updates for Graduate Education: Hamilton I Looking Forward to 2020

Presider: Jean Van Delinder, Oklahoma State University Speaker: Mackenzie Wilfong, General Counsel, Tulsa Community

12:15-1:30 pm Networking Lunch Hamilton I

12:15-1:30 pm Exploring Impact and Intellectual Contribution of Montgomery Room Non-Traditional Research Outcomes (2019-2020) Invitation Only

Facilitators: Suzanne Ortega, CGS Julia Kent, CGS 1:30-2:30 pm Concurrent II: Pathways to Graduate Education: Skipwith I Supporting Underrepresented Students in Research

Charlese Minder, Clemson University Kinsey Meggett, Clemson University Nick Mekdara, Clemson University De ‘Onte Brown, Clemson University

1:30-2:30 pm Concurrent II: Creating Buy-in for a University-wide Skipwith II Professional Development Program

Carol Powers, Oklahoma State University Brenda Smith, Oklahoma State University

1:30-2:30 pm Concurrent II: And What about Graduate Retention and Hamilton II Persistence?: Building Strategies to Address the Overlooked Question

Jack DeRochi, Brian Kloeppel, Western Carolina University Sharon McGee, East Tennessee State University

2:30-2:45 pm Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

2:45-3:45 pm Plenary III: Living the Questions: How Graduate School Shapes City Hall

Presider: Lori Burkhalter, - Birmingham Speaker: Josh Carpenter, Director, Innovation and Economic Opportunity, City of Birmingham

3:45-4:00 pm Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

4:00-5:00 pm Concurrent III: Building Graduate Student’s Leadership Skipwith I and Courage through Inclusive Opportunities

Dale Watson, Sarah Beckum, Auburn University Theresa Morgan, Auburn University Maria Witte, Auburn University 4:00-5:00 pm Concurrent III: Creating Professional Development Skipwith II Programs without Reinventing the Wheel

Ernest Brothers, -Knoxville Tia Dumas, Clemson University

4:00-5:00 pm Concurrent III: (Mis)Conceptions of Open Publishing: Hamilton II ETD Submission, Students' Options, and Faculty Concerns

Aura Young, University of North Carolina-Charlotte

5:30 pm Travel to Reception

6:00-8:00 pm Poster Session and Networking Reception at the Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

CSGS Graduate Student Program Friday, March 6, 2020

Unless otherwise noted, all sessions in Cudworth Hall on UAB Campus

10:00 am - 12:00 pm THEME: PROFESSIONALS IN PREPARATION

10:00-11:00 am Interviewing and Business Etiquette

Panelists: Business and Academic Leaders Moderator: Dr. Karen S. Coats, University of Southern Mississippi

11:00-11:15 am Break

11:15-12:00 pm Professional Development for Graduate Trainees

UAB Faculty Member

12:15-1:30 pm Networking Lunch with all conference attendees Hamilton Room, Hilton Birmingham UAB

1:30-3:15 pm THEME: MENTOR/MENTEE RELATIONSHIPS

1:30-3:00 pm Theater Delta 3:00-3:15 pm Conflict Resolution Activity

Dr. Constinia Charbonnette,

3:15-3:30 pm Break

3:30-5:00 pm THEME: BUILDING RESILIENCY

3:30-4:15 Eagle’s Nest Food Pantry at Southern Mississippi: Combating Hunger on a University Campus

Dr. Tamara Hurst, University of Southern Mississippi Rickelia Hammett, University of Southern Mississippi

4:15-5:00 pm Mental Health/Mindfulness Presentation

UAB Counseling Center

5:00-5:30 pm Break/Travel to Reception

6:00-8:00 Poster Session and Networking Reception Birmingham Civil Rights Institute

Saturday, March 7, 2020

7:30 am-10:00 am Registration CSGS Check-In

8:30-5:00 pm Exhibitor Fair Foyer

7:30-8:30 am Breakfast Hamilton II Sponsored by Liaison

7:30-8:30 am New Deans and Associate Deans Breakfast University Room Hosts: Michael Cunningham, Mary Farmer-Kaiser, University of Louisiana at Lafayette 8:30-9:30 am Plenary IV: Best Practices for Recruiting and Retaining Hamilton I URM Graduate Students: The McKnight Model

Presider: Peter Harries, North Carolina State University Speaker: Lawrence Morehouse, President and CEO, Florida Education Fund

9:30-9:45 Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

9:45-11:00 am 3MT Heat 1 Hamilton II

9:45-11:00 am 3MT Heat 2 Cudworth Hall (UAB)

11:00-11:15 Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

11:15-12:30 pm 3MT Heat 3 Hamilton II

11:15-12:30 pm 3MT Heat 4 Cudworth Hall (UAB)

12:30-2:30 pm Lunch Award Ceremony/Business Meeting Hamilton I Sponsored by Proquest

2:30-3:30 pm Concurrent IV: From Fear to Finished: Using a Skipwith I Dissertation Coaching Framework to Combat Imposter Phenomenon among EdD Students

Sydney Brown, Gardner-Webb University Jennifer Putnam, Gardner-Webb University

2:30-3:30 pm Concurrent IV: Accreditation Standards That Embrace Skipwith II Diversity Rather Than Impose Conformity: Beyond Learning Outcomes

Murray Mitchell, University of 2:30-3:30 pm Concurrent IV: From Brazil to Auburn: An International Hamilton II Graduate Student’s Experience in Building Courage and Capacity

Maria Witte, Auburn University Gislene Ferreira Dos Reis, Auburn University

3:30-3:45 pm Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

3:45-4:45 pm Concurrent V: Building Bridges to Attract and Support Skipwith I Underrepresented and First-Generation Graduate Students

Laura Moix, Romona West, University of Arkansas

3:45-4:45 pm Concurrent V: Getting from Here to There: Initiating or Skipwith II Enhancing a Robust, Inclusive Professional Development Initiative for Graduate Students

Eric Paulson, Texas State University Brittany Davis, Texas State University

3:45-4:45 pm Concurrent V: Help them THRIVE, Not Just Survive! Hamilton II Laura Ryman, John Burgess, James Madison University

4:45-5:00 pm Refreshment/Networking Break Foyer

5:00-6:00 pm 3MT Final Competition and Closing Remarks Hamilton I

6:00-7:00 pm Champagne Toast for 3MT Participants Lobby

7:00 pm State Dinners, Restaurant of your choice

Sunday, March 8, 2020

8:00-9:00 am Executive Committee Meeting Montgomery Room