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Our 25th year of service DECEMBER 2016 Volume 25, No . 12 Women in Educational Leadership Conference Hosts 30th Annual Conference he Women in Educational Leadership Conference but so do women leaders from not only Nebraska and T(WELC) hosted the 30th annual conference in Lincoln the Midwest, but also from California, Texas and Florida . NE on October 9 and 10 . Founded in 1987 by Dr. Marilyn Participants now come from all 50 states, which attendees Grady, a professor of educational administration at the Uni- learned when Grady insisted we all stand up and introduce versity of Nebraska-Lincoln, the conference brings together ourselves on the first evening of WELC . professors, graduate students, deans, associate deans, stu- The opening panel, “Women and Leadership,” included dent success coaches, instructional designers, teachers, guid- Alisha Bollinger, instructional coach at Norris Public Schools ance counselors and principals to discuss the issues facing NE; Tina Oelke, assistant dean of outreach and workforce women in education (primary, secondary and higher ed) . development at Neosho County Community College KS; Great opportunities and Teri Marcos, professor of educational administration at This year’s WELC included 77 concurrent sessions on top- National University CA . Bollinger discussed her research ics ranging from microaggressions to creativity to instructional about why women stay as superintendents of schools rather design to stereotype threat to racial equity to the various than the usual focus on why women leave these positions . paths to leadership that women might take . The conference is Oelke’s presentation, based on her dissertation research, hosted each year over the Columbus Day holiday in Lincoln . was about the experience of women presidents in the central Each session was 25 minutes, with presenters discussing their states, particularly the gender barriers these women leaders research, describing implemented programs, telling their sto- face . Marcos described a conference she and colleagues orga- ries and/or offering up practical advice to their audiences . nized on women in educational leadership, which they mod- WELC provides many opportunities for women (and men) eled on WELC . Grady will be one of their keynote speakers . to present their work, and Grady encouraged presenters to be Additional featured speakers included Dr . Frances W . grateful of their audience, no matter what the size . “Any per- Kaye, a professor of English at UNL; Carla E . Tillmon, a pro- son who listens to me is a gift,” she said . WELC also provides gram analyst at the U .S . Department of Labor—Women’s opportunities for networking with other women leaders, so Bureau; and Dr . Kelly Sartorius, who teaches at the University women at schools from all over the United States can connect of Kansas Honors College . The featured speakers alone make with one another . According to the program, “[i]ndividuals WELC an excellent conference to attend for women in higher have related many stories of the benefits they have experi- education, but the sessions are what make this a conference enced through attendance and participation in the conference .” not to be missed . As editor of Women in Higher Education, I WELC’s origins was glad to attend a conference that WIHE used to cover reg- ularly . I hope to see you, our readers, attending next year . Grady noted that the theme of this year’s conference was —KJB to “remind us all of the stories that drive this conference .” In her opening remarks, Grady explained that the conference Index to this December 2016 issue originated when her department realized so many women students were entering the Educational Administration ‘Fearless’ Leader to Head Architecture School . 2 NEWSWATCH: Gendered Politics at Work and Play . 3 department . “We needed to do something,” she said . Women on the Move . 6, 11 The men in the department urged Grady to create a WIHE INTERVIEW: Changing the Face of Social Justice conference for these women students, so she did . In 1987, Education: WIHE Interviews Jamie Piperato . 7 the first conference was held at the University of Nebraska- Nursing Education Addresses an Evolving Health Care Landscape . 8 Lincoln . The theme revolved around the skills women Why You Should Care About FERPA . 9 would need to attain careers in educational administration . Women’s College Students Among HBCU All-Stars . 17 The attendees were only from Nebraska: UNL grad stu- Basketball Coach Beth Burns Wins $3 .35 Million+ in Termination Lawsuit . 18 dents, teachers and administrators . Professor Tressie McMillan Cottom: Sociologist, Higher Ed Expanding audiences Activist and Optimist . 19 In 30 years, the audience for WELC has expanded . Many THE EDITOR’S ODDS AND ENDS: We Still Need Feminism . 20 of Grady’s students still attend and present their research, PLUS 7 pages of great new job opportunities for you . 10–16 ‘Fearless’ Leader to Head Architecture School aria Perbellini considers herself “fearless,” admit- Seeking additional challenges, Perbellini left New York Mting she has a “positive” and “optimistic” outlook for Yeungjin Junior College in South Korea . She eventually on life . The licensed architect was appointed the new dean made her way back to the United States with appoint- of the School of Architecture and Design at the New York ments, first at the University of Texas-Austin and then at Institute of Technology . She joined the school in August Texas Tech University, where she served as professor and 2016 . associate dean for graduate programs in the College of If anyone can be considered a citizen Architecture . of the world, the Italian-born and -raised But with her appointment at NYIT, Perbellini feels she Perbellini comes close . Born in Verona, has “come home .” Italy, she did her undergraduate work in From dance to design Venice at the Instituto Universitario di Architecture was not always her first love, although Architettura di Venezia, where the only her father was an architect . A classically trained ballerina, modes of transportation were walking Perbellini grew up wanting to be an actress while study- and boats . ing Latin and literature in high school . When she finally Maria Perbellini The quiet environment left room for decided on architecture, “it came naturally,” she said . “It inspiration . “You don’t hear any other noise [other] than was part of my mindset because it was naturally happening footsteps and boats,” she said . “For an architect, it’s a place in my home .” to experience a place with different eyes .” The oldest of three children, when it came During her five years in Venice, Perbellini time to leave for college, Perbellini remem- participated in an eight-week summer Perbellini: “When bers her father telling her, “You can do program that ultimately earned her you’re in a leadership things that your brothers together a scholarship to New York’s Pratt can’t even imagine,” she said . “It Institute and eventually a Master of position, you have to bring out was good to hear my father talk- Architecture degree . “My English the best in others. This job is ing like that to a girl . It gave me was basic; it was scholastic,” she said not about me. It’s about the self-confidence .” on her arrival in the United States . But It was at Texas Tech that Perbellini she was able to “start my adventure by community I found here.” started to explore academic administra- myself in this wonderful city ”. Doing so tion, starting first as chair of the College helped her “to know my limits, [my] strengths of Architecture and later associate dean of the and weaknesses .” graduate programs, where she worked to “institute new After receiving her master’s degree, she went to work things and reinvigorate the existing pedagogical models .” for several well-known architects, making “life connec- Specifically, she developed a Master of Architecture curricu- tions” that have stayed with her . “I wanted to take out of lum with four graduate certificates and designed a Master that experience the best possible learning,” said Perbel- of Science in Architecture with specializations in digital lini . She also became principal of her own firm, Pongratz design and fabrication, urban and community design, and Perbellini, an internationally recognized multidisciplinary design and health . architectural firm . 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