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Table of Contents Table of Contents Page # Page # Tuesday, May 28, 2013 Friday, May 31, 2013 Program Schedule at a Glance . 11 Program Schedule at a Glance . 58 Students and Student Scholars Reception . 11 Conference Morning Plenary Session . 60 NCORE® 101 . 11 Session Presentations . 60 Cracking the Codes – Film and Dialogue Event . 11 A Conversation with Alan Lechusza Aquallo . 60 Pre-Conference Institutes at a Glance . 12 A Conversation with Joe Feagin . 60 Pre-Conference Institutes . 14 A Conversation with William Mendoza . 68 Special Event: Music Matters . 75 Wednesday, May 29, 2013 A Conversation with Tim Wise . 75 Program Schedule at a Glance… . 22 Session Presentations . 24 Saturday, June 1, 2013 A Conversation with Candy Chang . 27 Program Schedule at a Glance . 76 Opening Conference Plenary Session . 27 Session Presentations . 77 A Conversation with Jane Fernandes . 27 A Conversation with Hakeem M . Oluseyi . 79 Afternoon Conference Plenary Session . 34 Conference Morning Plenary Session . 81 NCORE® 2013 Welcoming Reception . 34 Closing Conference Plenary Session . 87 Thursday, May 30, 2013 Additional Features Program Schedule at a Glance . 38 Executive Committee Listing . 3 Conference Morning Plenary Session . 40 National Advisory Committee (NAC) Listing . 4 Session Presentations . 40 Student Scholarship Recipients . 6 A Conversation with Eduardo Bonilla-Silva . 40 Self-Organized Caucus Meetings . 9 A Conversation with Stacey Leeds . 40 Alphabetic Listing of All Presenters . 88 Conference Afternoon Plenary Session . 54 Exhibitor Showcase and Resource Center . 93 Film Preview and Discussion Events . 54 Hilton Riverside Hotel Maps . 94 Special Event: Songs of My People . 54 1 2 3 EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE The Southwest Center for Human Relations Studies 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, broadly based input into the planning process from all conference participants through the conference evaluation process, discussion, and other written and verbal communication . Richard Allen, PhD Richard E. Hilbert, PhD Lotsee F. Patterson, PhD Policy Analyst Professor Emeritus Professor Emeritus The Cherokee Nation Department of Sociology School of Library and Tahlequah, Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma Information Studies Norman, Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Amy C. Bradshaw, PhD Thomas L. Hill, PhD David L. Tan, PhD Associate Professor Senior Vice President Associate Professor and Department of Educational for Student Affairs Department Chair Psychology Iowa State University Educational Leadership and Policy The University of Oklahoma Ames, Iowa Studies Norman, Oklahoma College of Education The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Willie V. Bryan, EdD Professor Emeritus Silas Law, PhD Beth Wilson, JD University of Oklahoma Executive Assistant to the President, and Health Sciences Center Orient Express Norman, Oklahoma Director, Institutional Access and Equity Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Southern Methodist University Dallas, Texas Charles E. Butler, PhD Professor Emeritus Jessica Martinez-Brooks Ex-officio Members: Education, Human Relations, and Director African and African American Studies Community Outreach and Education James P. Pappas, PhD The University of Oklahoma Oklahoma City Community College Vice President for Outreach and Dean, Norman, Oklahoma Oklahoma City, Oklahoma College of Liberal Studies The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Jeanette R. Davidson, PhD Director-African and African Jorge L. Mendoza, PhD American Studies Chair and Professor Professor, School of Social Work Psychology Department Belinda P. Biscoe Boni, PhD The University of Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma Associate Vice President, University Norman, Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Outreach Director, South Central Comprehensive Center Robert Con Davis-Undiano, PhD Public and Community Services Division (Chair) Teresa (Teri) Mora The University of Oklahoma Executive Director Director Norman, Oklahoma Neustadt Professor Hispanic Student Services and Presidential Professor of Upward Bound World Literature Today Oklahoma Panhandle State University Shad Satterthwaite, PhD The University of Oklahoma Goodwell, Oklahoma University Equal Opportunity Officer Norman, Oklahoma The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma Melvin C. Hall, Esquire Sylvia H. Morales (Executive Committee Vice-Chair) Community Volunteer Partner, Riggs, Abney, Neal, Turpen, Latino Culture Consultant Orbison & Lewis, Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Adjunct Professor, African and African America Studies University of Oklahoma George Henderson, PhD David Ross Boyd Professor Emeritus S . N . Goldman Professor Emeritus, and Regents’ Professor Emeritus of Human Relations, Education and Sociology The University of Oklahoma Norman, Oklahoma 4 National Advisory Council (NAC) National Conference on Race & Ethnicity in American Higher Education® Term Expires June 2, 2013 Term Expires May 31, 2015 G. Dean Patterson, PhD, Associate VP Student Affairs Cheryl Avant, PhD, Case Western Reserve University—Cleveland, OH Charles Ransom, BA, MLS, Lead Faculty, Healthcare Management Multicultural Studies Librarian, University Library Trine University, Angola, IN Ruby Paredes, PhD, Assistant Vice Chancellor University of Michigan—Ann Arbor, MI Diversity and Climate Paul Buckley, PhD, Assistant Dean of Undergraduate Students University of Wisconsin-Madison—Madison, WI Miriam Sahatdjian Gogol, PhD, Dean Undergraduate Dean’s Office School of Liberal Arts Dartmouth College—Hanover, NH Becky Petitt, PhD, Associate Vice President for Diversity Mercy College—Dobbs Ferry, NY Tonya Dixon, RN, MSN, MBA, MPH Office of the Vice President and Associate Provost for Diversity Professor of Nursing Texas A&M University—College Station, TX Renay Scales, PhD, Director of Faculty Development Harper College--Palatine, IL Kentucky College of Osteopathic Medicine Monique Robinson-Wright, EdD, Assistant Dean, Peabody Stu- University of Pikeville—Pikeville, KY Jesse L. Dixon, Jr., EdD, Director dent Affairs, Office of Multicultural Affairs Vanderbilt University-- Nashville, TN Melisa Williams, Director UW-Eau Claire—Eau Claire, WI Multicultural Education and Diversity and Student Involvement Mohammed Bey, MS, Director for Multicultural Education Medaille College—Buffalo, NY Marisa Herrera, EdD, Director, Ethnic Cultural Center Office of Multicultural and Global Education Office of Multicultural Affairs and Diversity Quinnipiac University--Hamden, CT University of Washington—Seattle, WA Term Expires June 1, 2014 Ebony Caldwell, MA, Coordinator Terri Johnson, Assistant Dean Intercultural Student Services Elaine Brigham, Co-Director Student Multicultural Affairs, Student Life Rock Valley College--Rockford, IL Intergroup Dialogue Program Southwestern University—Georgetown, TX Mount Holyoke College—South Hadley, MA Elizabeth Castle, PhD, Assistant Professor, Andy Karafa, PhD, Associate Dean, Arts and Sciences Department of Native Studies Jeffrey Carr, EdD, Chief Diversity Officer Director, Jim Crow Museum University of South Dakota, Vermillion, SD Office of the President Ferris State University—Big Rapids, MI Point Loma Nazarene University—San Diego, CA Annie Holmes, MEd, Executive Director Cleopatria Martinez, PhD, Professor Campus Diversity and Inclusivity Debbie Corsino-Moore, Director Department of Mathematics Cal Poly State University--San Luis Obispo, CA Multicultural Initiatives Maricopa Community Colleges—Phoenix, AZ Salt Lake Community College—Salt Lake City, UT Lori Manzanares, MA, EdS, Director Girija Shinde, PhD, Associate Professor Student Enrichment Enrollment and Student Services Matsimela Diop, PhD, Director Department of Biology College of Western Idaho--Nampa, ID Multicultural Student Services Volunteer State Community College—Livingston, TN University of North Dakota—East Grand Forks, MN Judith Ned, EdD, Executive Director Michael Snowden, PhD, Chief Diversity Officer Academic Researcher, Medicine/SPRC S. Nzingha Dugas, Director and Academic Coordinator Office of Equal Opportunity Stanford University--Stanford, CA Multicultural Student Development Unit McNeese State University—Lake Charles, LA University of California, Berkeley—Berkeley, CA Cristobal Salinas Jr., MEd, Multicultural Liaison Academic Ad- Quantá Taylor, Graduate Administrative Associate viser, Craig Elliott II, PhD, Assistant Vice President of Office of Student Life, Ohio Union-Student Activities Iowa State University—Ames, IA Enrollment and Student Services The Ohio State University--Columbus, OH Samuel Merritt University—Oakland, CA Paula Saltzman, MBA, Diverse Workforce Recruiter Daniel Teraguchi, EdD, Assistant Dean Office of Human Resources Monica Green, Associate Director of Admissions Student Affairs, Assistant Professor Pediatrics Harper College, Palatine, IL Director, Benjamin Templeton Scholarship Program Johns Hopkins University—Baltimore, MD Hanover College—Hanover, IN NCORE 2012 Committee Co-Chairs Carretta Cooke, EdD, Interim Director Center for Career and Professional Development Term Expires June 5, 2016 Dillard University—New Orleans, LA Belinda P. Biscoe Boni, PhD, Associate Vice President Zoila Airall, PhD, Assistant Vice President University Outreach Division Student Affairs Linda Morales, Interim CDO, Office of Diversity Public and Community Services, Duke University—Durham, NC Assistant Adjunct Professor,
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