UConn faculty, students, and post-docs from the Department of Educational Leadership, the HESA program, and Office of Diversity & Inclusion will be involved as presenters and volunteers during this year’s annual ASHE (Association for the Study of Higher Education) virtual conference on November 18-21 and pre-conference for the Council for Ethnic Participation (CEP) on November 13. Ten of our faculty, recent graduates, and graduate students from UConn will present 12 papers and interactive symposia and serve as discussant or chair on five paper sessions and interactive symposia. For those interested in participating in the conference, registration is still available. 

The theme for the 2020 Conference is Advancing Full Participation. The association noted that:

Advancing full participation requires dismantling racism, classism, sexism, and other forms of oppression that systematically disadvantage different individuals and groups. It requires that we construct and study “architecture of inclusion” (Sturm, 2006) at various decision points, across sectors, and between siloes. We need to understand the mechanisms most likely to foster inclusion and full participation across public, private, national and international contexts. 

Indeed, the scholarship and research that our UConn scholars are sharing during the conference is aimed at advancing full participation, incorporating qualitative, quantitative, and mixed-methods approaches, and addressing wide-ranging topics from pedagogy and learning, to policy, to student development, to global education. If you are planning to participate in the annual ASHE conference, we hope that you will take time in your schedule to support and learn from the excellent work of our UConn scholars. You can refer to the compiled selection of sessions with UConn presenters, chairs, or discussants below. Of course, we recommend using the official conference schedule for the most accurate and up-to-date information.

Session Name	Date	Time (EST)	Location	Session Type	UConn Scholar	Role	Paper Title	Link
Making Space for Community, Support and Healing in Racial Equity Higher Education Work	Fri, November 13	12:45 to 2:00pm EST	Council for Ethnic Participation Virtual Pre-Conference, Bulbancha Room	Interactive Symposium	Frank A. Tuitt	Co-Chair		http://tinyurl.com/y6fdfx3s
Making Space for Community, Support and Healing in Racial Equity Higher Education Work	Fri, November 13	12:45 to 2:00pm EST	Council for Ethnic Participation Virtual Pre-Conference, Bulbancha Room	Interactive Symposium	Milagros Castillo-Montoya	Presenter		http://tinyurl.com/y6fdfx3s
Learning Through Engaging: Colleges Developing Activistas, Global Citizens, and Worldviews	Wed, November 18	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Ida B. Wells Room	Paper Session	Adam M. McCready	Discussant		http://tinyurl.com/yx8z4hlc
Difference in Opinion: Making Sense of Student Encounters	Wed, November 18	2:45 to 4:00pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Natchez Room	Paper Session	Ashley N. Robinson	Chair
New Perspectives on Faculty Workload Inequities	Thu, November 19	12:00 to 12:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Natchez Room	Roundtable	Milagros Castillo-Montoya	Presenter	Braids and Bridges: A Collaborative Postcolonial AutoEthnography of Racially Minoritized Women Teaching Intergroup Dialogue	http://tinyurl.com/y2o2nyxs
Examining Race, Culture, and Fit in Higher Education	Thu, November 19	12:00 to 12:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room	Roundtable	Luz Burgos-López	Presenter	The erasure of Blackness and role of Antiblackness in the Construction of Higher Education Latinidad	http://tinyurl.com/yyflojxx
Multicultural and Critical Teaching and Learning Perspectives	Thu, November 19	12:00 to 12:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room	Roundtable	Joshua Abreu	Presenter	Learning to Teach Through Experimentation: A Multi-Case Study on Three Professors Teaching Historically-Marginalized Students	http://tinyurl.com/y4bbf7t3
Critical Perspectives on Service Learning	Fri, November 20	1:00 to 2:15pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Equitable Engagement Room	Paper Session	Milagros Castillo-Montoya	Presenter	Developing Latinx students’ critical consciousness in a sport-based critical service learning	http://tinyurl.com/y5jds384
Critical Perspectives on Service Learning	Fri, November 20	1:00 to 2:15pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Equitable Engagement Room	Paper Session	Ajhanai Channel Inez Newton		Developing Latinx students’ critical consciousness in a sport-based critical service learning	http://tinyurl.com/y5jds384
The Influence of Policies on Graduate Education and Workforce Development	Fri, November 20	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room	Paper Session	H. Kenny Nienhusser	Presenter	If You Fund Them, Will They Come?: Findings from a Graduate Student Fellowship Program	http://tinyurl.com/y62dy47f
The Influence of Policies on Graduate Education and Workforce Development	Fri, November 20	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Michigan State Room	Paper Session	Milagros Castillo-Montoya	Presenter	If You Fund Them, Will They Come?: Findings from a Graduate Student Fellowship Program	http://tinyurl.com/y62dy47f
Racism Off-Campus and Online: Quantitative Investigations	Fri, November 20	2:45 to 4:00pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Chitimacha Room	Paper Session	Adam M. McCready	Presenter	Does Experiencing Racialized Aggressions on Social Media Predict Mental Health Outcomes	http://tinyurl.com/y42hjwjj
Attitudinal Inquires: Mixed-Methods Approaches to Student Safety	Fri, November 20	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room	Paper Session	Adam M. McCready	Presenter	Masculinities as Barriers to Full Participation: A Longitudinal Study on Fraternity Masculine Norms and Hazing Motivations	http://tinyurl.com/y6oydyap
Teaching and Learning in Global Contexts	Fri, November 20	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Utah Room	Paper Session	Saran Stewart	Presenter	Decolonizing Academic Spaces: Advancing Full Participation Globally to Promote Racial Equity in Postsecondary Education	http://tinyurl.com/yyfnpr4h
Teaching and Learning in Global Contexts	Fri, November 20	4:30 to 5:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Utah Room	Paper Session	Frank A. Tuitt	Presenter	Decolonizing Academic Spaces: Advancing Full Participation Globally to Promote Racial Equity in Postsecondary Education	http://tinyurl.com/yyfnpr4h
Institutions’ Role in Perpetuating or Disrupting Inequity	Fri, November 20	2:45 to 4:00pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Caddo Room	Paper Session	H. Kenny Nienhusser	Discussant		http://tinyurl.com/yyg87sg4
Facilitating College Pathways through College Access Programs	Fri, November 20	1:00 to 2:15pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Caddo Room	Paper Session	Leslie Allen Williams	Presenter	Filling the Potholes: How College Access Programs Aid Participants’ Journeys to, through and Beyond College	http://tinyurl.com/y3kkx37r
(Im)Possible Strategy? Globalizing Efforts for Racial Equity in Higher Education	Sat, November 21	1:00 to 2:15pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room	Interactive Symposium	Frank A. Tuitt	Chair
(Im)Possible Strategy? Globalizing Efforts for Racial Equity in Higher Education	Sat, November 21	1:00 to 2:15pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Houma Room	Interactive Symposium	Milagros Castillo-Montoya	Presenter		http://tinyurl.com/y4ty8j8b
Student Affairs on the Front Lines: Addressing Hazing, White Supremacy, and Success for Students of Color	Sat, November 21	2:30 to 3:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Chitimacha Room	Paper Session	Ashley N. Robinson	Presenter	How Does Whiteness “Show Up” in Student Affairs Work? An Institutional Ethnographic Literature Analysis	http://tinyurl.com/y6skb2dw
Taking a Stand: ASHE’s Position Taking Committee Year in Review	Sat, November 21	2:30 to 3:45pm EST	ASHE Virtual Conference, Bulbancha Room	Invited Session	H. Kenny Nienhusser	Presenter		http://tinyurl.com/y3cft87u

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