PENNSYLVANIA ASSOCIATION OF LIAISONS

AND OFFICERS OF MULTICULTURAL AFFAIRS

Conference Planning Committee Members:

• Tiffenia Archie, Director, Faculty Recruitment and Retention, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership,Temple University, 215-204-9213, tarchie@temple.edu
• E. Alan Zellner, Social Equity and Multicultural Affairs Officer, Mansfield University,  570-662-4071, ezellner@mansfield.edu
• Jacqueline Irving, Director, Multicultural Student Initiatives & W. Wilson Goode Scholars Program, Eastern University, 610-341-5872, jirving@eastern.edu
• Vincent Stephens, Director, Office of Multicultural Student Services, Bucknell University, vls008@bucknell.edu
• Joseph J. Webb, Director of Multicultural Affairs, Thiel College, 724-589-2839, jwebb@thiel.edu
• Tchet Dereic Dorman, Director, Center for Social Justice andMulticultural Education, Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership,Temple University, 215-204-5509, tchet@temple.edu

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Conference Schedule:

Tuesday, July 9, 2013

3-6pm            Room Check-In

1:15-3:15       Pre-Conference Workshop: Multicultural Affairs 101, Tchet Dorman, Director, Center for Social Justice and Multicultural Education, Temple University

3:30-5:30       Pre-Conference Workshop: Hostile Places and Safe Spaces: Examining the LGBTQ Youth Experience, Evan Thornburg, Education Specialist, and Kelly Kroehle, Director, The Bryson Institute at the Attic Youth Center

2-5:30           Lancaster Tour and Shopping Excursion

5:30-8pm       Conference Registration

6-7pm           Welcome and Dinner.       

7-10pm          Plenary Session.   

10-11pm        Social/Networking – Night Cap

Wednesday, July 10, 2013

8-8:45am       Breakfast/Registration

9-10:15am     Plenary Session

10:30am-12pm Concurrent Sessions:

• Together Everyone Achieves More: A Model Program for Peer Mentoring Traditionally Underrepresented Students, Shallary Simmons Duncan, PhD, Staff Psychologist, Bucknell University and Amy Davis, Youth Outreach Coordinator, Bucknell University
• The Rise of Bullying: Challenges to Diversity in Higher Education, Dr. Clea P. Hollis, Associate Professor-School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix and Dr. Leah P. Hollis, Associate Professor -School of Advanced Studies, University of Phoenix
• Speaking Truth to Power: An Innovative approach to Retaining Students in the Margins through Spoken Word Poetry, Sharon A. Brown, Director, Office of Institutional Diversity, Moravian College, Kashi Johnson, Associate Professor of Theatre, Lehigh University and Dr. Carol Moeller, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Moravian College

12-12:45 pm  LUNCH

1-2pm            Plenary Session/Panel Discussion: Representatives from Pennsylvania College Personnel Association, Pennsylvania Association for College Admission Counseling, Black Conference on Higher Education, and the Pennsylvania Chapter of the National Association for Multicultural Education.

2:15-3:45pm Concurrent Sessions:

• The Impact of Engaged Fathers on Academic Success, Pastor, Nathaniel J. Gadsden, Sr. Community Impact Manager 7 Director, The Fatherhood Academy United Way of the Capital Region
• The Transgendered Patient- A Teaching Method, Lee Kiszonas, Training Specialist in the Standardized Patient Program, Temple University School of Medicine
• Rice, Beans and Preogies: Understanding Latino Culture, Joyce Avila, CEO, Creating and Facilitating Equity

4-5pm   Concurrent Sessions:

• Effective Program Outcomes for Increased Resources, Adrienne Washington, , Director, Resource Investment, United Way of Lancaster County
• Programming 101: Peaks, Valleys and Pitfalls, Keisha C. Jimmerson, Director of Intercultural Services, Seton Hill University
• The (m)Other Monster: A Critique of Lady Gaga’s Use of Creative Space as an Articulation of Gender Possibility, Jessica L. Knouse, Coordinator, Student Life & Multicultural Programs Harrisburg Area Community College-Gettysburg Campus

7-10pm  Dinner and Entertainment

Thursday, July 11, 2013
8-9am   Breakfast:

9:15-10:15am  Concurrent Sessions:

• Problems and Solutions:  The Recruitment and Retention of Women and Faculty of Color at Higher Education Institutions, Dr. Cahndice Matthews, Department of Education, Clarion University of Pennsylvania
• Partnering for Progress: Strategies For Placing Multicultural Affairs in the Center Of Campus Life, Vincent Stephens, Ph.D., Director, Multicultural Student Services, Bucknell University.
• "Post-Race" is Not What You Think: Contemporary Suggestions for a Neutrality of Culpability, Erec Smith, Assistant Professor, Ursinus College
  

10:30-12  Concurrent Sessions:

• African American Male Mentoring at a Rural State University, Dr. Lisa McBride, Vice-President of Diversity/Chief Diversity Officer and Dr. Gwenolyn Perry Burney, Associate Professor, California University of Pennsylvania
• Social Identity in the Cultural Context of Diversity, Mark Rhodes, President, Key Learning Consultants
• Diversity and the Residential Life Environment

12-1:30pm Luncheon Plenary – Albert Jones, Lock Haven University and President-Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education

Conference Keynote Speakers:

Albert Jones - Assistant to the President, Director of Social Equity, Lock Haven University, and President of the Pennsylvania Black Conference on Higher Education

Michael Scales - Diversity and Residential Education - Associate Vice President for Student Affairs and Director of Residential Life and Housing, Temple University - Biographical Sketch

Sponsored by the Office of Institutional Diversity, Equity, Advocacy and Leadership at Temple University.