Honor identity, culture and lived experience to create belongingness despite culture attacks.
Challenge limited thinking, bias, stereotypes, and deficit models to create belongingness. Learn how to infuse belongingness, resiliency, and self-efficacy into your education strategies.
Dr. Cheree Meeks
Assistant Dean, Programs, Diversity, and Inclusion, UA W.A. Franke Honors College and President of NAACP – Tucson. Expertise: development of Black excellence experience, including empowerment and belonging where otherwise overlooked and underrepresented.
Dr. Bryan Carter, Director, Center for Digital Humanities, and Professor UA Africana Studies
Expertise: cutting-edge advanced visualization and how sustained and varied digital communication change the dynamics of student retention and engagement both online and face-to-face teaching.
Dr. Jamaica DelMar, Director, African American Student Affairs
Expertise: college access through an intersectional lens, for students of color, first-generation college students, low SES backgrounds, students with mental health issues, or students caring for children.