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10th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON
EDUCATION AND SOCIAL JUSTICE
4-6 December 2020

DETAILED SCHEDULE
(all times in Pacific/California Time Zone)

(updated 5 December 2020)

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FRIDAY, 4 DECEMBER 2020

9:00-10:15 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #1

1.1. Invited Session on New Books to Intervene in White Supremacy and Teaching

Building Pedagogues: White Practicing Teachers and the Struggle for Antiracist Work in Schools
Zachary Casey (Rhodes College) & Shannon K. McManimon (State University of New York-New Paltz)

Critical Social Justice Education and the Assault on Truth in White Public Pedagogy: The US-Dakota War Re-Examined
Rick Lybeck (Minnesota State University-Mankato)

Reading, Writing, and Racism: Disrupting Whiteness in Teacher Education and in the Classroom
Bree Picower (Montclair State University) 

White Break, Anniversary Edition
Christine Sleeter (California State University-Monterey Bay)

1.2. Learning Online During and Beyond the Pandemic

A Visual Exploration of SSU Student Experiences with COVID-19 and their Visions of Post-Pandemic Education
Cora Orme (Sonoma State University)

Multigenerational Activism in a Virtual World: Done with Ugly and Still Doing the Hard Work
Catherine Wong (The Leadership Brainery) & Nicole Rodriguez-Rowe (Boston College)

The Different Landscapes of Remote Learning as Illustrated by Demographic Markers in the Toronto District School Board
Stefanie De Jesus, Samuel Zheng, Amie Presley, & Janet O’Reilly (Toronto District School Board, Canada)

The Educurious Social Studies Collective: Building a Consortium to Address Two Pandemics with Project-Based Learning
Chris Carter, Adrienne Dickinson, & Alex Goodell (Educurious), & Natasha Warsaw (Crafting Cultures)

Discussant: David Rutledge (New Mexico State University)

1.3. Early Childhood and Elementary Education and Educator Preparation

Can You Talk the Talk? Engaging Teacher Candidates in Critical Conversations
Rosela C. Balinbin Santos & Rayna R. H. Fujii (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

Early Childhood Education for Black Students: The Struggle to Achieve
Roger L. Booker, Jr. (University of Kansas), Jasmine Harmon (University of Texas-San Antonio), & Lauren Anderson (University of Kansas)

Leveraging Empathetic Practices in Early Childhood Teacher Education: Social Justice Pedagogy in Current Contexts
Lea Ann Christenson (Towson University), Leah Schoenberg Muccio (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa), & Kevin McGowan (Bridgewater State University)

Toward Culturally Sustaining Teaching: Early Childhood Educators Honor Children with Practices for Equity and Change
Crystal P. Glover (Winthrop University) & Bilal Polson (Northern Parkway School, New York)

Discussant: Rick Ayers (University of San Francisco)

1.4. Pathways and Pipelines from High School to Higher Education and Beyond

How University-Community Alliances Are Opening Pathways to College and Careers for Underrepresented Students
Catherine R. Cooper (University of California-Santa Cruz)

Pathways2Teaching: A Grow Your Own Program
Robin Brandehoff & Joselyne Garcia-Moreno (University of Colorado-Denver)

Transitions of Latina/o Students from Secondary to Postsecondary Education: Analyzing the Diverse Intra-Group Experiences and Challenges of Latina/o Students at a Community College
Daniel Ulises Rios Arroyo (University of California-Santa Barbara)

Why Black and Latino Males Do Not Go into Teaching and What to Do about It
John Harris Loflin (Black & Latino Institute)

Discussant: René Antrop-González (State University of New York-New Paltz)

1.5. Intersections of Mentoring, Coaching, and Supervision

Changing the Tapestry & Building Diverse Perspectives: Tapping Leaders
Caron A. Westland (University of Colorado-Denver)

Facilitate Hope in Teachers to Nurture Hope in Students: The Combination of Hope Theory within Supervision
Chasity Dawn Tompkins (University of Georgia)

Instructional Coaching for Social Justice and Equity
Kate Spence & Khyati Joshi (Fairleigh Dickinson University)

The Impact of Mentoring on Women of Color Students’ Decisions to Pursue Research-Related Careers in the Social Sciences
Reka Barton & Nora Leyva (San Diego State University)

Discussant: Phyllis Esposito (Everett Community College)

10:30-11:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)
PLENARY SESSION A 
Surrendered: Why Progressives are Losing the Biggest Battles in Education
Kevin Kumashiro

11:30-11:45 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Arts for Movement Building

(Extended Break)

12:45-2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #2

2.1. Invited Session on the EDJE (Education Deans for Justice and Equity) Framework for Assessment and Transformation

Bob Hughes & Deanna Sands (Seattle University)
Marcie Wycoff-Horn (University of Wisconsin-La Crosse)
Michelle Bryan (University of South Carolina)
Susan Jurow (University of Colorado-Boulder)

2.2. Centering Ecological Justice

Decolonizing Education: What We Can Learn from Rabindranath Tagore’s Art of Learning and the Indian Freedom Movement
Stephen DeGiulio (Santa Fe Community College)

He ʻaʻaliʻi kū makani: An Intergenerational Moʻolelo of Pedagogy for Sustainability and Resilience
Summer Maunakea & Brooke Ward Taira (University of Hawai'i at Mānoa)

Mauliola i ka Mahiʻai: Our Farming is Our Stewardship.
Johanna K. Stone (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)

Thinking Little: The Pedagogical Implications of Teacher’s Conceptualizations of Possible Climate Crisis Action.
Elaine Alvey (University of Georgia)

Discussant: Vidya Shah (York University, Canada)

2.3. Troubling Frames for Reimagining the K-12 Classroom

Beyond the Years
Kellton Hollins, Michelle Nguyen, Stephanie Cuellar, Leslie Ekpe, & Rachel Brooks (Texas Christian University)

Freedom in Community: Education as Mutual Giving, Shared Power, Dynamic Boundaries, and Loving Truth
Amy L. Ferrell (University of Colorado-Denver)

Impacts of an Era of Division and Censorship on Teachers’ Abilities to Cultivate Culturally Inclusive Educational Environments
April Mustian (Winthrop University)

Strengthening Social Emotional Development via Bakhtin’s Carnival: The Composition Classroom as a Site of Cultural Resistance and Liberation
Tracee Auville-Parks (University of Redlands)

Discussant: Rick Lybeck (Minnesota State University-Mankato)

2.4. Reimagining Teacher Education Programs, Curriculum, Assessment

Refocusing the Lens: Inclusivity in Teacher Preparation
Elizabeth Stringer Keefe (Stonehill College)

Resisting Organized Forgetting in Teacher Education
Ramon Vasquez (State University of New York-New Paltz)

Supporting Emerging Teachers’ Dispositions toward Teaching and Learning for Racial and Social Justice
Annie S. Adamian (California State University-Chico) & Erica Eva Colmenares (San José State University)

Vermin, Localized Knowledge Production, and a Mission-Driven Alternative Teacher Performance Assessment
Sheri Leafgren, Brian Schultz, & Scott Sander (Miami University)

Discussant: Kathy Schultz (University of Colorado-Boulder)

2.5. Cultivating Culturally Efficacious Agents of Change 

Fostering Cultural Efficacy through The Clinical Teacher Evaluation & Support System (CTESS)
Claudia T. Garcia & Lisa Santillan (University of Texas-San Antonio)

Fostering Clinical Teachers’ Cultural Efficacy through The Clinical Teacher Evaluation & Support System (CTESS)
Jennifer Swoyer (University of Texas-San Antonio)

Fostering Mentor Teachers’ Cultural Efficacy through The Clinical Teacher Evaluation & Support System (CTESS)
Rebecca Stortz (University of Texas-San Antonio)

Discussant: Tiffany Farias-Sokoloski (University of Texas-San Antonio)

2.6. The Potential and Limitations of Self-Reflection among Educators

Being James Baldwin
Frank Mata (Eleanor Roosevelt High School, California)

Critical Self-Reflection for Movement Building: Challenging Pre-Service Teachers
Deborah Biss Keller (Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis)

Deeper Connection through Self-Reflection
Matthew Ray Reynolds (Independent Consultant)

Supporting Anti-Racism in STEM Education: Affordances of Video-Based Formative Feedback
Samantha A. Marshall (North Carolina State University)

Discussant: Shannon McManimon (State University of New York-New Paltz)

2:15-3:15 p.m. (Pacific Time)
PLENARY SESSION B
How to Share Collective Scholarship with Public Officials, Institutional Leaders, and Other Decision Makers 
California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education (CARE-ED)
Hawai‘i Scholars for Education and Social Justice (HSESJ)
Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE)

3:15-3:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Arts for Movement Building

3:45-5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #3

3.1. Invited Session on Naming the Moment and Movement Building in Australia, Canada, Japan, Mexico, and New Zealand

Australia
Hernan Cuervo (University of Melbourne)

Canada
Vidya Shah (York University)

Japan
Hitoshi Sato (Fukuoka University)

Mexico
Judith Kalman (Centro de Investigación y Estudios Avanzados, IPN)

New Zealand
Jennifer de Saxe (Victoria University of Wellington)

3.2. Troubling Concepts of Race and Justice

“It Takes Places for Racism to Take Place”: What Racial Geographers Can Teach Educators About Social Justice Pedagogy
Julio Angel Alicea (University of California-Los Angeles)

Navigating Multiple Meanings of Justice in Education
Rachel Ranschaert (University of Georgia)

“Race-Neutral” Education Reform?: A Critical Policy Discourse Analysis of Media Representation of a School District State Takeover
Trish Lopez, Holly Riesco, & Christian Z. Goering (University of Arkansas)

Supporting Social Justice in Science Education: Ensuring Equal Access to Quality Standards-Aligned Education through a Networked Improvement Community
Geri Kerstiens (California State University-East Bay), Frederick Nelson (CSU-Fresno), Corinne Lardy (CSU-Sacramento), & Michelle Sinapuelas (CSU-East Bay)

Discussant: Vanessa Lopez (Maryland Institute College of Art)

3.3. Preparing Teachers for Activism Beyond Schools

Building a Movement of Justice-Based Service-Learning: Fostering Cultural Humility in Teacher Education
Darren E. Lund (University of Calgary, Canada)

Pre-Service Teachers as Future Teacher Activists: Lessons from Spring 2020
Julie McIntyre, Sidra Sheikh, & Sophia Seifert (Temple University)

Training Teachers as Activists: A Call for Movement Building in Teacher Education
Noah R. Jefferson (University of Minnesota-Twin Cities)

Urban Teacher Preparation: Developing Equity Advocates
Rochonda L. Nenonene & Novea McIntosh (University of Dayton)

Discussant: Brian Schultz (Miami University)

3.4. Cultivating Subaltern Spaces of Learning: On Radical Care and Collective Knowledge Production

“To Sit and Talk Story”: How a Social Movement School Cultivated Collective Learning for Decolonization
Ethan Chang & Lei‘ala Okuda (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)

Faculty of Color and Collaborative Autoethnography: Toward Collective Praxis and Radical Self-Care in the Ivory Tower
Nicole Alia Salis Reyes (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa) & Vincent D. Carales (University of Houston)

Black Women’s Socialization in Graduate School: Advancing Black Feminist Thought
LaJoya Reed Shelly (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)

Discussant: Sheeva Sabati (University of California-Santa Cruz)

3.5. Institutional and Structural Challenges of Transforming Higher Education

Anti-Racist Leadership for Advancing Inclusive Excellence in Higher Education
Monroe France (New York University)

Dismantling Structural Racism in Teacher Education: Identifying the Invisible Barriers to Diversifying the Teacher Pipeline, Examining the Effects of CBEST and CSET on Admission to Teacher Credential Programs
Ruchi Agarwal-Rangnath & Rick Ayers (University of San Francisco)

Necessity of Moving Outside of Instrumental Teacher Preparation
Paul Parkison (University of North Florida)

Discussant: Phyllis Esposito (Everett Community College)

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SATURDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2020 

9:00-10:15 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #4

4.1. Invited Session on Naming the Moment and Movement Building in Brazil, Chile, Puerto Rico, Sweden, and the United States

Brazil
Gustavo Fischman (Arizona State University and FLACSO)

Chile
M. Beatriz Fernández (University of Chile)

Puerto Rico
René Antrop-González (State University of New York-New Paltz)

Sweden
Linn Areskoug (Uppsala University)

United States
Glenabah Martinez (University of New Mexico)

4.2. Challenges of and Strategies for Critical Conversations with Our Students

“I’m Ready for This Conversation…I Think”: Teachers’ Conversations about Language, Race, and Discrimination with Their Students
Lisel Alice Murdock-Perriera (Sonoma State University)

Living in Two Worlds: Making Space for Indigenous Dialogues in ‘Beyond Rural and Frontier’ Classrooms
Malinda Anne Garcia-Clapp (Wind River High School, Wyoming)

Promoting Equitable Instructional Conversations in Classrooms Serving Culturally Diverse Children
Lois A. Yamauchi (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa), Bryant Jensen (Brigham Young University-Provo), & E. Brook Chapman de Sousa & Rebecca J. I. Ka‘anehe (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa)

Using Diverse Teaching Teams to Demonstrate Possibility Models for Equity
Christa Preston Agiro (Wright State University)

Discussant: Tabitha Dell'Angelo (The College of New Jersey)

4.3. Materializing Liberatory Spaces of Learning through Critical Engagements of Identity, Joy, and the Arts

Sista-Scholars, Storytellers: Reflections on Enacting a Black Feminist-Womanist Storytelling Methodology Using Black Women’s Literacies
Olivia Ann Furman (Doctoral Student, Michigan State University)

Children’s Conception of Joy, Play, and Learning, Presented through a Short Documentary titled, “You Matter: Every Child, Every Day”
Amit Sharma (Michigan State University)

Engaging the Layers: A Poetic Representation of Critical Conversations with Girls of Color about Their Sociopolitical Realities
Tashal Brown (Denison University)

The Passport Photo Project: Methodological Reflections on Collaborative Visual Research with Migrant Communities
Vivek Vellanki (Indiana University-Bloomington)

Discussant: Casey Wong (University of California-Los Angeles)

4.4. How Educators’ Race, Religion, and (Dis)ability Matter

Black Catholic Educators on Identity, Reconciliation, and Teaching for Social Justice
Charisse Cowan Pitre (Seattle University)

The Racial Literacy Project: Sustaining and Supporting Teachers of Color within a Community of Teacher Education and K-12 Professionals
Sharon Leathers (Ramapo College of New Jersey) & Ranita Cheruvu (University of North Texas)

To Disclose or Not to Disclose: Teachers with (Dis)abilities Grapple with Identity and Accommodations
Xochitl Archey (California State University-San Marcos)

Yellow Fever Makes Me Sweat: Sickness in 2020
Carole Hsiao (Community Educator)

Discussant: Khyati Joshi (Fairleigh Dickinson University)

4.5. Preparing and Supporting Leaders for K-12 Schools

Culturally Authentic Leadership for Liberation in Schools (CALLS)
Luz Casquejo Johnston (St. Mary’s College of California) & Kitty Fortner (California State University-Dominguez Hills)

Culturally Proficient Leadership: Equipping Leaders to Serve Refugee and Immigrant Students
Corinne Brion (University of Dayton)

Doing Decolonization: A Critical, Interconnected Approach to Professional Engagements for Educational Leaders
Vidya Shah (York University, Canada)

Movement Building Through a Community-Based Social Justice Education Course for Leaders
Ger Thao, Patricia Halagao, & Amber Makaiau (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

Discussant: Louise Santiago (Touro University California)

4.6. Abolition as a Frame for Education

Pedagogies of Abolition: Articulating a Black Feminist Vision for Liberation
Qui Alexander (University of Minnesota)

Racialized Surveillance Ecologies, the School to Prison Nexus, & the Mobilization of Abolitionist Praxis
Ricardo D. Rosa (University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth), Daniella Dias (The New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools), & Johari Rosa (The New Bedford Coalition to Save Our Schools)

Lessons in Liberation: An Abolitionist Educator Toolkit
Chrissy Hernandez (California State University-Monterey Bay), Farima Pour-Khorshid (University of San Francisco), Sheeva Sabati (University of California-Santa Cruz), Erica R. Meiners (Northeastern Illinois University), & Carla Shalaby (University of Michigan) 

Discussant: Erica R. Meiners (Northeastern Illinois University)

10:30-11:30 a.m. (Pacific Time)
PLENARY SESSION C 
How to Publish and Present as Collective Acts 

Coalition on Racial Equity in the Arts and Education (crea+e)
Project Illumina
Radical STEMM Educators (RadSTEMM)
 

11:30-11:45 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Arts for Movement Building

12:00-12:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Information Session on Publishing Your Conference Paper

12:45-2:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #5

5.1 Invited Session on Five Lenses for “Leading for Social Justice” (From the Workshop by Kevin Kumashiro)

David Rutledge (New Mexico State University)
Elizabeth Stringer-Keefe (Stonehill College)
Kimo Cashman (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)
Louise Santiago (Touro University California)
Luz Casquejo Johnston (St. Mary’s College of California)
Rick Lybeck (Minnesota State University-Mankato)

5.2. Engaging Parents and Families of K-12 Students

Engaging Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Families in Special Education
Kristin Vogel-Campbell (California State University-East Bay)

Facilitating Antiracist Sessions for White Parents: Self-Study on the Challenges to and Reifications of Whiteness
Abby C. Emerson (Teachers College, Columbia University)

Factors Impacting Positive School-Home Communication: A Multiple Case Study of Family-School Partnership Practices at Eight Schools in Hawai‘i
Jacquelyn Chappel (Leeward Community College)

La Voz Inmigrante: Creating Learning Spaces with Latinx Families
Shanan Fitts & Greg McClure (Appalachian State University)

Discussant: Glenabah Martinez (New Mexico State University)

5.3. Advancing K-12 STEM Curriculum

Using Cultural Knowledge to Increase Equity in the Science Standards
Lori Andersen (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa)

What Role Might Aesthetics Play in Teaching and Learning Mathematics for Social Justice?
Lee Melvin Peralta (Michigan State University)

Number Talks: Teaching Elementary Data & Statistics with an Equity Lens
Maxwell Hibbard (School District of Philadelphia)

Discussant: Shannon McManimon (State University of New York-New Paltz)

5.4. Challenge the Culture of Fear: Field Experiences on Dismantling Systemic Racism and Institutional Norms

Erika Guillen (Colton Joint Unified)
Brian Charest (University of Redlands)
Daiana Rodriguez (California State University-San Bernardino)
Jazmin Mendez Valdovinos (San Bernardino City Unified School District)
Discussant: Brian Charest (University of Redlands)

5.5. Valuing and Nurturing the Whole Child and the Whole Teacher

Cultivating a Critical Pedagogy of Love: Embodying Humanization in Spaces of Learning
Tajaun Hall, Katie Kitchens, & Elena Marquez (Chapman University)

SEL and Social Justice: Including Cultural Responsiveness in SEL and Trauma-Informed Programs
Julia Mahfouz & Chaya M. Abrams (University of Colorado-Denver)

The P-20 Education Continuum and Assets Development Through Transformative Mentoring
Mark Jonas (Wheaton College) & Sunny Jonas (Chicago Public Schools)

Discussant: Lois Yamauchi (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

5.6. Reframing and Organizing for Broader School Reform

Championing Education as a Public Good: Navigating Neoliberal Expansion in the Canadian Education Policy Context
Aakriti Kapoor & David H. Cameron (Toronto District School Board, Canada)

Examining the History of School Funding Disparities: Toward an Anti-Racist and Anti-Xenophobic School Finance System
Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos, University of Southern California

¡Juntos Podemos!/Together We Can!: Community Organizing and the Struggle for School Transformation in a Southern California School District
Bryan Coreas, Educator (University of La Verne), Jessica Coreas (¡Juntos Podemos!), Eugene Oropeza Fujimoto (California State University-Fullerton), & Maria Oropeza Fujimoto & Socorro Orozco (California State University-Los Angeles)

Seeking Racial Equity During a Pandemic: Pedagogically Dreaming
Jennifer L. Martin (University of Illinois-Springfield), N. J. Akbar (Kent State University), & Christie Magoulias (University of Illinois-Springfield)

Discussant: Rick Ayers (University of San Francisco)

2:15-3:15 p.m. (Pacific Time)
PLENARY SESSION D
How to Speak Collectively and Publicly through News Media and Social Media

Chicagoland Researchers and Advocates for Transformative Education (CReATE)
National Education Policy Center (NEPC)
“Under the Tree: A Seminar on Freedom”

3:15-3:30 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Arts for Movement Building

3:45-5:00 p.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #6

6.1. The Transformative Force of Scholars Acting Collectively

Defunding the Corporate in Higher Ed: Moving the Money from Administration to Academics
Carol Batker & Jennifer Turpin (University of San Francisco)

Reimagining Graduate School Collectives: A Collaborative Examination During Times of Crises
CIGO (Curriculum & Instruction Graduate Organization): Jalessa Bryant, Kyle K. Harrison, Emilie Homan Brady, & Ana Mireya Díaz (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

#ScholarStrike: Trying to Build an Anti-Racist Movement from an Institutional Moment
Betsy Eudey (California State University-Stanislaus)

Discussant: Denise Taliaferro Baszile (Miami University)

6.2. Troubling the Diversity of Children and Youth on the Margins

Positioning and Empowering Refugee Children in Sociocultural Settings
Jeanette Lawrence (University of Melbourne), Agnes Dodds (University of Melbourne), & Ida Kaplan (Victorian Foundation for the Survivors of Torture, Australia)

Queer-Inclusive Curriculum: Creating Safe and Affirming Schools for LGBTQIA+ Students
Phillippe Rivera Fernandez-Brennan (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

Culture and Disability: A Mismatch of Perspectives?
Katherine Ratliffe (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

Arab American Students: The Invisible Minority on Our Campuses
Rania Saeb (West Coast University)

Discussant: M. Francyne Huckaby (Texas Christian University)

6.3. Literacy in International Contexts: Hong Kong, Ghana, United States

Teaching English for Social Justice and Inclusion in Hong Kong Schools: Interrogating the Dominant Tropes of “Social Justice”
Margaret M. Lo & Carlos Soto (University of Hong Kong)

Critical Literacies for Social Justice Across Two Continents: Teachers as Cross-Cultural Learners and Agents of Transformative Literacy Education
Esther O. Ohito (University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill), Jamila Lyiscott & Keisha Green (University of Massachusetts-Amherst), Susan Wilcox (Independent Scholar), & Damaris Dunn, Keeyah Hicks, Robyn Wilkes, Pam Segura, Barbara Heyward, Jasmine Hoskins, Ashley Okwuazi, Sabine Jacques, Megan Myrie, & Danie Marshall (Fulbright-Hays Group Project Abroad Awardees)

Discussant: Virginia Lea (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

6.4. Faculty and Staff Navigating Intersectional Race and Gender in Higher Education

African American Female Belonging, Recruitment, and Retention in Higher Education
Arah Parker (Cal Poly Pomona)

Anti-Oppressive Pedagogical Praxis: Navigating Tensions
Christine Nganga (George Washington University)

International Female Faculties Navigating Identities in CACREP Accredited Programs: A Critical Narrative Inquiry
Aishwarya Joshi & Zhaoxuan (Daisy) Zhou (Idaho State University)

Racialized and Sexualized Harassment: Asian Women in the Age of Precarity and Emergence
Kako Koshino (Tokyo University and Graduate School of Social Welfare, Japan)

Discussant: Monroe France (New York University)

6.5. Problem Solving Through Partnerships During the Pandemic

“Sane Leadership” During a Time of Collapse: Lessons in Identity, Partnership, and Renewal
Catherine Wolfe Bornhorst (National Network for Educational Renewal)

Shifting Teacher Education for the Needs of Current Times
Deborah Greenblatt (Medgar Evers College, CUNY)

Fast on Your Feet: Navigating the Dance of Clinical Partnership During a Pandemic
Kerri Mulqueen (Manhattan College)

Discussant: Deborah Shanley (Brooklyn College, CUNY)

6.6. From the People’s Mayor to the People’s Movement: Exploring the Educational Connections between Chicago’s First Black Mayor and Today

A Movement of the People: The Legacy and Impact of Harold Washington on the People’s Education Movement of Chicago
Erica R. Dávila (Lewis University) & David Stovall (University of Illinois-Chicago)

A Critical Policy Analysis of Harold Washington’s Economic and Bilingual Education Plan for Chicago
Valentina Gamboa-Turner (Northeastern Illinois University)

Harold Washington’s Platform as Curriculum: The Intersection of Curriculum Design and Solidarity Work
Asif Wilson (Harold Washington College)

Discussant: Carolina Gaete (Blocks Together in Chicago)

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SUNDAY, 6 DECEMBER 2020 

9:00-10:15 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #7

7.1. Educating through the Visual and Performing Arts

Arts Education as a Platform for Exploring Identity, Critical Reflection, and Social Justice Education
Danielle E. Christensen (University of Minnesota)

Creating The Space for Creative Black Imagination: The Launch of an Interdisciplinary Making and Research Institute
Raél Jero Salley & Mel Michelle Lewis (Maryland Institute College of Art)

Examining Gender Representation in a Community-Based STEM Program
Lilly C. Lew & Christine J. Hsu (University of California-Santa Barbara), & Brigette Long (Northwest University)

Unmasking Trauma through Storymaking: Reconnecting the Body, Mind, and Voice in Community
Kelsey Matsu (University of Hawai‘i-Mānoa 

Discussant: Michelle Bae-Dimitriadis (Pennsylvania State University)

7.2. Building Collective Capacity through Critical Conversations among Educators and Adult Learners

Building a Diversity Educator’s Network: Start in Your Local Space
Ijeoma Ononuju, Louise Santiago, & Lisa May Norton (Touro University California)

Consciousness-Raising, Coalition-Building, and Building Bridges Across Differences: Exploring the Possibilities for Collective Liberation through Intergroup Dialogues
Easton Davis & Jersey Cosantino (Syracuse University)

Critical Conversations as Necessary Dispositions and Skills for Pre-Service Teachers
Jaime Kent & Waynele Yu (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)

Pitch as Persuasion: Inviting Colleagues to Collaborate in Advancing Equity and Justice in Middle Grades Education
P. Gayle Andrews & Susan Y. Leonard (University of Georgia)

Discussant: Stephanie Curley (Manchester Metropolitan University, England)

7.3. The Endurance of White Supremacy in Curriculum, Teacher Education, and Universities

Addressing White Supremacy, Trauma, and Silenced Voices of Color to Advance Equity and Justice in Higher Education
Virginia Lea (University of Wisconsin-Stout)

How White Supremacy Keeps Finding Its Way into our Classrooms: Looking Closely at the Core Knowledge Approach
Jocelyne Guzman & Tabitha Dell'Angelo (The College of New Jersey)

Troubling Social Justice Interventions for Predominantly White Institutions: Intentions and Impacts
Jason Titus, Whitney Neumeyer Roach, & Elissa Bryant (Texas Christian University)

“Your Whiteness is Showing, Teacher Ed”: Racial Justice, Teaching, and the Need to Address Whiteness
Cheryl E. Matias (University of Kentucky) & Colleen Boucher (University of Colorado-Denver)

Discussant: Zachary Casey (Rhodes College)

7.4. Controversy, Conversation, and Curriculum in Hawai‘i Schools

Crisis Education: Philosophy for Children Hawai‘i Perspective
Denise Low-Liu (Iliahi Elementary School) & Paige Banninger (Kaʻelepulu Elementary School)

Examining Teacher’s Beliefs in the Classroom
Shelby Oshiro (Waiʻanae Intermediate School)

Prometheus would have been Fired by the DOE: Teaching Disobedience and the Importance of Saying No
Ryan Tong (Campbell High School)

Teaching Teachers Resilience Practices (TTRP)
Benji Whitenack (University of Hawai'i-Mānoa)

Discussants: Kimo Cashman & Chad Miller (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)


10:30-11:45 a.m. (Pacific Time)
Breakout Sessions #8

8.1. Reading and Animating Texts, Subtexts, and Identity

Culturally Sustaining Adolescent Reading Motivation: Eliciting Students’ Perspectives to Reimagine a Hegemonic Construct
Sara Jones (Vanderbilt University)

How Media Messages Impact Girls' Participation in Computer Science
Nancye Blair Black (The Block Uncarved)

Social Justice Children’s Literature: Exploring a Community of Author-Activists in the San Francisco Bay Area
Michael Valdez Raffanti (Antioch University)

Windows and Mirrors: Affirming Young Adolescents' Identities
Allie Loder, Brooke Wilson, & Taera O'Connor (East Jackson Middle School, Georgia) 

Discussant: Luz Casquejo Johnston (St. Mary’s College of California)

8.2. Social Justice Curriculum and Pedagogy in Higher Education

“But Wait… I Was Planning with Another Type of Student in Mind…”: Building (and Rebuilding) College Level Social Justice Curriculum
Ashley N. Patterson (Pennsylvania State University)

Engaging Students at a PWI in University Required Diversity Courses
Christine Marie Zabala (University of Colorado-Boulder)

Integrating Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in a Multidisciplinary Undergraduate Research Program
Corin V. White (University of California-Monterey Bay) & Quentin Sedlacek (Southern Methodist University)

Leveraging Complicity: Preparing Medical Learners to Change Unjust Systems While Working Within Them
Amy Garlin (University of California-Berkeley)

Discussant: Denise Taliaferro Baszile (Miami University)

8.3. Merging Critical Pedagogies with Education for Environmental Justice: Suggestions for Praxis

Our Human-Centeredness is Killing Us (A Case for Indigenizing Diversity Education)
Four Arrows (Wahinkpe Topa) aka Don Trent Jacobs (Fielding Graduate University)

Relational Conscientization through Indigenous Elder Praxis: Renewing, Restoring, and Re-storying
Amanda Holmes (Independent Scholar Activist) & Sara Tolbert (University of Canterbury, New Zealand)

The praxis and vision of critical pedagogies for environmental justice in education
Aristotelis (Telis) Gkiolmas (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

Critical Environmental Education with an Ecosocialist Vision. Its Theoretical Foundations, Its Past, and Its Future. An Example from the Educational Praxis
Constantine (Kostas) Skordoulis (National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece)

Discussant: Shirley R Steinberg (University of Calgary, Canada)

8.4. Reforms, Rhetoric, and Realities of Hawai‘i Educational Policies and Reforms

Hawai‘i’s Transition to Online Education, for Now and the Future
Deanne Kehau Pong (Iroquois Elementary School) & Samantha Kuakini (Maili Elementary School)

Let Them Play!
Markiesha Samson-Coloma (Ewa Elementary School) & Sarah Haseth (Nānāikapono Elementary School)

Reflecting on Paradoxes of Schooling with a Former Student
Griffin Bolan (Waiʻanae High School)

Differentiation Through Inclusivity: Heterogeneous Learning in Math
Joseph Manfre (Hawai‘i Department of Education)

Discussants: Kimo Cashman & Chad Miller (University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa)


12:00-12:45 p.m. (Pacific Time)
PLENARY SESSION E
Town Hall Meeting

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