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Session IV
Concurrent Sessions
Session IV
Friday, January 29 | 10:00 am – 11:00 am
Black and Latin* Leadership Education: Cultural Empowerment in the Classroom
Jennifer M. Batchelder Darius Robinson
During this engaging session, we will describe the cultural challenges Black and Latin* students face in learning leadership. Taking an asset-based approach, we will share cultural approaches to leadership education in an academic setting and invite participants into reflection and discussion on the practice of these approaches in their classrooms. We will further differentiate between leadership education for a general population and for the intended Black and/or Latin* population and how both can be achieved. This session will include breakout rooms. To take part in the session, please visit
fsu.zoom.us/j/94503180501
Religious, Secular, and Spiritual Identities in the Professional Associations
Jacob Frankovich J. Cody Nielsen Jenny Small Ashley Staples Victor Thomas Greg Veltman
Religious, secular, and spiritual identities (RSSIs) are often an afterthought in higher education, largely due to lack of focused attention, little to no training in student affairs and higher education graduate programs, and misunderstandings about the importance of this area of identity to the whole of student development. Associations often lack intentional cohorts of professionals working on this area of identity, although within some, including NASPA, ACPA, and CACUSS, groups are seeking to propel the work of RSSIs into the broader efforts of the academy. Join leaders of these organizations as they discuss the character of higher education as it pertains to RSSIs on campus and the importance of valuing and supporting these identities as we shift from campuses in crisis to campuses which thrive with equitable supports for all forms of identities. The discussion by these professionals will include their current efforts within the associations to elevate RSSIs with respect to other identity groups on campus. Specifically, leaders of each association will share how they contribute to the larger goals of RSSI equity within higher education and how individuals can get more involved in the associations.
