2017 SOTA Research BootCamp Program

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Sisters of the Academy Signature Research BootCamp

July 30 - August 5, 2017 Florida State University Tallahassee, FL

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Sponsors

Table of Contents College of Education Dean’s Welcome Letter...............3 SOTA President’s Welcome Letter................................4 About SOTA..................................................................5 Signature Programs......................................................6 Schedule of Events.......................................................7 Local Dining Options...................................................13 Senior Scholar Mentors..............................................14 Workshop Presenters.................................................17 Featured Speaker.......................................................19 Participant Directory...................................................20

Center for Higher Education Research, Teaching, & Innovation

Contact List SOTA RBC Chairs: Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones (850) 322-9531 Dr. Devona Foster Pierre (504) 430-5503 Graduate Assistants Jesse Ford Jenay Sermon

(843) 731-2370 (470) 249-5119

FSU Important Numbers: FSU Police Department (850) 644-1234 IT Help Desk (850) 644-HELP (4357)

Special Thank You Florida State University Department of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies Theresa Harrell Mary Peterson

Wi-Fi Connections Network Name: FSU Guest Tweet about new ideas learned, connections made, and pictures using #SOTARBC2017. Free WiFi is available in all buildings on campus. #SOTARBC2017

Dr. Robert Schwartz University of South Florida Office of Diversity, Inclusion, and Equal Opportunity

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Welcome from the College of Education

July, 2017 Dear Research BootCamp Participants: Welcome to Florida State University College of Education and Sisters of the Academy Research BootCamp!

Sisters of the Academy is an organization that seeks to facilitate the success of Black women in the academy by fostering research and scholarship collaboration. The Research BootCamp is designed specifically to assist advance doctoral students in their dissertation research and junior faculty members in the development of a research agenda and preparation of manuscripts to peer-reviewed journals.

Get ready for an intensive – and intense! – week. While you are here, you will interact with senior scholars who will present seminars on a range of topics related to research as well as mentor you individually on your own research. You will have the opportunity to network with other women who share your goals and ambitions as well as your fears and insecurities. This is a time to invest in yourself and your ideas. I encourage you to take advantage of everything this experiences has to offer. And have fun! We’re glad you’re here.

My very best wishes for a wonderful week!

Marcy P. Driscoll Leslie J. Briggs Professor of Education Research, and Dean

1100 Stone Building • 1114 West Call Street • Florida State University • Tallahassee Florida 32306-4450 Telephone 850.644.6885 • Fax 850.644.2725 • http://www.coe.fsu.edu

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Welcome from the President of Sisters of the Academy

Sisters of the Academy “scholarship through collaboration”

Greetings Participants, Guests and Friends: Welcome and many thanks for attending and supporting the Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Institute Research BootCamp© (RBC)! It is wonderful to be back in Tallahassee, Florida on the campus of Florida State University (FSU) to offer our signature event. Your presence here lets us know that you are committed to your growth as an academician and that you believe in what SOTA does and can offer you.

Founded in 2001, SOTA aims to create an educational network of Black women in higher education in order to foster success in the areas of teaching, scholarly inquiry, and service to the community; to facilitate collaborative scholarship among Black women in higher education; and to facilitate the development of relationships that will enhance members’ professional development.

SOTA is an organization of intelligent, inspiring, devoted, and trailblazing women. From its early conception of a small gathering of women at Florida State University, the organization has grown exponentially and internationally. The RBC fulfills our mission to support women of color in the academy—both individually and collectively in meeting their goals. SOTA’s RBC has helped prepare junior scholars to meet tenure requirements and doctoral students complete dissertation research. I joined SOTA in 2003 at a SOTA information session at the National Black Graduate Student Conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Since joining the organization, I have accomplished much, SOTA has provided collaboration opportunities and other professional development that have contributed to my success in higher education.

We are delighted to have assembled an amazing panel of Senior Scholar Mentors to work with you. Make sure you are ready to hit the ground running this week. This will be an intensive week of workshops, seminars, and sessions that will certainly advance everyone’s work in a positive manner.

We also appreciate our volunteers, sponsors, and supporters. We are also thrilled to have high school and undergraduate women participate in the 3rd Priming the Pipeline – A Sisters of the Academy Legacy Project.

Finally, I would like to extend my sincere appreciation to the 2017 Research BootCamp© Planning Committee Chairs, Tamara Bertrand Jones and Devona Foster Pierre, the SOTA Leadership Team, and the FSU College of Education administration, faculty, staff, and students for making this event come to fruition.

Sincerely,

Kaye Thompson-Rogers, PhD P.O. Box 3064452 • Tallahassee, FL 32306-4452 Email: membership@sotainstitute.org Website: www.sistersoftheacademy.org

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Sisters of the Academy

About: Founded in 2001, the mission of Sisters of the Academy (SOTA) Institute is to facilitate the success of Black women in the Academy. Specifically, the organization aims to create an educational network of Black women in higher education in order to foster success in the areas of teaching, scholarly inquiry, and service to the community; facilitate collaborative scholarship among Black women in higher education; and facilitate the development of relationships to enhance members’ professional development.

SOTA Mission: To facilitate the success of Black women in the Academy

Overarching Goals: · To create a network of Black women in higher education to foster success in the areas of teaching, scholarly inquiry, and service to communities · To facilitate collaborative scholarship among Black women in higher education · To facilitate the development of relationships to enhance members’ professional development

SOTA Commitment: To positively impact Black people, schools, and communities

SOTA’S Founders: · Dr. Anna L. Green, President Emerita · Dr. Adria Belk · Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones · Cindy Gipson · Dr. LeKita Scott Dawkins · Dr. Amanda Turner · Dr. Rheeda Walker

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Sisters of the Academy

PROGRAMS THE RESEARCH BOOTCAMP

The biennial Research BootCampÂŽ is an intense, one-week program designed to help doctoral students and junior scholars develop sound research projects. Senior Scholars as statisticians, methodologists, and theorists facilitate workshops intended to help doctoral students conceptualize and design components of their dissertations (i.e, formulating research questions or hypotheses, developing literature review, selecting instrumentation, designing methodology, and completing data analysis).The Senior Scholars also assist junior scholars in the development of manuscripts for publication and advisement for tenure and promotion. In addition to the research component, every participant is encouraged to cultivate a mentoring relationship.

THE WRITING RETREAT

The Writing Retreat features Writing Circles of 3-5 participants based on research topics and writing goals. Within these group Writing Circles, participants are assigned a Writing Coach or a Facilitator. Writing Coaches provide participants with accountability for their specific writing goals. Writing Facilitators, experts in research, writing, and/or publication, provide individual and on-going advice and feedback to Writing Circle participants prior to and during the Writing Retreat. The Writing Circles and their Facilitators meet face-to-face for three days of writing and professional development.

THE INTENSIVE GRANTSMANSHIP WORKSHOP

This intensive three-day training includes workshops, panel discussions, plenary sessions, and paired mentoring aimed at assisting participants in acquiring knowledge and skills relevant to: (1) fundamentals associated with securing research funding to include such topics as proposal development, collaborative partnerships and the submission process; (2) key federal and private mechanisms of research support; (3) funding opportunities to engage in collaborative, international research; and (4) establishing a fundable research trajectory. Participants also have the opportunity to meet one-on-one with representative from various funding agencies.

RESULTS BASED ACCOUNTABILITY

Results Based Accountability (RBA) is a framework that offers a disciplined way of thinking and taking action that communities can use to improve the conditions of well-being for children, youth, families, and communities (population accountability), and leaders can use to improve the quality and effectiveness of service systems, agencies, and programs (performance accountability). The RBA framework can be used to teach students, and human service and other professionals to improve professional practice. Whether used to redesign current undergraduate or graduate courses delivered to human service and education professionals, or to design/redesign existing programs, RBA presents a useful framework for program management and improvement for SOTA members.

PRIMING THE PIPELINE

Priming the Pipeline is a program focused on mentoring, leadership, and community engagement. Scholars of Sisters of the Academy mentor undergraduate and graduate women of color from various universities across the nation: learn about themselves, particularly their educational and career goals; identify their strengths and passions; learn to work in collaboration with others with in an untraditional, necessary, and nurturing environment; and through mentoring be steered in a positive direction to achieve positive future goals.

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Sunday, July 30th Check-In · Ragans Hall/Four Points Sheraton All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

2:30pm · SOTA Leadership Team and Interns Meeting SOTA Leadership Team and Interns · Stone Building 1209

4:00pm · Senior Scholar Mentor Meeting & Orientation Senior Scholar Mentors · Stone Building 1209

5:45pm · Participant Shuttle Departure for Stone Building 6:00pm · Registration & Orientation: Who am I: Situating Self in Context All Participants · Stone Building Atrium Presenter: Dr. Hazel Symonette

Breakfast Pick-Up Ragans Hall/Hotel pick-up for breakfast will be at 7:15am Monday - Friday morning.

Please note, hotel pick-up will be at 7:30am on Saturday morning.

Participant Tracks There are three tracks for participants: Level One Scholars, Level Two Scholars and Junior Scholars.

The colors below denote which session you should attend based on your level. · Level One Scholars · Level Two Scholars · Junior Scholars · Level One & Level Two Scholars · All Scholars

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Monday, July 31st 7:15am · Breakfast

All Participants · Suwanee Room

8:15am · Committee Meeting

All Participants · Stone Building G103

10:00am · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

10:10am · Committee Meeting Continued All Participants · Stone Building G103

1:00pm · Lunch

All Participants · Seminole Cafe

2:00pm · Approaching the Dissertation Proposal Level One Scholars · Stone Building G103 Presenter: Dr. Kaye Thompson Rogers

2:00pm · Writing Your Research Results Level Two Scholars · Stone Building G154 Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris

2:00pm · Designing a Research Agenda Junior Scholars · Stone Building 3301 Presenter: Dr. Felicia Moore Mensah

3:30pm · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

4:00pm · Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor/Planning

Goals and objectives discussion; Individual homework assignment All Participants · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule

6:30pm · Yoga

All Participants · FSU Union Ballroom Presenter: Dr. Alisha Gaines

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Tuesday, August 1st 7:15am · Breakfast

All Participants · Suwanee Room

8:10am · Announcements

All Participants · Stone Building G151

8:15am · Qualitative Research Design Refresher Level One & Two Scholars · Stone Building G151 Presenter: Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin

8:15am · Strategic Planning for the Academic Junior Scholars · Stone Building G152 Presenter: Dr. Felicia Moore Mensah

10:15am · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

10:30am · Developing Research Questions & Conducting a Review of the Literature Level One Scholars · Stone Building 3303 Presenter: Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones

10:30am · Research Design Consultation

Level Two Scholars · Stone Building 3305 Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris & Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin

10:30am · Writing Workshop

Junior Scholars · Stone Building 3301 Presenter: Dr. Rhea Lathan

12:30pm · Lunch

All Participants · Seminole Cafe

1:45pm · Writing Workshop

Level One & Two Scholars · Stone Building G103 Presenter: Dr. Rhea Lathan

1:45pm · Research Design Consultation or Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor Junior Scholars · Stone Building 3305 Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris & Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule

2:45pm · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

3:00pm · Self in Context Check-in All Participants · Stone Building 3301 Presenter: Dr. Hazel Symonette

4:30pm · Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor or Writing All Participants · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule

6:00pm · Self-Defense/Kickboxing All Participants · FSU Union Ballroom Presenter: Train Fight Win Instructors #SOTARBC2017

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Wednesday, August 2nd 7:15am · Breakfast

All Participants · Suwanee Room

8:10am · Announcements

All Participants · Stone Building G152

8:15am · Quantitative Research Refresher Level One & Two Scholars · Stone Building G152 Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris

8:15am · Developing the Tenure Binder Junior Scholars · Stone Building G150 Presenter: Dr. Felicia Moore Mensah

10:15am · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

10:30am · Research Design Consultation or Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor All Participants · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris · Stone Building G152 Presenter: Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin · Stone Building 3305

12:30pm · Lunch

All Participants · Seminole Cafe

1:45pm · Research Design Consultation or Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor All Participants · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule Presenter: Dr. Sandra Harris · Stone Building G151 Presenter: Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin · Stone Building 3305

3:45pm · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

4:00pm · Sista Chat with Dr. Blay

All Participants · FSU Alumni Center Ballroom Presenter: Dr. Yaba Blay

6:00pm · Community Keynote & Reception All Participants · FSU Alumni Center Ballroom Keynote: Dr. Yaba Blay

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Thursday, August 3rd 7:15am · Breakfast

All Participants · Suwanee Room

8:10am · Announcements

All Participants · Stone Building G152

8:15am · Publishing Your Research All Participants · Stone Building G152 Presenter: Dr. Vonzell Agosto

9:30am · Publishing Your Research: Discussion with Journal Reviewers & Editors All Participants · Stone Building G152

10:45am · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

11:00am · Finishing Your Dissertation

Level One & Two Scholars · Stone Building G103 Presenter: Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones

11:00am · Writing

Junior Scholars · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule

12:30pm · Lunch

All Participants · Seminole Cafe

1:45pm · Social Media and Digital Scholarship All Participants · Stone Building G103 Presenter: Dr. Montressa Washington

1:45pm · Meet with Senior Scholar Mentor or Writing All Participants · See Writing & Meeting Room Schedule

3:30pm · Break

All Participants · Stone Building Cyber Lounge

6:00pm · Line Dancing

All Participants · FSU Union Ballroom Presenter: Jasmine Carnell

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Friday, August 4th 7:15am · Breakfast

All Participants · Suwanee Room

8:10am · Announcements

All Participants · Stone Building G103

8:15am · Committee Meeting

All Participants · Stone Building G103

12:30pm · Lunch

All Participants · Seminole Cafe

4:00pm · Transition to Dunlap Success Center All Participants

4:30pm · Beyond the BootCamp©: Career Trajectories & Success in the Academy All Participants · Dunlap Success Center 2201/2202

6:00pm · Sister Circle & Dinner

All Participants · Dunlap Success Center 2201/2202 Presenter: Dr. Hazel Symonette

Digital Resources Download the 2017 Signature Research BootCamp program book directly to your iPhone, IPad, or Android device for easy access to session times, locations, and speakers. To download, please visit the link below. https://issuu.com/jesse.ford/docs/sotarbcbconferenceprogram

Join Us Online Contact us http://www.sistersoftheacademy.org/

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Saturday, August 5th ***Participants will attend both 8:00am sessions***

8:00am · Balancing Life

All Participants · Dunlap Success Center 2201/2202 Presenter: Neshamah Rahm Owner of Beauty of Sarah Natural Hair Care Center & Soul Vegetarian Restaurant

8:00am · The Power of the Subconscious Mind: Building Mental Confidence through Pregnancy, Labor & Delivery All Participants · Dunlap Success Center 2201/2202 Presenter: Mrs. Trishay (Yata) Burton Cofounder of Nurturology, LLC & Creator of Melanin Mothers Meet

10:15am · Debriefing the Research BootCamp Level One Scholars · Dunlap Success Center 2201

10:15am · Debriefing the Research BootCamp Level Two Scholars · Dunlap Success Center 2202

10:15am · Debriefing the Research BootCamp Junior Scholars · Dunlap Success Center 1006

10:15am · Debriefing the Research BootCamp - Senior Scholar Mentors Senior Scholar Mentors · Dunlap Success Center 2204

12:00pm · Closing Luncheon

All Participants · Dunlap Success Center 2001/2202

2:30pm · Leadership Team Debriefing All Participants · Stone Building 1210A

Dining Options:

Below are a few local dining attractions. In addition, Tallahassee offers a Doorstep delivery service which will delivery food directly to your door. To contact Doorstep Delivery - Tallahassee, please call (850) 5753663 or visit tallahassee.doorstepdelivery.com to order. All dining options listed below are use Doorstep Delivery - Tallahassee. Please note: *Most places have a $3.99 Fee and a $10.00 order minimum.

Bento Cafe 1660 W Tennessee St. #4 Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 765-3991

Hobbit American Grill 2020 W Pensacola St. #280 Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 576-1009

Mellow Mushroom 1641 W Pensacola St. Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 575-0050

Chubby’s Chicken Fingers 534 W Tennessee St. Tallahassee, FL 32301 (850) 521-0101

Jersey Mike’s Subs 1801 W Tennessee St. #4 Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 765-0712

Tijuana Flats 2020 W Pensacola St. 230A Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 574-4689

Gumby’s Pizza 623 W Tennessee St. Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 224-8629

Madison Social 705 S Woodward Ave #101 Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 894-6276

Township 619 S Woodward Ave Tallahassee, FL 32304 (850) 597-8075

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Senior Scholar Mentors Dr. Vonzell Agosto’s research agenda explores how educators conceptualize and operationalize curriculum in the contexts of teaching, leading, and learning. This line of inquiry attends to the preparation of educators to influence educational contexts to be (more or less) oppressive (especially with regard to race, gender, and dis/ability), creativity, and culture (ethnic, popular, material). Two questions she currently engages are: How can curriculum leadership be more anti-oppressive? How can such curriculum leadership be understood aesthetically, as graceful and elegant?

Dr. Beverly L. Bower has over thirty years of experience in higher education. She was introduced to higher education as a profession at Pensacola Junior College where she worked for twelve years. The foci of her scholarship have been community colleges and women’s leadership in higher education institutions. She has published in numerous outlets including Community College Review and New Directions for Community Colleges. She is Director of the Bill J. Priest Center for Community College Education at the University of North Texas, Don A. Buchholz Endowed Chair, Executive Director of the Council for the Study of Community Colleges, and Book Review Editor for the Community College Journal of Research & Practice. Her work on a long-term project examining women’s leadership was captured in two books by Stylus Publishing, Women at the Top: What Women University & College Presidents Say about Effective Leadership and Answering the Call: African American Women in Higher Education Leadership.

Dr. Adrienne D. Dixson attended Southern University where she was a flautist in the Southern University Jazz Ensemble and a Jazz Studies Major in the Alvin Batiste Jazz Institute where she studied Jazz Flute under the tutelage of Jazz musician and educator, Alvin Batiste, for four years. She earned a B.A. in Music Theory and Composition from the Dana School of Music at Youngstown State University in Ohio, an M.A. in Educational Studies at the University of Michigan-Ann Arbor and a Ph.D. in Multicultural Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dr. Dixson currently serves as a Professor of Critical Race Theory and Education at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Her scholarship examines the intersectionality of race, class and gender in urban educational contexts, with a particular interest in how these issues impact educational equity for students and people of color in the urban south. Her work is widely published in academic journals and edited books. Her most recent books include Critical Race Theory and Education: All God’s Children Got a Song, Handbook of Critical Race Theory and Education, Resegregation of Schools: Education and Race in the 21st Century (Routledge) and Researching Race in Education: Policy Practice and Qualitative Research (IAP Publishing). #SOTARBC2017

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Senior Scholar Mentors Dr. Sandra M. Harris is the Director of Assessment for the College of Social and Behavioral Sciences at Walden University. She holds a Doctor of Philosophy Degree in Educational Psychology as well as a Master’s of Education in School Psychometry from Auburn University in Alabama. She obtained a Master of Arts and Bachelor Arts Degrees in General/Experimental Psychology from California State University. Her professional background includes 20 years of active duty service in the United States Air Force. Dr. Harris has 27 years of experience in working with adult learners. She has 28 years of experience in teaching in higher education. Her experience in mentoring is extensive.

She has served as chair, committee member, university reviewer, or consultant to over 100 completed theses and dissertations. Dr. Harris was recently awarded the Walden University Faculty Excellence Award for her effort and dedication in mentoring graduate students. Dr. Harris has 20 scholarly publications in peer reviewed journals and over 80 presentations at local, regional, and national level conferences. She has engaged in other scholarly activities such as proposal reviewer, session moderator, textbook reviewer, and editor.

Dr. Rhea Estelle Lathan is an Associate Professor in the English Department at Florida State University. She received her Ph.D in English (2006) and MA in Afro American Studies (2000) from the University of Wisconsin-Madison; BA (1997) in Africology and English from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee. Lathan’s research includes the history of literacy activism, Black women’s community based intellectual practices and the symbiotic development of literacy and racism, writing theories, pedagogies and ideologies, black feminist social historical activism as well as critical race theory in rhetoric and composition studies. Her publications include her book Freedom Writing: African American Civil Rights Literacy Activism, 1955-1961(2016) published in NCTE’s Studies in Writing and Rhetoric Series, as well as articles and book chapters. Lathan teaches courses ranging from social historical perspectives on literacy to more specialized Black Literacy and Learning, critical race theory in composition-rhetoric, composition research methodologies and theories, The Gospel Literacy of Black protest.

Dr. La’Tara Osborne-Lampkin is an Associate in Research at Florida State University, and former Assistant Professor of Educational Policy and Leadership at the University of North Florida. She examines diversity in higher education institutions, with a particular focus on diversity policies and practices designed and implemented to increase the recruitment, retention, and development of minority faculty and students.

She has maintained an on-going commitment to graduate student development which is evidenced in her continued efforts to engage students in the research process (i.e., training and supervision of junior research scholars) and her scholarly work in the area (i.e., series of publications on the recruitment, development and retention of students and faculty). As a policy and research scholar, Dr. Osborne-Lampkin is also engaged in largescale, federally funded research projects that focus on accountability policies and reform efforts research projects that focus on accountability policies and reform efforts aimed to increase educational outcomes for traditionally underperforming student populations and students in low-performing K-12 schools, with a recent focus on principal related reform efforts. She currently serves as the principal investigator and co-principal investigator on multiple leadership and policy studies and technical support projects funded by the Institute of Educational Sciences. She has developed and implemented systems for securing, managing, coding, and analyzing data for large-scale qualitative and mixed methods research projects. #SOTARBC2017

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Senior Scholar Mentors Dr. Brenda L. H. Marina is a retired higher education leadership educator. She has served as an associate dean for academic affairs at Baltimore City Community College, an associate professor for higher education administration/leadership at Georgia Southern University, and an assistant dean for first-year students at the University of Akron. Dr. Marina serves as a board member, publications committee chair, and editor of a newsletter and magazine for the International Mentoring Association (IMA). She is a peer reviewer for the International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education and the International Business and Economics Research Journal. Her most recent published books are entitled Beyond Retention: Cultivating Spaces of Equity, Justice, and Fairness for Women of Color in U.S. Higher Education and Mentoring Away the Glass Ceiling in Academe: A Cultured Critique. Her scholarship continues to explore women in leadership, mentoring for leadership, and global education issues from a womanist perspective.

Dr. Felicia Moore Mensah’s research addresses issues of diversity and equity in science teacher preparation and professional development, with culturally relevant teaching, multiculturalism, and critical theories guiding her teaching and research.

Her focus in science education also investigates gender issues and teacher identity in science education. Her most recent research agenda utilizes critical race theory as a transformative lens in the experiences of teachers of color, educational research methodology, and practice. She serves as the academic advisor to the Black Student Network and provides support to the Student Senate and Students for Quality Education at Teachers College. She has sponsored more than 40 doctoral student dissertations and has served on more than 90 dissertation committees, including inside and outside her program, department, college, and internationally.

Dr. Hazel Symonette is the University of Wisconsin-Madison Program Development & Assessment Specialist, Emerita and a very active leader within the national & international professional evaluation community via the American Evaluation Association and the Joint Committee on Standards for Educational Evaluation. For seven years, she facilitated and supported implementation of the first statewide diversity strategic plan for public higher education, the University of Wisconsin System’s Design for Diversity, and later returned to the UW System to serve on the leadership team for the pilot implementation of the Equity Scorecard. Prioritizes the use of assessment and evaluation as a participantcentered, self-diagnostic resource for continuous improvement, developmental innovation and strategic image management. She moves this agenda forward through cultivating capacities for using multi-level assessment/evaluation processes that advance a diversitygrounded, equity-minded personal transformation, organizational development and social justice change agenda—most notably through year-long cross-campus/cross-role communities of practice for students, faculty, staff and administrators.

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Workshop Presenters Dr. Tamara Bertrand Jones is an Associate Professor of Higher Education at Florida State University. Her research examines the sociocultural contexts that influence the graduate education and professional experiences of underrepresented populations, particularly Black women, in academia. Her previous work as an administrator and program evaluator also influence other research interests in culturally responsive assessment and evaluation. She is a founder and past president of Sisters of the Academy Institute, an international organization that promotes collaborative scholarship and networking among Black women in the academy. She collaborated with fellow scholars to write Pathways to Higher Education for African American Women (Stylus Publishing) and Cultivating Leader Identity and Capacity in Students from Diverse Backgrounds (Jossey-Bass). She completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Research and Evaluation Methods from FSU. She also holds a master’s degree in Higher Education from FSU and a bachelor’s degree in Journalism from the University of Texas at Austin.

Mrs. Trishay (Yata) Burton was born in Sarasota, Florida and raised in Tallahassee, FL. Mrs. Burton proudly graduated from the lovely, Florida A&M University in 2012 with a Psychology and Social Work Degree. In 2015, she married her husband, Brent Burton and had a lotus birth (umbilical cord stays attached to placenta until it falls off baby) in the comfort of her bedroom, medically unassisted without complications. Her Doula, Parents and Husband, were present. It was a success and revealed to her who she truly set out to be. For short, that is, to be an example to mothers and families of how in control you truly are, when it comes to birthing and mothering our melanin babies. Mrs. Burton and her husband created an LLC called, Nurturology in 2015. Deriving from the word “Nurture”, Nurturology is the study of encouraging the growth and development in people. Vowing to raise awareness on the many uses of Earth’s plants.

Dr. Devona Foster Pierre serves in the Office of Diversity, Inclusion & Equal Opportunity at the University of South Florida. Dr. Pierre earned her Doctorate of Education in Administration of Higher Education and Master of Education in Adult Education from Auburn University in Alabama. She is also a proud alumna of Dillard University in New Orleans, Louisiana. Dr. Pierre has served as the Coordinator for Office Operations for Sisters of the Academy Institute (SOTA), worked as an administrator in higher education and taught courses in higher education administration. She has also presented at several national and international conferences. Her research interest include the exploration of the recruitment, retention, persistence, and advancement of minorities and marginalized populations in post-secondary institutions and perception of campus climate for minorities and marginalized populations.

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Workshop Presenters Mrs. Neshamah Rahm has had a passion for hair since the age of six. She attended high school in St. Louis, Missouri, after graduating high school in 1991, she received cosmetology license then pursued a career in nursing. By 1997, she became an active community member of the Hebrew Israelites of Jerusalem, which she is still an active member. With being a part of this community, she has been able to sharpen her skills as a wife, mother of six children, Divine Nutritionist, and Master Stylist. Her family and she currently own and operate Soul Vegetarian Restaurant and Beauty Of Sarah Braiding School and Salon. At this stage in their lives, she and her husband are traveling internationally with the family and maintaining their businesses.

Dr. Kaye Thompson-Rogers has been employed with North Carolina Central University (NCCU) in Durham, North Carolina since 1996.She works in the College of Arts and Sciences where she is the Director of the Health Careers Center and the North CarolinaHealth Careers Access Program (NC-HCAP). Kaye is involved in numerous professional organizations. She is currently President of Sisters of the Academy Institute and has been a member since 2003. Her research interests are Black Women in Academia, Black Women and Beauty, African American Women and Barriers in Academics, and Mentoring African American Children. Dr. Thompson-Rogers’ publications include several book chapters, articles in peer-reviewed journals, and a book.

Dr. Montressa Washington is an Assistant Professor of Management at Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA where she teaches course in Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Human Resource Management. Dr. Washington conducts research in the areas of strategic management, technology and innovation. Dr. Washington presents her academic research at conferences such as the Southern Academy of Management Association (SMA). She is a management consulting veteran with expertise in engagement management, technology adoption, and business transformation. She has over seventeen years of management with corporations such as IBM and Accenture.

Dr. Washington has served a moderator, panelists and speaker at conferences. She has held numerous volunteer roles, and was named to Maryland’s Top 100 Women (2014). Montressa is a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Zonta International, and Leadership Maryland.

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Featured Speaker Dr. Yaba Blay is a professor, producer, and Black Beauty expert. Named to The Root 100, an annual list of top Black influencers, Dr. Blay is one of today’s leading voices on colorism and global skin color politics. Her commentary has been featured on CNN, BET, MSNBC, BBC, NPR, The New York Times, Fast Company, Ebony Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Root, Huffington Post Live, Colorlines, Al Jazeera America and elsewhere. Applauded

by O, The Oprah Magazine in May 2016 for her social media activism, Dr. Blay is the creator of a number of campaigns including the LOCS of LOVE care package, the #PrettyPeriod movement, and #PrettyLipsPeriod.

While her broader research interests are related to Black aesthetic practices, and global Black popular culture, Dr. Blay’s specific research interests lie within global Black identities and the politics of embodiment, with particular attention given to hair and skin color politics.

Her dissertation, Yellow Fever: Skin Bleaching and the Politics of Skin Color in Ghana, reflects the most indepth analysis of the social practice skin bleaching to date with data collected from over 600 participants. Her ethnographic case study of skin color and identity in New Orleans entitled “Pretty Color and Good Hair” is featured as a chapter in the anthology Blackberries and Redbones: Critical Articulations of Black Hair/Body Politics in Africana Communities.

In 2012, she served as a Consulting Producer for CNN Black in America – “Who is Black in America?”

– a television documentary inspired by the scope of her book project, (1)ne Drop: Shifting the Lens on Race. In addition to her production work for CNN, Dr. Blay is the executive producer on a transmedia film project focused on the global practice of skin bleaching (with director Terence Nance); and co-writer of a feature-length film entitled Black Sunshine (with director Akosua Adoma Owusu). She is the director and producer of a video celebration of #BlackGirlMagic entitled “Professional Black Girl,” and is currently developing a travel docuseries focused on Black hair culture, entitled “Beauty World.”

Dr. Blay is a sought-after speaker and consultant with an extensive client list of over two dozen colleges and universities including such institutions as Harvard University, Duke University, Spelman College, New York University, to name a few; and such corporate entities as Social Media Week - Lagos, UniLever, Estee Lauder Companies, and Bobbi Brown Cosmetics.

Dr. Yaba Blay received her BA in Psychology (Cum Laude) from Salisbury State University, an M.Ed. in Counseling Psychology from the University of New Orleans, and M.A. and Ph.D. in African American Studies from Temple University with a Graduate Certificate in Women’s Studies.

She is currently the Dan Blue Endowed Chair in Political Science at North Carolina Central University.

To learn more about Dr. Blay, visit yabablay.com.

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Keisha Allen, Ed.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Urban & Multicultural Education Current Institution: University of Maryland Baltimore County Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: kallen@umbc.edu

Meredith Clark, Ph.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Mass Communication/Media Studies Current Institution: University of Virginia Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: Clark.meredithd@gmail.com

Danielle Dickens, Ph.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Social Psychology Current Institution: Spelman College Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: ddickens@spelman.edu

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Drakeria Barr

Major/Academic Discipline: Special Education Current Institution: University of Delaware Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: tnbarnes@udel.edu

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Tonya Davis, Ph.D.

Major/Academic Discipline: Learning and Cognition Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: andriacole@gmail.com

Quovadis Epps, PharmD

Major/Academic Discipline: Pharmacy Administration Current Institution: Florida Agricultural & Mechanical University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: quovadis.epps@famu.edu

Major/Academic Discipline: Curriculum and Instruction Current Institution: Alabama A&M University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: tonya.davis@aamu.edu

Karen Ethridge, Ph.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Educational Psychology Current Institution: Alabama A&M University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: karen.ethridge@aamu.edu

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Waldine Fryer, Ed.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Education/Curriculum and Instruction Current Institution: Texas Wesleyan University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: wmfryer@txwes.edu

Yvette Hall Major/Academic Discipline: Business Administration Marketing Current Institution: Hampton University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: yrussell@jcsu.edu

Estee Hernandez Major/Academic Discipline: Higher Education Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: ehernandez3@fsu.edu

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Major/Academic Discipline: Education - Postsecondary Education Current Institution: University of Wisconsin-Madison Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: ashleygaskew@gmail.com

Major/Academic Discipline: Educational Leadership Current Institution: HDLG Services, LLC Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: drderry3922@gmail.com

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Ashley Hazelwood Major/Academic Discipline: Higher Education Current Institution: University of North Texas Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: ashley.hazelwood1@gmail.com

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Kendra Mitchell, Ph.D Major/Academic Discipline: English Current Institution: Tallahassee Community College Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: kmitchell@business.fsu.edu

Tara Nkrumah Major/Academic Discipline: Educational Leadership & Policy Studies Current Institution: University of South Florida Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: tnkrumah@mail.usf.edu

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Angel Nash Major/Academic Discipline: Educational Administration & Supervision Current Institution: University of Virginia Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: amn5f@virginia.edu

Monique Ositelu Major/Academic Discipline: Higher Education Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: moo15@my.fsu.edu

Kimberly Peeples Major/Academic Discipline: Counselor Education & Supervision Current Institution: Mississippi State University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: klmason08@gmail.com

Ana Ndumu Major/Academic Discipline: Information Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level Two Scholar Preferred Email: avg05d@my.fsu.edu

Rhonda Ottley Major/Academic Discipline: Sports Management Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level Two Scholar Preferred Email: rgo10@my.fsu.edu

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Sophia Rahming Major/Academic Discipline: Higher Education Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: sgr14@my.fsu.edu

Jenay Sermon Major/Academic Discipline: Instructional Systems/Education Psychology & Learning Systems Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Level Two Scholar Preferred Email: Jrs06g@my.fsu.edu

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Maxine Roberts

Major/Academic Discipline: Higher Education Administration Current Institution: Saint Louis University Level: Level One Scholar Preferred Email: ashleekaye1@gmail.com

Major/Academic Discipline: Urban Education Policy Current Institution: University of Southern California Level: Level Two Scholar Preferred Email: mtrobert@usc.edu

Tamara Stevenson, Ed.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Education Leadership Current Institution: Eastern Michigan University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: tamaran.stevenson@gmail.com

Tiffanie Turner-Henderson Major/Academic Discipline: Marketing Current Institution: BrightBytes, Inc. Level: Level Two Scholar Preferred Email: ma15d@my.fsu.com

Brenda Wawire, Ph.D. Major/Academic Discipline: Curriculum & Instruction Current Institution: Florida State University Level: Junior Scholar Preferred Email: baw13d@my.fsu.edu #SOTARBC2017

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