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11:30-11:35
11:35-12:20
12:20-13:10
13:10-14:50
The Invisible Hate Crime: An Exploration of the Underreported Violent Crimes Against People With Disabilities

Judith Babnich, Professor of Theatre, School of Performing Arts, Wichita State University, Kansas, United States

13:30
13:10-14:50
Creating Inclusive Classrooms Through Experiential Learning: Some Reflections on Teaching World Religions in California

Mugdha Yeolekar, Assistant Professor, Department of Religious Studies, California State University at Fullerton

13:10
13:10-14:50
From Subaltern to Full Citizens : The Role of Education in the Establishment of the Muslim Community in South Africa (1652-1990s)

Mogamat Noor Davids, Associate Professor, Educational Foundations, University of South Africa, Western Cape, South Africa

13:30
The Conception of ‘Different Self’ in Preschool Pupils' Narratives

Maria Vlachou, Coordinator of Preschool Education, At the Ionian Islands Regional Directorate of Education., Greece
Eugenia Arvanitis, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece, Greece

13:50
13:10-14:50
Softening Borders: Starting with Education

Shirley Wade McLoughlin, Professor Emerita, Education and Women and Gender Studies , Keene State College USA , New Hampshire, United States

13:10
13:10-14:50
13:10-14:50
Measuring Inclusive Leadership

Marcelle Davis, President, Wilson Davis Consulting, United States

13:10
13:10-14:50
14:50-15:10
15:10-16:50
Lights, Cameras, (and Hopefully) Action: Harnessing Diversity in a Community-University Partnership to Address the History of Racial Oppression and Persistent Inequality through Multi-Media Applications

Jeffry Will, Professor of Sociology and Director, Northeast Florida Center for Community Initiatives, University of North Florida, Florida, United States

15:30
The Seal of Biliteracy for High School Students: Bilingual Parents as Role Models - An Illinois Showcase

Joaquin Villegas, Associate Professor Emeritus, Teacher Education Elementary/Bilingual, Northeastern Illinois University, Illinois, United States
Maria J. Vargas

16:10
15:10-16:50
15:10-16:50
Protecting Access to Education with Performance: The Student Movement in Chile

Alicia Del Campo, Professor, RGRLL, California State University, Long Beach, California, United States

15:10
15:10-16:50
15:10-16:50
Music and Dance as Cultural Dialogue: A Territorial Continuum

Andrew Teirstein, Arts Professor, Tisch School of the Arts - Dance Department, New York University, New York, United States

15:10
Administering the Black Studies Program at a Historically White Institution: The Perspective of an Ex-Program Director

Dawn Duke, Professor, Modern Foreign Languages and Literatures, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, United States

16:10
15:10-16:50
15:10-16:50
One Dance Step, One Dialogue Circle at a Time: Integrating Art and Racial Justice in Canada

Olufunke Oba, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada

16:10
15:10-16:50
From Human Rights Curriculum Theories to Children Rights Authentic Actions: A Case-Study in Preliminary Education

Aikaterini Maria Karava
Eleni Stavropoulou
Ioanna Mpekiari
Stavroula Karagiannopoulou
Ariadni Kouzeli, Preschool Educator , BA Student in University of Patras , Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education , Mikro Karavi Kindergarten , Greece
Maria Fragkaki

15:30
16:50-17:00
17:00-18:40
Room 2
Enlarging the Boundaries of Educators to Advance the Education of Border Crossers

Mubina Kirmani, Professor, Education, Towson University, Maryland, United States
Barbara Laster, Professor, Elemenatry Education/College of Education, Towson University, United States

17:00
17:00-18:40
17:00-18:40
Room 1
17:00-18:40
Room 3
Cross Community Experiences: The Ulster Project Delaware

Eileen Starr, Assistant Professor, College of Professional Studies/Social Work, Metropolitan State University-Denver, Colorado, United States

17:00
17:00-18:40
Workplace Identity Construction: An Intersectional-Identity-Cultural Lens

Lize Annie Eliza Booysen, Professor of Organizational Behavior and Leadership, Graduate School of Leadership and Change, Antioch University, United States

17:45
17:00-18:40
17:00-18:40
Room 4
11:50-12:40
13:40-16:40
10:50-12:30
The Education of Minors and Unaccompanied Minors Refugees in Greece

Nefeli Kikira
Eugenia Arvanitis, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece, Greece

10:50
The Dialectical Decision of How to Deal with Former Terrorist/Patriot Actors in a Newly Democratized State

Carol Strong, Professor, Political Science, University of Arkansas - Monticello, Arkansas, United States

11:30
10:50-12:30
Climate Change Border Crossing: The Story of the Republic of Marshall Islands

Deborah K. Zuercher, Professor and PACMED Director, Curriculum Studies, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Hawaii, United States
Gregg Nakano
Jelton Anjain, Education Commissioner, Republic of Marshall Islands Public Schools

11:50
10:50-12:30
Conveying the Racial, Ethnic, and Sexual “Other” in College Classes

Linda Fellag, Associate Professor, English, Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Arlene Caney, Associate Professor of Music, Music and Humanities, Community College of Philadelphia

10:50
Re-Crossing Borders with University Theater

Bibiana Díaz, Associate Professor, World Languages and Literatures Department, California State University, California, United States
Ana Cecilia Lara, Professor. Director of World Languages | Director of the Graduate Program in Spanish Education | Coordinator of Spanish Teacher Licensure , Department of English, Theater, and World Languages, University of North Carolina at Pembroke, North Carolina, United States

11:30
10:50-12:30
Initial Teacher Education and Inclusive Education: What About Refugees?

Robyn Cox, Associate Professor and Head of Department , Department of Curriculum, School of Education, HASSE , University of New England, New South Wales, Australia

11:30
The Wins and the Pitfalls - Designing an Inclusive Learning Environment at a British University Law School: Can White Teaching Staff Really Create an Inclusive Syllabus?

Rachel Nir, Reader in Legal Education and Inclusion, School of Justice, University of Central Lancashire, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Tina McKee, Senior Lecturer in Law (Legal Education), Law School, Lancaster University, Lancashire, United Kingdom

11:50
10:50-12:30
Room 2
Diverse Identities of Self

Indira Junghare, Professor and Research Scholar, Institute of Linguistics, University of Minnesota

10:50
Experiences of Adolescent Boys Living with Disorders of Sex Development

Annie Temane, Senior Lecturer, Department of Nursing, University of Johannesburg
Lizzie Simelane
Marie Poggenpoel
Chris Myburgh, Professor, Educational Psychology, University of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa

11:30
10:50-12:30
A Cross-Cultural Education Experience : The Case of Greek Graduate Students at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Anastasia-Olga (Olnancy) Tzirides, Academic Researcher & Instructional Designer , University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, United States

10:50
Recent Refugee Settlement Experiences in Australia: Research Findings and Policy Initiatives

Jock Collins, Professor, Social Economics, UTS Business School, New South Wales, Australia
Carol Reid
Violet Roumeliotis, CEO, Settlement Services International, New South Wales, Australia

11:10
Cultivating Women’s Voices and Banishing the Inner Impostor

Amy Landis, Professor, Faculty Fellow for Diversity, Inclusion, and Access, Colorado School of Mines

11:30
Greek Educational Minority in Albania and Heterotopia

Anila Mammou
Eugenia Arvanitis, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece, Greece

11:50
10:50-12:30
Identity As Contributing Factor to Migration Policy/Practices: A Two Country Review

Tina Bryson
B.J. Bryson, Professor Social Work, CHBS DEI Director, College of Health and Behavioral Studies/Social Work, James Madison University, Virginia, United States

10:50
12:30-13:20
13:20-14:05
Room 6
The Inclusion Elixir: Making Diversity Work at Work!

Wendy Lundgaard, CEO and Principal Consultant, Win-win Workplace Strategies Pty Ltd, Victoria, Australia

13:20
13:20-14:05
13:20-14:05
Foyer (1st Floor)
Beyond the Concept of Belonging: Integration Mechanisms in Refugee Camps and Their Impact on Refugee Children in Greece

Eugenia Arvanitis, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece, Greece
Myrto Christodoulou

13:20
This Is My Environment in Athens: A Photovoice Journey

Michael A Robinson, Associate Profess and MSW Admissions Coordinator, School of Social Work, The University of Georgia, United Kingdom

13:20
13:20-14:05
Room 5
Meeting the Needs of Secondary Refugee Students with Interrupted Formal Education : Teacher Professional Development in Early Literacy, Language Skills, and Pedagogy

Micki Abercrombie-Donahue
Yazmin Pineda Zapata, Associate Professor , School of Education , Point Loma Nazarene University, California, United States
Patricia Maruca, Professor, School of Education, Point Loma Nazarene University, California, United States
Elsie Solis Chang

13:20
13:20-14:05
Room 7
13:20-14:05
Language Maintenance and Promotion Through Quality Bilingual Education

Karla Del Carpio Ovando, Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, University of Northern Colorado, Colorado, United States

13:20
Try to Remember, Never Forget : A Brandman University-Wide Interdisciplinary Event with Ruth Sax, Holocaust Survivor and Community Advocate

Tami Lincoln, Associate Professor of Liberal Studies, School of Arts and Sciences, U Mass Global, California, United States

13:20
13:20-14:05
13:20-14:05
Indigenous Whiteness: What Does Whiteness Theory Tell Us about “Traditional” First Nations Research?

Carey Rutherford, Facilitator/Researcher/Founder, Diversity Equity & Inclusion, a talking game, Alberta, Canada

13:20
13:20-14:05
Room 4
14:05-14:15
14:15-15:55
Right to a New Home: A Pilot Study of Architectural Filmmaking with Syrian Refugees

Gul Kacmaz Erk, Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor), Architecture, Queen’s University Belfast, United Kingdom

15:15
14:15-15:55
The Transformational Marriage bewteen Ubuntu and Caring

Charlene Downing, Associate Professor, Nursing, University of Johannesburg, South Africa

14:15
A Life in Transition: Refugees’ Narratives

Spuridoula Giaki, Researcher, University of Patras, Greece
Andriana Tavantzi
Eugenia Arvanitis, Assistant Professor, Department of Educational Sciences and Early Childhood Education, University of Patras, Greece, Greece

14:55
14:15-15:55
Religious Identity, Spirituality, and College Persistence Among African American and Latinx Students

Felicia Wiltz, Associate Professor, Sociology, Suffolk Univeresity, Massachusetts, United States
Carmen Veloria

14:15
Refugee Access and Equity in Higher Education in Nepal

Monica Lakhwani, Language Access Coordinator, Office for Immigrant Affairs, Louisville Metro Government, United States

14:35
Border Crossing for Universities: Creating a Culture of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Jennifer Swann, Professor , Biological Sciences, Africana Studies , Lehigh University, Pennsylvania, United States
Sarah Stanlick

14:55
14:15-15:55
14:15-15:55
Intercultural Competence Development in Early Childhood: A Case Study of "Out of Eden Learn" Project in a Greek Kindergarten

Iria Asanaki, Graduate MSc Youth, Education & Society, Utrecht University, PYP, International School of Utrecht, Netherlands

15:15
14:15-15:55
14:15-15:55
Designing for Diversity: Exploring Geographies of Difference

Sheila Lakshmi Steinberg, Brandman University
Lata Murti, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology, University of Massachusetts Global, California, United States

14:15
15:55-16:15
16:15-17:55
Room 7
16:15-17:55
Room 1
Why Assume When You Can Ask?: Modeling Appropriate and Genuine Engagement In the Classroom

Leah Robinson, Director, Office of Diversity and Inclusion, Wayne State University, Michigan, United States

16:15
16:15-17:55
Room 3
Iphigenia at Lesvos: Story of a Refugee

Lisa Schlesinger, Professor/Director of Playwrights Workshop, Performing Arts, University of Iowa, Iowa, United States

16:15
16:15-17:55
Room 4
Intercultural Consciousness: The Value of Cultural Diversity in a World of Differences

De'Andrea Matthews, Vice President of Diversity and Community Engagement, Detroit Zoological Society, Michigan, United States

16:15
16:15-17:55
Room 5
Increasing Diversity in Graduate Education: Two Models of High-Impact Programs

Noro Andriamanalina, Assistant Vice Provost, Graduate School, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Simone Gbolo
Joel Mixon

16:15
16:15-17:55
Room 2
16:15-17:55
Room 6
Consciously Unbiased: Changing Mindsets and Building Inclusion

Pei Han Cheng, Assistant Professor, School Psychology, Counseling, and Leadership, Brooklyn College, City University of New York

17:00