Schedule
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Online Welcome and Training Session
Live - Online Only
Online Featured Book Talk: The Power of Diversity - Myrtha Casanova
Live - Online Only
Online Only Featured Workshop
Live - Online Only
Open Table: Overcoming the Assumed Belonging in Theological Institutions to a Practice of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
Deborah Ann Williams, Project Coordinator, Duke Divinity School, North Carolina, United States
Elements of Education
Asynchronous - Online Only
The Difference between Having an Education and Being Educated: Inclusive Excellence in Teaching
Charlene Lane, Department Chair/ Associate Professor/Faculty Development Fellow, Social Work, Messiah University, Pennsylvania, United States
Assessment Models and Strategies for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion in STEM Programs
Jessica Gonzalez, Graduate Student, Civil Engineering, California State University, Long Beach, California, United States
The Missing Books in Australian Children’s Literature: An Australian-Filipino Author’s Journey to Representation
Kristyn Maslog Levis, Student, Post Doctoral, University of Technology Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Oppression in Social Work Education - How Do Personal Experiences of Oppression and Privilege Impact Higher Educators’ Pedagogy?: A Qualitative Study Using Constructivism to Explore Oppression and Its Impact
Stephanie Rudd, Student, PhD, University of Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
One Does Not Fit All: Applying Anti-bias Trainings in Academia
Linda Steuer Dankert, Junior professor, Faculty of Energy Technology, FH Aachen University of Applied Sciences, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany
Julia Berg-Postweiler, Research Associate / PhD Student, Research Group Gender and Diversity in Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany
Carmen Leicht-Scholten, RWTH Aachen University
Mapping the Destructive Mind of COVID-19 on Instruction and Learning
James P. Takona, Professor, Instructional Leadership & Professional Development, Coppin State University, Maryland, United States
Educating for Global, Diverse Audiences: Learning to Share Ideas, Listen, Self-reflect, and Learn
Anita Ogurlu, Cultural Bridging Facilitator, Cultural Bridging Unit, Saskatoon Open Door Society, Saskatchewan, Canada
Culturally Inclusive Classroom: Best Practices in California
Zeneida Parente Alves Neta, Professor, Language and Arts, West Los Angeles, California, United States
Organizing Better
Asynchronous - Online Only
Authorizing a Rotating Equity Advocate Role for Inclusive Workplace Practice: Emergent Diversity Equity through Bottom-up Change
Michael Moon, Associate Professor, Department of Public Affairs and Administration, California State University, East Bay, California, United States
The Recruiting Trap that Kills Diversity: Root Causes, Empirical Evidence, and Steps to Overcome the Recruiting Trap
Thomas Seemann, Professor, Baden-Württemberg Cooperative State University (DHBW), Germany
Melanie Seemann, Hochschule Furtwangen University
Competency Needs, Proficiency, and Gender Mainstreaming Among Rank-and-File Employees: Basis for a Proposed Gender-Responsive Program
Mary Rose Hibo, Student, Master in Psychology, Polytechnic University of the Philippines, Philippines
A Framework for Community Diversity and Inclusion in Liveability Related Service Delivery
Katie O'bryan, Lecturer, Law Faculty, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Paul Kellner, Research Fellow, Monash Sustainable Development Institute - Evidence Review Service, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Paul Satur, Lecturer for Water Sensitive Cities, MSDI Water, Monash Sustainable Development institute, Victoria, Australia
The Arizona Ban on Ethnic Studies: How do Corridos Shape Identity and Resistance
Angelica Loreto, Student, Phd , University of Arizona , Arizona, United States
Resistance to Access, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Confessions of an Arts Consultant
Antonio C. Cuyler, Professor of Music in Entrepreneurship and Leadership, University of Michigan, Michigan, United States
Political Gaslighting of Trolls Under the Duterte Regime
Janielle Villamera, Graduate, Faculty of Arts and Letters, University of Santo Tomas, Philippines
Beyond Boundaries
Asynchronous - Online Only
Pan-Indianism and Urban Spaces : Refusing Colonial Borders
Sydney Beckmann, Student, Ph.D., University of Arizona, Arizona, United States
Artificial Intelligence and the Military Profession: The Impact on Diversity and Inclusion
Krystal Hachey, Defence Scientist, Director General Military Personnel Research and Analysis, National Defence, Ontario, Canada
Tamir Libel, TRAc Starter Project, University of Bamberg, Germany
How Do Online Social Networks Help Spread Anti-xenophobic Sentiments?: A Comparative Analysis of Anti-xenophobic Campaigns and Social Movements During the Time of COVID-19
Gaveal Fan, Student, Scholar, Cornell University, New York, United States
Romani Nationhood in a Post-Communist Eastern Europe : Situating Roma Political Subjectivities Beyond European Universalism
Antonia Stan, Student, PhD, Western University, Ontario, Canada
Colonialism Never Left: Perpetrators and Sexual Violence in the Ambazonia Freedom War
Womai Song, Assistant Professor, History and African and African American Studies, Earlham College, Indiana, United States
Centering Community
Asynchronous - Online Only
What Does Co-design with Communities Really Look Like?: Disruptive Platforms of Care, Multilingual Communities, and Local Government
Sally Lamping, Director of Learning and Teaching, School of Education, Curtin University, Australia
Paul Mercieca, Senior Adjunct Research Fellow, School of Education, Faculty of Humanities, Curtin University, Western Australia, Australia
Toni Dobinson, Associate Professor- Postgraduate programs Coordinator and Discipline Lead Applied Linguistics/TESOL/Languages Applied Linguistics, Faculty of Humanities/School of Education , Curtin University, Western Australia, Australia
Sonja Kuzich
Diversity and Inclusion Career Path Analysis
Rezza Moieni, CTO and Project Director, Cultural Infusion, Victoria, Australia
Nicole Lee, Cultural Infusion, Melbourne, Australia
Peter Mousaferiadis, Cultural Infusion, Melbourne, Australia
The Contribution of the Informal Sector in the Socio-economic Structure of Urban Households: A Dynamic and Cultural Representation of Dakar Street Vendors
Fafa Sene, Student, PhD, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS), Tokyo, Japan
“We Eat Our Own Pigs”: How Economic Principles and Institutions Shape the Emotions of Piggery Employees
Haiyi Cheng, Student, Politics, Philosophy, and Economics, Renmin University of China, China
State Ward to Public Servant and Academic: How Faith, Mentoring, and Positive Role Models Helped an Aboriginal Woman Change her Stars
Lee Anne Daffy, PhD Candidate, College of Indigenous Futures, Education and the Arts, Charles Darwin University, Northern Territory, Australia
Conference Welcome and Opening Session
Plenary Session and Conversation - Nicole Neverson
Coffee Break and Transition Break
Talking Circle - Theme One: Identity and Belonging // Theme Two: Education and Learning in Worlds of Differences
Talking Circle - Theme Three: Organizational Diversity // Theme Four: Community Diversity and Governance
Talking Circle - 2023 Special Focus: Whose Accountability Revolution? Priorities, Incentive Structures, Organization Cultures
Online Only Poster Session
Asynchronous - Online Only
Working Through Senseless Gun Violence on Latinx and GLBTQ Communities: Applying Creative Strategies in the Classroom
Graciela Quinones-Rodriguez, Psychiatric Social Worker-Mental Health Clinician, Student Health and Wellness-Mental Health Services, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
Mary Helen Millham, Contributing Faculty, School of Communication, University of Hartford, Connecticut, United States
Diana Rios, Faculty Communication and EL Instituto: Latino-Latin American Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
Latinas Navigating COVID Fatigue, Cultural Expectations, and Longing for Wellness
Diana Rios, Faculty Communication and EL Instituto: Latino-Latin American Caribbean Studies, University of Connecticut, Connecticut, United States
Graciela Quinones Rodriguez, Psychiatric Social Worker, Student Health and Wellness - Mental Health, UCONN, Connecticut, United States
Languages and Bi/multilingualism as Tools to Foster Inclusion
Karla Del Carpio Ovando, Professor, Department of World Languages and Cultures, University of Northern Colorado, Colorado, United States
Online Only Poster Session
Asynchronous - Online Only
Transition Break
Cultural Considerations
The Influence of Trauma in the Identity Development of Second Generation Refugees
Zamzam Dini, Student, PhD in Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Invoking Women Poets and the Formation of Arab Identity
Majd Al-Mallah, Professor, Modern Languages and Literatures, Grand Valley State University, Michigan, United States
Global Realities
Towards a Model of "Pan-Indianism" in North America: Transcending Colonial Labels and Ethnic Divisions
Laurence French, Affiliate Professor, College of Liberal Arts, University of New Hampshire, New Hampshire, United States
Magdaleno Manzanárez, Vice President and Professor, External Affairs, Western New Mexico University, New Mexico, United States
Measuring National Identity : Assessing Scale Validity Using a Confirmatory Factor Analysis
Amanda Hill, Assistant Professor, Social Work, Salisbury University, Maryland, United States
Online Only Workshop
Asynchronous - Online Only
Innovation Showcases
Asynchronous - Online Only
E-Learning is Boring, In-person Training is Unscalable: Captivating, Documentary-style Storytelling Can Shift Organisational Learning and, Ultimately, Behaviour to Be More Inclusive and Can Do this at Scale
Roy Gluckman, Co-founder and Director, Run to the Monster, Gauteng, South Africa
Addressing Barriers and Improving Systems in Financial Education to Support Health Equity
Katherine Soule, Health Equity Advisor, Cooperative Extension, University of California, California, United States
How to Make Inclusive Employment a Reality
Kim Donaldson, Pathways Lead, Accessibility Innovation, Fable, Ontario, Canada
Lunch Break
Creating Inclusive Workplace Practices to Support Individuals with Dyslexia across the Employment Lifecycle: Perspectives from Employers, Managers, and Employees with Dyslexia
Shae Wissell, Graduate Researcher, School of Psychology and Public Health, La Trobe University, Victoria, Australia
Advancing Diversity and Inclusion in the Post Pandemic Workplace
Shani Kuna, Senior Lecturer, Human Resource Management Studies, Sapir Academic College, Israel
Supplier Diversity in Toronto and Chicago: A Tale of Two Cities (Part 2)
Paul D. Larson, CN Professor, SCM, University of Manitoba, Manitoba, Canada
Between Peripherality and Privilege: Women Wage Peace as a Case Study for the Analysis of Intersectional Practices in Women’s Movements
Veronica Lion, Student, PhD, Bar Ilan University, HaMerkaz, Israel
Designing Diversity by Considering Collective Knowledge
Lea Clara Frömchen Zwick, Research Assistant, Pedagogical Institute, Organizational Pedagogy/Education, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Learning in the Queer Space: An Interactive Workshop for Communicating Lived Experience to Preclinical Medicine Students
Brendan Stevenson, Research Affiliate, School of Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Ben Seyer, Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Medicine, Monash University, Victoria, Australia
Analyzing the Intersection of Servant Leadership and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
Ronnie Davis, Student, Doctorate in Policy Studies, The University of Memphis, Tennessee, United States
New and Differing Approaches
Shades of Meaning: Using a Gradient Approach to Understand DEI Appropriation
Pascale Caidor, Professor, Communication, Université de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Muslim Women's Experiences of Sport and Sport Culture in Toronto: Muslim Women's Experiences of Sport and Sport Culture in Toronto
Laurel Michele Walzak, Associate Professor, Sport, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
Innovation Case Studies
Building Workplaces Where People Want to Work: Making Difference Count
Sandra Healy, CEO and Founder, CEO, inclusio, Ireland
Mary White, Senior Manager, People Science, inclusio, Ireland
Intervening as an Ally: Case Studies of Good Intentions Gone Wrong
Serilda Summers-McGee, Founder & CEO, Workplace Change, Oregon, United States
The Voices for Inclusion - Lived Experience Series
Rivka Molinsky, Associate Dean of Students and Innovation, School of Health Sciences, Touro University, New York, United States
Lisa Thompson, Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Taskforce/Administrive Director, School of Health Sciences, Touro University, New York, United States
Benefits of Implementing Diversity Management Concept in the Opinion of Small and Medium Companies Operating in Poland: Statistical Comparative Analysis
Elwira Gross-Gołacka, Faculty of Management, University of Warsaw, Mazowieckie, Poland
Islamophobia and Globalization: A Critical Analysis of Effects
Hafizullah Amin, Student, Ph.D. Candidate, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia, Moskva, Russian Federation
Coffee Break
Deepening Dialogue
Creating Sustainable Change: The Chemistry of DEI
Margaret Rowan, Chair of DEI Council, Human Resources / Training, Delta Dental of Arkansas, Arkansas, United States
Managing the Evils or Fostering the Blessings of Diversity? : A Conjoined Case Study and Scriptural Study
Legha Momtazian, Senior Lecturer , International Business and Human Resource Management, The Business School, University of Gloucestershire, Gloucestershire, United Kingdom
The Potential of Organizational Pedagogy in Context of Diversity: Organizational Learning as Organizational Development and Research Focus
Timo Schreiner, Professor, Children and Youth Welfare, Social Work, Ostfalia Hochschule - University of Applied Sciences, Niedersachsen, Germany
Stefan Köngeter, Prof., Social Work, OST - Ostschweizer Fachhochschule, Switzerland
Searching for Safe Sport
Lindsay McLean, Student, M.A. Media Production/MBA Candidate, Toronto Metropolitan University, Canada
New Approaches
Centering Young Voices in the Creation of a Generation Enhanced Network: Creating a Collaborative Intergovernmental and Community Model for Change
Jen Westmoreland, Faculty, English/World Languages, Normandale Community College, Minnesota, United States
Dominique Pierre Toussaint, Community Development, Community Development, ICA - Your Community Connectors, Minnesota, United States
The Paralympics: Superheroes with Superpowers
Karen Sebesta, Assistant Professor, RTA: Media Production, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
Identity and Language on Instagram
Irina Ustinova, Professor, English, Southeast Missouri State University, Missouri, United States
Creating Home: The Impact of Technology and Gender on Immigrants and Refugees
Shirley Wade McLoughlin, Professor Emerita, Education and Women and Gender Studies , Keene State College USA , New Hampshire, United States
Eugenia Arvanitis, Associate Professor of Interculturality & Diversity in Education, University of Patras, Greece
Reflections and Representations
Work in Progress : Women in Sports Media
Shireen Ahmed, Instructor, Journalism / Sports Media, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
The Rise of Positive LGBT-themed Advertisements in the Philippines Is a Good Thing... or Is It?
Tracy Mae Ildefonso, Student, PhD Candidate, Dublin City University, Ireland
Welcome Reception
Studio A
Coffee Break and Transition Break
Workshop
Uncomfortable and Courageous Conversations: A Dialogue Which Challenges and Honors Beliefs About Race, Identity, Sexuality, and Spirituality
Terrilyn Hickman Allen, Program Coordinator/Assistant Professor, Behavioral Health/Human Services, Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Kerry Arnold, Assistant Professor, Behavioral Health Human Services, Community College of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
The State of Diversity Among Leadership Roles Within Canada’s Largest Arts and Cultural Institutions
Charlie Wall Andrews, PhD Candidate, Ted Rogers School of Management, Canada
Workshop
Accountability as a Key Component to DEI Professional Learning Communities
Joyya Smith, Vice President, Diversity, Access, and Inclusion, Suffolk University, Massachusetts, United States
Workshop
Beyond Performative Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Strategies and Scenarios for Meaningful Change
Lata Murti, Associate Professor, School of Arts and Sciences, Sociology, University of Massachusetts Global, California, United States
Rosemary Wrenn, California Commission on Teacher Credentialing
Renaming the University: Leading Diverse Committees to Guide Institutional Change
Transition Break
DEI without Equity: Understanding and Shaping Cultures of Race in Product Design Organizations
Rene Canady, Student, PhD, Washington University in Saint Louis, Missouri, United States
Workshop
Building for Belonging: The Transformative Power of Placemaking
Kristen Magni, Founder, Principal Consultant, C Future LLC, Maryland, United States
Marcus White, Sr Advisor, C Future LLC, Virginia, United States
How to Use the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals to Connect with Our Communities of Diverse Languages : Synergy Despite Language Diversity
Natasha Welcome, Educator/Researcher and Education Consultant, Education Consulting , Metamorphosis Education Consultants, New Jersey, United States
Workshop
Cultural Understanding through the Arts: Hands-on Cultural Training for You and Your Team
Michael C. Liu, Assistant Professor, Department of Ethnic and Race Studies at Borough of Manhattan Community College, City University of New York, United States
Lunch Break
Online Closing Talking Circle
Live - Online Only
Shifting Contexts
Teaching Diversity Correctly - Either Everyone Counts or Nobody Counts : A Macro Approach
Hershey Friedman, Professor , Business Management, Brooklyn College, New York, United States
Svetlana Vlady, Assistant Professor, Accounting, Brooklyn College The City University of New York, New York, United States
Linda Weiser Friedman, Professor , Information Systems and Statistics, Baruch College of the City University of New York, New York, United States
Diversity Means Social Justice and Equity: Making a Case for Differentiated Multicultural Instruction
Sidonia Alenuma, Professor, Sociology and Anthropology, Saint Olaf College, Minnesota, United States
Out on Film
Short Films Produced by Students in the RTA Sport Media Program
Growing Curriculum
Identification of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Social Justice Learning Outcomes for Graduate Learners: A Delphi Study
Catherine Solheim, Professor and Director of Graduate Studies, Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Zamzam Dini, Student, PhD in Family Social Science, University of Minnesota, Minnesota, United States
Untapped: Using Experiential Learning To Include 2SLGBTQ+, Race and Indigenous Storytelling in Production-based Courses
Dan Berlin, Assistant Professor, RTA Sport Media, Toronto Metropolitan University, Ontario, Canada
Embracing Differences in a Global Learning Community Through Virtual Exchanges
Jie Zhang, Professor, Education and Human Development, State University of New York (SUNY) Brockport, New York, United States
Coffee Break
Organizational Shifts
Why Work? Exploring Ontological Diversity in Employability Narratives
Sharlene Leroy Dyer, Senior Lecturer in Employment Relations, School of Business / Faculty of Business Economics and Law, University of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Samantha Cooms, Lecturer, Business school , University Of Queensland, Queensland, Australia
Kelly Menzel, Associate Dean (Education), Gnibi College, Southern Cross University, Australia
Organizational Culture Change - Strategies to Remedy Apathy and Antagonism on Campus: Transformational and Transactional Approaches
Kaoutar Benchouk, Ph.D. Candidate / Research Assistant, Higher Education Administration, Bowling Green State University, Ohio, United States
Creative Insights
Empathy Without Pity: Artists Exploring Disability
Timothy Hiles, Associate Professor, School of Art, University of Tennessee, Tennessee, United States
Ashley Ekstrum, Student, Education, University of Tennessee , Tennessee, United States
Waiting in the Wings: Examining Sustainable Employment Practices to Support Marginalized Theater-Makers
Eh Den Perlove, Student, Ph.D. in Arts and Cultural Management, University of Manchester, New York, United States
Virtual Race-based Affinity Groups as a Source of Adult Learner Empowerment
Mia Kirk, Supervisor of Alternate Route Teacher Education Programs, College of Education and Engaged Learning, Montclair State University, New Jersey, United States
Learning Communities
Fostering Diversity and Inclusivity: The Benefits of Classroom Learning Communities
Carrie Wastal, Associate Teaching Professor/Director, Muir College Writing Program, University of California San Diego, California, United States
Sense of Belonging in Korean International Students in Higher Education
Soyoul Song, Student, Ph.D., University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, Minnesota, United States
When Mobile Working Creates More Discrimination and Less Inclusion
Marie Therese Claes, Professor, Management, Vienna University of Economics and Business, Austria
