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CONCLAVE & COLLOQUIUM SCHEDULE

(All times are ET)

CONCLAVE LEADERSHIP COLLOQUIUM SESSIONS
TUESDAY MAY 30, 2023   

2:00 PM -2:45 PM 

Opening Remarks and Program Orientation 

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

2:45 PM – 4:15 PM 

SESSION I:  Got Rest? Ways to Thrive Through Contemporary Realities, Challenges, and Opportunities in Higher Education   

 

MODERATOR 

Shanalee Gallimore, PhD 

Post-doctoral Fellow

American Association of Colleges and Universities 

 

PANELISTS 

JoAnn Canales, PhD 

Dean, Graduate Studies 

Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi 

 

Tonya Smith-Jackson, PhD 

Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor

North Carolina A&T State University 

 

Tamara Floyd Smith, PhD 

Dean, Engineering and Sciences 

West Virginia University Institute of Technology 

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM 

Interlude

​4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Got Rest? - Response & Reaction  

 

Koren Bedeau, PhD 

Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership 

 

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Colloquium Debrief, Day 1 

 

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

WEDNESDAY MAY 31, 2023

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Conclave Leadership Colloquium (CLC) - Day 2 Overview

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

​1:15 PM - 2:30 PM

SESSION II - Understanding and Advancing Institutional Systems to Address Challenging Conditions 

This session will help inform a path forward for STEM women of color to collectively inform and advance an agenda for DEIJ in STEM amid Advancing Technologies, COVID, Racial Inequities, Political Divides, and Economic Instability.  

Nicole Moreland Retland, PhD

Associate Faculty Member, Fielding Graduate University & Director of
Operations, Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership

Patrice McDermott, PhD

Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs,

University of Maryland Baltimore County

Pamela Carter Nolan, PhD 

Director, Master of Public Health Program & 

Associate Professor 

Howard University 

 

Pamela Scott Johnson, PhD 

Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs 

Monmouth University 

​2:30 PM - 2:45 PM

Systems of Power - Response & Reaction  

 

Koren Bedeau, PhD  

Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership 

2:45 PM - 3:15 PM

Interlude

​3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Conversations for a Reimagined Future  

 

Sherri-Ann Butterfield. PhD 

Executive Vice Chancellor 

Rutgers University-Newark 

4:30 PM - 4:45 PM

Reimagined Future - Response & Reaction  

 

Koren Bedeau, PhD

Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of STEM Leadership 

4:45 PM - 5:00 PM

Colloquium Debrief, Day 2

 

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

THURSDAY JUNE 1, 2023 

1:00 PM - 1:15 PM

Overview of Day 3 

Conclave Leadership Colloquium (CLC) 

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

1:15 PM - 2:45 PM

No Future Without Voice and Visibility  

 

Joy Lindsey 

Deputy Executive Director 

National Council of the Social Studies 

 

Andrew Lee 

Owner 

PLWatcher Media GRP  

2:45 PM - 3:00 PM

Interlude

​3:00 PM - 4:15 PM

SESSION V - No Future Without Partners and Accomplices  

MODERATOR 

Katherine McGraw, PhD 

Associate Provost, Research & Scholarship 

Fielding Graduate University  

 

Featured Panelists include: 

Sarita E. Brown  

Co-founder & President of Excelencia in Education 

 

Mercy Mugo, PhD 

Executive Director of QEM 

4:15 PM - 4:30 PM

Colloquium Debrief, Day 3 

 

Orlando Taylor, PhD 

Board Member 

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

​5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Conclave Leadership Colloquium (CLC) & STEM Women of Color Conclave Conclave Opening 

 

Welcome and Occasion 

 

Kelly Mack, PhD 

Co-Founder 

Society of Women of Color, Inc. 

 

 

This is Our Story, Our Song 

 

Lori Patton Davis, PhD

Chair, Department of Educational Studies 

Ohio State University 

CONCLAVE SESSIONS
THURSDAY, JUNE 1, 2023

​5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Conclave Leadership Colloquium (CLC) & STEM Women of Color Conclave Conclave Opening 

 

Welcome and Occasion 

 

Kelly Mack, PhD 

Co-Founder 

Society of Women of Color, Inc. 

 

 

This is Our Story, Our Song 

 

Lori Patton Davis, PhD

Chair, Department of Educational Studies 

Ohio State University 

FRIDAY, JUNE 2, 2023

12:00 PM - 12:15 PM

Welcome and Opening Remarks 

Kelly Mack, PhD,  Co-Founder, Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc

 

12:15 PM - 1:45 PM

From Whence Cometh Our Help 

 

Moderated by: 

Jacqueline Mattis, PhD 

Rutgers University-Newark 

 

PANELISTS 

Lilliam Casillas-Martinez, PhD

University of Puerto Rico-Humacao 

 

Kayunta Johnson-Winters, PhD 

University of Texas at Arlington 

 

Muhsinah Morris, PhD 

Morehouse College 

1:45 PM - 2:00 PM

Interlude

2:00 PM - 3:15 PM
STEM Women of Color Conclave (SWOCC) - Thought Mapping Assemblies I

 

Cynthia Winston-Proctor, PhD 

Professor, Department of Psychology 

Howard University 

 

Stephanie Briggs

Owner, Be. Still. Move  

 

Beverly O’Bryant, PhD 

Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Science, Coppin State University 

 

Nicole Calloway Rankins, MD, MPH 

Certified Integrative Health Coach 

 

Leah Cox, PhD 

Vice President, Equity and Inclusion 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

Pamela Leggett-Robinson, PhD, CAPM 

Founder & Executive Director, PLR Consulting  

 

Ariel Salome 

Founder, METANOIA 

 

Kamilah Woodson, PhD

Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology Howard University 

3:15 PM - 4:30 PM

STEM Women of Color Conclave (SWOCC) - Thought Mapping Assemblies II

 

Stephanie Briggs

Owner, Be. Still. Move  

 

Beverly O’Bryant, PhD 

Dean, College of Behavioral and Social Science, Coppin State University 

 

Nicole Calloway Rankins, MD, MPH 

Certified Integrative Health Coach 

 

Leah Cox, PhD 

Vice President, Equity and Inclusion 

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 

 

Pamela Leggett-Robinson, PhD, CAPM 

Founder & Executive Director, PLR Consulting  

 

Ariel Salome 

Founder, METANOIA 

 

Kamilah Woodson, PhD

Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology Howard University 

4:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Break Time

5:00 PM - 6:30 PM

Society of STEM Women of Color, Inc. presents…  

LaShaun “Phoenix” Moore Kotaran, Society of STEM Women of Color,  Inc., Narrative Interpreter

SATURDAY, JUNE 3, 2023

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM

Opening Remarks 

  

Claudia Rankins, PhD 

Co-Founder, Society STEM Women of Color, Inc. 

10:15 AM - 12:00 PM
STEM Women of Color Conclave (SWOCC) - It's Alright Now 

Renita J. Weems, PhD, Independent Womanist Scholar

Conclave Leadership Development Colloquium Attendees 

MUST attend all sessions on time and for the entire 10 hours in order to receive 1 CEU.

All travel awardees MUST attend the entire award program.

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