The Transformative Power of Race in the Academy:
Measuring Change, Charting Futures
The 3rd Creating Connections Consortium Summit
Williams College • 21-23 April 2017
Friday, April 21
| 5:00 pm | Opening Reception |
| 5:30 pm | Welcome Remarks: Adam Falk |
| 5:45 pm | Buffet Dinner |
| 6:45 pm | Introduction to Keynote: Leticia Smith-Evans Haynes |
| 7:00 pm | Opening Keynote: Adrienne Davis |
| 8:30 pm | Receptions |
Saturday, April 22
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:40 am | Opening remarks: Susan Campbell Baldridge and Crystal Williams |
| 9:00 am | Research Presentations (concurrent sessions) |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 10:45 am | How Do We Measure Change? (concurrent sessions) |
| • What are our Goals for Institutional Transformation? What are we Aiming to Assess? Current tools and techniques we are using to assess institutional transformation and climate |
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| • Current Tools and Techniques We are Using to Assess Institutional Transformation and Climate |
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| • Student Voices in Diversity Work: Where and How do Students Contribute to Shaping Goals and Measuring Outcomes? |
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| • Measuring Individual Change: Achieving and Sustaining Personal Growth through Diversity Work in the Academy | |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm | Introduction to Keynote: Ngonidzashe Munemo |
| 1:40 pm | Afternoon Keynote: Eric A. Hurley and Shelva Paulse Hurley |
| 2:45 pm | Charting Futures (Inside the Academy) (concurrent sessions) |
| • Surviving and Thriving as a New Faculty Member | |
| • Things No One Told Me about Graduate School | |
| • Moving from Vision to Action: Strategies for Effecting Changes in Hiring and Campus Climates | |
| • Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Balancing Individual and Institutional Transformation | |
| 4:15 pm | Break |
| 4:30 pm | Charting Futures in Shifting Political Landscapes: The Academy and the World |
| 6:15 pm | Dinner |
Sunday, April 23
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Workshop: Give and Take: Promising Practices on Campus |
| 10:15 am | Research Presentations (concurrent sessions) |
| Noon | Lunch and Closing Remarks |
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