CUNY Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Access Conference 2024
Thursday, March 14, 2024
CUNY Graduate Center
Agenda & Sessions
8:00am Conference Check-In & Breakfast
9:00 - 10:15am Keynote: Data (In)Justice & AI Ethics
Keynote speaker:
- Renée Cummings, Data Activist-in-Residence and Professor of Practice in Data Science, School of Data Science, University of Virginia
10:30 - 11:30am Concurrent Sessions 1
| Name | Session Type | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Advancing Mentorship Initiatives at CUNY: The True Meaning of Diversity and Inclusion in Academia | Panel | Women – Challenges for Change Agents |
| Advocacy and Activism Through Self Care and Community Compassion | Workshop | Women – Challenges for Change Agents |
| Creating and Participating in a Racial Health Equity Internship Program at Queensborough Community College | Panel | Health Equity; Student Concerns |
| Post-Pandemic: The Impact of Student’s Non-citizen Status on Higher Education Access and Health Equity | Workshop | Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
| Student Concerns, Bullying, Marginalization & Erasure Carries to Present & Future Work Environments | Workshop | Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
| Towards Public Mental Health Equity Through Connections to Care: Comparing Task Sharing Models in NYC | Presentation | Pandemic; Student Concerns |
| Unreasonable Love, Unreasonable Writing: Composition Pedagogy, Equity, and Well-Being | Panel | Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
11:30am - 1:00pm Buffet Lunch
1:00 - 2:00pm Concurrent Sessions 2
| Name | Session Type | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Applying Intersectionality to Expose the Impact of COVID-19 in NYC & Hidden Inequities | Panel | Pandemic; Student Concerns; Disability Concerns |
| Creating HOPE: A Holistic Model to Facilitate Belonging | Panel | Pandemic; Student Concerns |
| Opening Opportunities in the Post-Pandemic Freshman Classroom: Addressing Student Needs Through a Pedagogy of Care | Panel | Pandemic; Student Concerns |
| Standing on Business! Equitably Revolutionizing Self-Care | Workshop | Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
| Stigma, Shame, and Discrimination Surrounding Mental Illness among College Students | Panel | Pandemic; Student Concerns |
| Supporting Trans & Non-Binary Students and Colleagues at CUNY | Panel | LGBTQIA+ Focus |
| Why Are We Still Latinos/as and Not Latinx? Reflections on the Use of Gender-neutral Terms at CUNY and Beyond | Panel | Women – Challenges for Change Agents |
| Words that Bind and Double Bind: Hindrances to Women’s Rise to Effective Leadership | Panel | Women – Challenges for Change Agents; Student Concerns |
2:15 - 3:15pm Concurrent Sessions 3
3:30 - 4:30pm Concurrent Sessions 4
| Name | Session Type | Track |
|---|---|---|
| Can You Hear Us? Healthcare Inequity and Hearing Loss | Presentation | Student Concerns; Disability Inclusion |
| Creating a “House of Difference”: A Listening Workshop on Building Anti-oppressive Classrooms | Workshop | Pandemic; Student Concerns |
| Effects of Food Insecurity on Mental Health and Academic Performance of CUNY Students | Workshop | Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
| From #MeToo to What’s Next? Creating Safe and Empowering Environments in the New World of Work and Education | Workshop | Women – Challenges for Change Agents |
| Telematic Music Making for Access and Inclusion | Presentation | Pandemic; Student Concerns; CUNY Community Builders |
| The Giver’s Mirror: Strategies for Self-Care and Professional Fulfillment Among Asian Female Nurses | Workshop | Women – Challenges for Change Agents; Student Concerns |
| What the Experiences of Student Clinicians with Non-Apparent Disabilities Can Teach Us | Workshop | Student Concerns; Disability Inclusion |
4:45 - 5:45pm Closing Panel: Sexual and Reproductive Justice at CUNY School of Public Health
Moderator:
- Ayman El-Mohandes, Dean
Panelists:
- Terry McGovern, Senior Associate Dean of Academic and Student Affairs
- Lynn Roberts, Associate Dean of Student Affairs & Alumni Relations
- Heidi E. Jones, Director, Doctoral Program in Epidemiology & Associate Professor, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
- Philicia Castillo-Sanders, PhD student in Epidemiology at the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy; Research Scientist at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
6:00 - 7:00pm Reception