2021 Agenda
Our June 2021 event was held virtually, allowing scholars external to Cornell who are affiliated with the programs and societies listed on the Registration page to attend as well.
Day 1 Agenda
Tuesday, June 22, 2021
11:00am ET
Welcome and Institute Introduction
- Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning), Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement, Cornell University
- Dr. Kathryn Boor, Dean of the Graduate School and Vice Provost for Graduate Education, Professor of Food Science and Global Development, Cornell University
11:10am – 12:30pm ET
Panel: Exploring Your Institutional Fit
- Moderator: Dr. Colleen McLinn, Graduate School Associate Dean for Professional Development, Cornell University
Panelists from Community Colleges, Liberal Arts Colleges and Primarily Undergraduate Institutions, and Public and Private Research Universities
Panel:
- Dr. David Cortez (Cornell PhD, Government), Assistant Professor of Political Science, Notre Dame University
- Dr. Jakina Debnam Guzman (Cornell PhD, Applied Economics), Assistant Professor of Economics, Amherst College
- Dr. Maria Mercedes Franco (Cornell PhD, Applied Mathematics), Associate Professor of Mathematics and Computer Science, Queensborough Community College – The City University of New York
- Dr. Hannah Ryan (Cornell PhD, History of Art), Assistant Professor of Art and Art History, St. Olaf College
- Dr. Aaron Thomas, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, and Director of Indigenous Research and STEM Education (IRSE), University of Montana
1:30pm – 3:00pm ET
Panel: Faculty and Leadership Pathways at Minority-Serving Institutions
- Moderator: Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning), Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement, Cornell University
Panelists from Minority-Serving Institutions
Panel:
- Dr. Jessica Black, Director, Center for Indigenous Health, Culture & Environment, and Chair, Department of Natural Science, Heritage University
- Dr. Cristóbal Rodriguez, Associate Dean of Equity, Inclusion and Community Engagement, Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University
- Dr. Abel Valenzuela Jr., Professor of Chicano Studies and Urban Planning, and Director of UCLA Institute for Research on Labor and Employment, Luskin School of Public Affairs, UCLA
- Dr. Dana Williams, Dean of the Graduate School and Professor of African American Literature, Howard University
3:00pm – 3:15pm ET
Day 1 Closing Remarks
Day 2 Agenda
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
11:00am ET
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker
- Sara Xayarath Hernández (Cornell MRP, City and Regional Planning), Graduate School Associate Dean for Inclusion & Student Engagement
11:10am – 12:30pm ET
Keynote Presentation: Un/Accommodating Structures: On Disability and Higher Education
- Dr. M. Remi Yergeau, Associate Professor, Digital Studies and English and Associate Director of the Digital Studies Institute at the University of Michigan
1:30pm – 3:00pm ET
Concurrent Panels by Discipline: Establishing Your Scholarship and Research Agenda as a New Faculty Member
Panelists from Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences Disciplines
Breakout Room 1
Panel:
- Dr. Anthony Burrow, Associate Professor of Human Development and Director of the Bronfenbrenner Center, Cornell University
- Dr. Honey Crawford (Cornell PhD, Performing and Media Studies), Collegiate Assistant Professor of Theatre and Performance Studies, and Harper Schmidt Collegiate Fellow with the Society of Fellows in Liberal Arts, University of Chicago
- Dr. Ozias Moore (Cornell PhD, Human Resource Studies), Assistant Professor of Management, Lehigh University
- Dr. Nancy Quintanilla (Cornell PhD, English), Assistant Professor, Cal Poly Pomona
Panelists from Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Disciplines
Main Room
Panel:
- Dr. Cédric Feschotte, Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University
- Dr. Emilia Huerta-Sanchez (Cornell PhD, Applied Math), Assistant Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, Brown University
- Dr. Jamol Pender, Assistant Professor, Operations Research and Information Engineering, Cornell University
- Dr. Liz Wayne (Cornell PhD, Biomedical Engineering), Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University