MNACPA 2024
9:00-9:30 am Welcome – Kareem Watts, President of Minnesota ACPA
9:30-10:30 am Keynote Address – Dr. Rassheedah Watts
10:30-10:45 am Q&A with Dr. Rassheedah Watts
11:00-12:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Understanding and Addressing Challenges Faced by Marginalized Students as They Enter College: The Impact of Identity-Based Anxiety within Secondary Learning Environments
- Erin Hawley Cronin (she/her)
- The Oakland University Initiative for Eradicating Racism: Amplifying Anti-racism Teaching, Learning, Research and Service
- Dr. Chaunda Scott, Dr. Danielle Ligocki, Dr. Robert Martin
- The N-Word: from Slavery to Hip-Hop
- Domingo Guyton
- Understanding and Supporting Neuro-Divergent Students: Identities, Experiences, and Needs
- Katy Rimstad (she/her) and Hussein Rajput (he/him)
12:00-12:45 pm LUNCH
1:00-2:00 pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Workplace Racial Trauma Suicide Prevention
- Dr. Heliana Ramirez (she/her)
- Breaking Down the Ivory Tower: Empowering Black Student and Faculty Voices through Arts-Based Research
- Kareem Watts
- Struggling to Maintain Academic Success while Enrolled in Postsecondary Education
- Dr. Mary F. Duggan
- Honoring Where We are From: Fostering Inclusion and Belonging in Higher Education
- Oluwaseun Adekeye (she/her) & Dr. Aeriel Ashlee
2:00-2:15 pm Give-Away Winners
2:15-3:15 pm BREAKOUT SESSIONS
- Coaching Belonging
- Dr. Andrew Johnson
- Employee Resource Groups in Higher Education: Fostering a community of Belonging
- Brianne Twaddle (she/her), Severine Bates
- Exploring Indigenous Paradigms as a Third-Wave of Thinking in Student Development
- Ms. Madina Akhmet (she/her)
- Cultivating Belonging, Social Interest and Planetary Wellbeing in Higher Education: An Adlerian Approach
- Dr. Breanne Hiivala Cahoy (she/her) and Dr. Christine Park (she/her)
3:20-4:00 pm Closing