Thought Leaders Summit
CDIHE is hosting the 3rd Thought Leaders Summit, a three-day convening taking place from February 8-10, 2023. This year’s three-day summit will be hosted in College Park, Maryland, located just outside of Washington, DC. The forum will bring together a select group of scholars, administrators, and advocates across higher education to discuss theory, research, methodology, and practice related to our theme. During the summit, thought leaders will critically assess conventional notions of antiracism dialogues and outline a collective manuscript contributing to the CDIHE’s broader national research agenda regarding equity and justice in higher education.
A small group of nationally recognized Thought Leaders on will engage in dialogue and agenda building sessions during the convening. Attendance at these closed sessions is by invitation only.
Thought Leaders Summit Archives
CDIHE is hosted the 2nd Thought Leaders Summit, a three-day convening on October 2-4, 2019, at University of Maryland in College Park, located just outside of Washington, DC. The forum brought together a select group of scholars, administrators, and advocates to discuss the greatest challenges and opportunities facing campus climate work in higher education. The purpose of the event was to outline issues and trends that can define a national research and policy agenda toward improving social justice and equity practices in postsecondary institutions.
A small group of nationally recognized Thought Leaders on equity, diversity and inclusion engaged in dialogue and agenda building sessions during the convening. Attendance at these closed sessions was by invitation only.
Thought Leaders Summit: Conceptualization and Methodological Approaches to Campus Climate Research
Summit Attendees
October 2-4, 2019
The Cambria Hotel, College Park, MD
Dr. Rusty Barcelo
Visiting Special Assistant to the Chancellor for Diversity
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Dr. Michelle Espino Lira
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Kimberly Griffin
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
Ms. Ashley Hixson
Graduate Assistant CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Glen Jones
Past President & Professor of Accounting
Henderson State University
Dr. Jobi Martinez
President's Postdoctoral Fellow
University of Houston-Downtown
Dr. Candace M. Moore
Associate Clinical Professor & Director CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Julie J. Park
Associate Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Robert Reason
Professor, Associate Dean for Undergraduate
Academic Affairs
Iowa State University
Ms. Sama Sabihi
Graduate Assistant CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Christine Stanley
Professor, Educational Administration and Human Resource Development
Texas A&M University
Ms. Jalah Townsend
Graduate Assistant CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Roger L. Worthington
Professor & Executive Director CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Ms. Di-Tu Dissassa
Graduate Assistant CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Sharon Fries-Britt
Professor
University of Maryland, College Park
Ms. Elaine Henry
Coordinator CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Sylvia Hurtado
Professor
University of California - Los Angeles
Dr. Marvette C. Lacy
Post Doc CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Jeffrey F. Milem
Professor
University of California - Santa Barbara
Dr. KerryAnn O'Meara
Professor, Associate Dean College of Education
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Sue Rankin
Principal and Chief Executive Officer
Rankin & Associates Consulting
Dr. Jennifer Rice
Professor, Dean College of Education
University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Kelly Slay
Post Doc CDIHE
University of Maryland, College Park
President Jill Tiefenthaler
President
Colorado College
Dr. Annemarie Vaccaro
Professor
University of Rhode Island
Previous Keynote Speakers
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson
Tuesday, January 30, 2018 | 7:00 - 8:30pm | The Hotel at UMD - Calvert Ballroom
Serving the Underserved: Race and Higher Education in America
Dr. Michael Eric Dyson is presently University Professor of Sociology at Georgetown University where, in 2011, he received widespread attention for his course "Sociology of Hip-Hop: Jay-Z." His legendary rise - from welfare father to Princeton Ph.D., from church pastor to college professor, from a factory worker who didn't start college until he was 21 to a figure who has become what writer Naomi Wolf terms "the ideal public intellectual of our time" - may help explain why author Nathan McCall simply calls him "a street fighter in suit and tie."
Most recently, he's published Tears We Cannot Stop: A Sermon to White America. Named a bestseller by publications such as New York Times, Publisher's Weekly, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and more, the book has been hailed as a profound and provocative analysis of modern-day race relations.
Dr. Brittney Cooper
Thursday, February 1, 2018 | 12:00 - 1:30pm | The Hotel at UMD - Terrapin Ballroom
Beyond Diversity and Inclusion: Why Higher Education Must Embrace Intersectionality
Dr. Brittney Cooper is a writer, teacher, and public speaker. She is Associate Professor of Women’s and Gender Studies and Africana Studies at Rutgers University, and is the co-founder of the popular Crunk Feminist Collective blog. Dr. Cooper is also a contributing writer for Cosmopolitan.com and a former contributor to Salon.com. Her cultural commentary has been featured on MSNBC’s All In With Chris Hayes, Melissa Harris-Perry, Al Jazeera’s Third Rail, the New York Times, the Washington Post, NPR, PBS, Ebony.com, Essence.com, TheRoot.com, and TED.com.
Dr. Cooper is author of Beyond Respectability: The Intellectual Thought of Race Women (University of Illinois Press, May 2017) and the forthcoming Eloquent Rage: A Black Feminist Discovers Her Superpower (St. Martin’s, February 2018). Dr. Cooper is also a co-editor of The Crunk Feminist Collection (The Feminist Press 2017).
For questions, concerns, or accomodations, please contact cdihe@umd.edu.