COMMUNITY NEWS & EVENTS

EDEFI IN THE NEWS

 

Being a Black Academic in America – The Chronicle of Higher Education
https://www.chronicle.com/interactives/20190418-black-academic

Despite Promises, Hiring of Black Faculty at White Colleges Declined – The Hechinger Report
https://hechingerreport.org/after-colleges-promised-to-increase-it-hiring-of-black-faculty-declined/

How can Universities Keep Minorities in STEM Graduate Programs – The Christian Science Monitor
https://www.csmonitor.com/EqualEd/2016/1026/How-can-universities-keep-minorities-in-STEM-graduate-programs

Hundreds Convene for ‘MLK to BLM- 50 Years of Struggle’ Symposium -Vanderbilt University News
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2018/09/27/hundreds-convene-for-mlk-to-blm-50-years-of-struggle-symposium/

It’s not just About the Money, say STEM Students of Color – Research News @ Vanderbilt
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2017/10/19/its-not-just-about-the-money-say-stem-students-of-color/

Students of Color Study STEM with a Focus On Social Justice – Wisconsin Public Radio
https://www.wpr.org/students-color-study-stem-focus-social-justice

Labels like ‘Asian fail’ and ‘Black genius’ are no joke for STEM students of color: Report
https://news.vanderbilt.edu/2019/01/14/labels-like-asian-fail-and-black-genius-are-no-joke-for-stem-students-of-color-nsf-report/

EVENTS

 

White Privilege Conference
April 1-4, 2020 | Mesa, AZ
https://www.whiteprivilegeconference.com/

 

blackcomputeHER
April 2-4, 2020 | Washington, DC
https://blackcomputeher.org/2020-conference-logistics/

 

National Science Teaching Association
April 2-5, 2020 | Boston, MA
https://www.nsta.org/

 

ACW: Academic Career Workshop for Underrepresented Junior Faculty and Senior Graduate Students
April 2-5, 2020 | Houston, TX
http://www.cmd-it.org/programs/current/acw/

 

AERA American Education Research Association
April 17-21, 2020 | San Francisco, CA
http://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting

 

The Collaborative Network for Engineering and Computing Diversity (CoNECD)
April 19-22, 2020 | Crystal City, VA
https://sites.google.com/a/vt.edu/conecd/home?authuser=0

 

FWCA Faculty Women of Color in the Academy National Conference
April 20-21, 2020 | Blacksburg, VA
http://www.cpe.vt.edu/fwca/index.html

 

All in: Co-Creating Knowledge for Justice
April 22-24, 2020 | Santa Cruz, CA
https://santacruzinstitute.ucsc.edu/projects-and-partnerships/all-in-2020/index.html

 

International Science and Engineering Fair
May 10-15, 2020 | Anaheim, CA
https://www.societyforscience.org/isef/2020-2/

 

CRSEA Critical Race Studies in Education
May 21-23, 2020 | Newark, DE
https://www.crsea.org/conference

 

NCORE National Conference on Race and Ethnicity in America
May 26-30, 2020 | NYC
https://www.ncore.ou.edu/en/nyc/

 

The AI Summit
June 10-11, 2020 | London
https://london.theaisummit.com/

 

ASEE American Society for Engineering Education
June 21-24, 2020 | Montreal, Quebec
https://www.asee.org/annual-conference/2020

 

International Society for Justice Research Conference
July 7-10, 2020 | Lisbon, Portugal
http://isjr2020.org/

 

STEM Leadership Alliance
July 12-16, 2020 | Orlando, FL
https://www.stemleadershipalliance.org/

 

Latinx Studies Association Conference
July 16-18, 2020 | South Bend, IN
https://lsa.secure-platform.com/a

 

American Psychological Association Convention
August 6-9, 2020 | Washington, DC
https://convention.apa.org/

 

Society for the Study of Social Problems
August 7-9, 2020 | San Francisco, CA
https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/783/2020_Annual_Meeting/

 

American Sociological Association Conference
August 8-11, 2020 | San Francisco, CA
http://www.aera.net/Events-Meetings/Annual-Meeting

 

TAPIA
September 16-19, 2020 | Dallas, TX
http://tapiaconference.org/

 

Grace Hopper Celebration
September 29-Oct 2, 2020 | Orlando, FL
https://ghc.anitab.org/