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Session Number (Room) Xavier Auditorium (Fromm 120) Maier Room (Fromm 110) Maraschi Room (Fromm 125) Berman Room (Fromm 115)
Session 1 (9:00 – 10:15 a.m.) 1A: Making Space for the Invisiblized: Decolonizing BIPOC Latinx Voices 1B: Innovative Humanizing Pedagogies 1C: Humanities, Pathways, and Partnerships 1D: Sustainable Pathways: A Roundtable Conversation
Session 2 (10:30 –11:45 a.m.) (No session) 2A: Hearts and Minds: The Humanities Edge — Building Communities of Support for Students in the Humanities 2B: Critical Pedagogical Approaches and Inquiries 2C: Doctoral Education and Community Colleges: The Experiences of the CUNY Humanities Alliance Inside and Beyond the Classroom
Session 3 (1:15 – 2:30 p.m.) 3A: Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education: Critical Inquiries 3B: Innovative Strategies for Community Colleges 3C: The New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative: Practices, Pathways, and Politics Between the State University and Community College System 3D: Virginia’s Mellon Pathways Program: Building a Foundation, Managing Growth, Navigating Challenges, and Celebrating Successes
Session 4 (2:45 – 4:00 p.m.) 4A: Art, Music, and Decolonizing Pedagogies 4B: PATH: Preparing Accomplished Transfers to the Humanities – UCSD and SDCCD 4C: Research Pathways and Community Colleges 4D: The Humanities Edge: H.E.ART and Experiential Learning

Session 1: 9:00 – 10:15 a.m.

Panel and Presenters Intended Audience Location

Making Space for the Invisiblized: Decolonizing BIPOC Latinx Voices

Indigenous Latinx Mothers Taking the Lead in their Children’s Multilingualism

  • Johanna Estrella (she/her/ella), University of San Francisco

Building Critical Multilingual Pedagogies with Latinx Indigenous Students

  • Mónica Navarro-Kirby (she/her/ella), University of San Francisco

Healing Intergenerational Layers of DLI: Students Reclaiming Bilingualism and Resistance In The
Classroom

  • Diana “Joy” Diaz-Noriega (they/them), University of San Francisco

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Xavier Auditorium (Fromm 120)

Innovative Humanizing Pedagogies

Challenges of Recruiting in the Last Frontier

  • Janelle Everett, Ilisagvik College
  • Amon Barry, Ilisagvik College

Addressing College Food Insecurity through Participatory Action Research

  • Rachel Brand (she/her), Santa Clara University
  • Isabella Alesandrini (she/they), University of San Francisco

Wikipedia and Eloquentia perfecta: Humanizing Theories and 21st Century Technological Spaces

  • Cathy Gabor (she/her), University of San Francisco

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

CCUP Grantees

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maier Room (Fromm 110)

Humanities, Pathways, and Partnerships

Centering the Humanities: The Humanities Mellon Scholars Program at Foothill and De Anza Community Colleges

  • Falk Cammin, Foothill-De Anza Community College District
  • Charlie McKellar, Foothill-De Anza Community College District

Experiential Learning on the Great Lakes at the University of Michigan

  • David Porter (he/him), University of Michigan

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

CCUP Grantees

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maraschi Room (Fromm 125)

CCUP Roundtable

Sustainable Pathways: A Roundtable Conversation

  • Kurt Koenigsberger (he/him), Case Western Reserve University
  • Brian Clites (he/him), Case Western Reserve University

Primary CCUP Grantees

Faculty, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Berman Room (Fromm 115)

Session 2: 10:30 – 11:45 a.m.

Panel and Presenters Intended Audience Location

Hearts and Minds: The Humanities Edge — Building Communities of Support for Students in the Humanities

  • Apollinaire Mendoza (he/him), Miami Dade College
  • Andrew Ruby (he/him), Florida International University
  • Shawn Christian, Florida International University
  • Adelina Rios Cequa, Miami Dade College
  • Carmen Velasquez, Miami Dade College
  • Kirk Paskal, Miami Dade College

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

CCUP Grantees

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maier Room (Fromm 110)

Critical Pedagogical Approaches and Inquiries

Humanizing Education by Decolonizing the Humanities: Two Challenges

  • David H. Kim (he/him), University of San Francisco

Queering Higher Education Institutions: Practices, Language and Tools to Humanize Experiences and Affirm Existence

  • Diana "Joy" Diaz-Noriega (they/them), University of San Francisco

Multimodal Composition & Language Empowerment: Lessons from a Multilingual Classroom

  • Tika Lamsal (he/him), University of San Francisco

Faculty, Students, Administrators

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maraschi Room (Fromm 125)

CCUP Roundtable

Doctoral Education and Community Colleges: The Experiences of the City University of New York (CUNY) Humanities Alliance Inside and Beyond the Classroom

  • Luke Waltzer (he/him), CUNY Graduate Center
  • Adashima Oyo (she/her), CUNY Graduate Center
  • Luis Henao Uribe (he/him), CUNY Graduate Center
  • Lauren Melendez, CUNY Graduate Center
  • Janelle Poe (she/her), CUNY Graduate Center
  • Rosalía Reyes Simon (she/her), CUNY Graduate Center

Primary CCUP Grantees

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Berman Room (Fromm 115)

Session 3: 1:15 – 2:30 p.m.

Panel and Presenters Intended Audience Location

Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Higher Education: Critical Inquiries

FHDA Center for Applied Humanities

  • Mona Rawal, Foothill College
  • Natalie Latteri, Foothill College

Ethics of AI in Higher Education

  • Jonathan Hunt (he/they), University of San Francisco

Teaching Critical Thinking Using AI Chatbots

  • Moisés Santos (he/him/el), Santa Rosa Junior College

Faculty, Students, Administrators

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Xavier Auditorium (Fromm 120)

Innovative Strategies for Community Colleges

Culturally Responsive Caring and High Impact Practices in Community College of Baltimore County (CCBC) Honors Education

  • Adrianne Washington (she/her), The Community College of Baltimore County

Innovative Strategies for Community Colleges

  • Didem Ekici (she/her), University of San Francisco and College of Alameda

Humanizing Education with Adobe Spark, and Cultural Travel Experiences

  • Sherri Harvey, Foothill College

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maier Room (Fromm 110)

The New Hampshire Humanities Collaborative: Practices, Pathways, and Politics Between the State University and Community College System

  • Paul Robertson, University of New Hampshire
  • Colleen Jennings, Manchester Community College
  • Leslie Barber, Great Bay Community College

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maraschi Room (Fromm 125)

CCUP Roundtable

Virginia’s Mellon Pathways Program: Building a Foundation, Managing Growth, Navigating Challenges, and Celebrating Successes

  • Janelle Marshall (she/her), Virginia Community College System
  • Micol Hutchinson (she/her), Virginia Community College System
  • Peter Henry (he/him), Virginia Commonwealth University

Primary CCUP Grantees

Community Colleges

Berman Room (Fromm 115)

Session 4: 2:45 – 4:00 p.m.

Panel and Presenters Intended Audience Location

Art, Music, and Decolonizing Pedagogies

Arts and Decolonizing Pedagogies

  • Lori Clinchard (she/her), De Anza College

Humanizing the First Year Composition Classroom through Music: Music Playlist Memoir Writing

  • Melisa Garcia (she/her/ella), University of San Francisco

Faculty, Students, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Xavier Auditorium (Fromm 120)

PATH: Preparing Accomplished Transfers to the Humanities – University of California, San Diego and San Diego Community College District

  • Danny Widener (he/him), University of California, San Diego
  • Susan Topham (she/her), San Diego Community College District
  • Lillian Garcia (she/her), San Diego Community College District
  • Jessica Dolfo (she/her), San Diego Community College District

Faculty, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maier Room (Fromm 110)

Research Pathways and Community Colleges

Partnerships in Inclusive Undergraduate Research and Visiting Research Summer Programs

  • Adrianne Washington (she/her), The Community College of Baltimore County

Trauma-informed Research Initiatives for Community College Students: Rethinking Collaborative Learning and Creating Change for Belonging

  • Ageh Bedell (she/her), Case Western Reserve University
  • Amber Kidd (she/her), Case Western Reserve University

Creating a Humanities-to-International Careers Pipeline for Community College Students

  • Scott Lankford (he/him), Foothill College

Faculty, Administrators, Staff

Community Colleges, 4 Year Universities

Maraschi Room (Fromm 125)

CCUP Roundtable

The Humanities Edge: H.E.ART and Experiential Learning

  • Marianne Lamonaca (she/her), Florida International University
  • Ashley Rodriguez (she/her), Florida International University
  • Giselle Mestre (she/her), Florida International University

Primarily CCUP Grantees

Faculty, Administrators, Staff

Berman Room (Fromm 115)