Fall 2024 Faculty and Staff Conference
Adler Athletic Complex Arena
Monday, August 19
Agenda
8:00–8:30 a.m.
Breakfast
8:30–8:35 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Ron Darbeau, Chancellor and Dean
8:35–8:45 a.m.
Welcome
Faculty Senate and Staff Advisory Council
- Elizabeth Seymour, Chair, Faculty Senate
- Debbie Flaig, Past Chair, Staff Advisory Council
8:45–9:30 a.m.
Executive Leadership Updates
- Shari Routch, Director of Enrollment Management
- Peter Moran, Associate Dean for Policy and Planning
- Brent Baird, Director of Athletics
- Sue Patterson, Director of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Rob Hippo, Director of Business Operations
- Jonathan O’Harrow, Director of Strategic Communications
9:30–9:45 a.m.
Break
9:45–10:00 a.m.
Introduction of New Employees
- New Full-time Staff: Brent Baird, Director of Athletics
- New Full-time Faculty: Division Heads Dr. Leigh Ann Haefner and Dr. Ed Levri
10:00–10:30 a.m.
State of the College Address
Dr. Ron Darbeau, Chancellor and Dean
10:30–11:30 a.m.
Keynote Address
Dr. Cia Viascheldon
Bandwidth Recovery: Suggested Readings and Watchings
- Barratt, W. (2011). Social class on campus: Theories and manifestations. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC
- Dweck, C. (2006). Mindset: The new psychology of success. New York, NY: Ballantine Books.
- California News Reel. (2008). Unnatural causes: Is inequality making us sick? Documentary. https://www.unnaturalcauses.org/episode_descriptions.php (I am able to stream the entire 7-part series through my university library.)
- Gould, S. J. (1996). The mismeasurement of man. New York, NY: W. W. Norton & Company, Inc.
- Hammond, Z. (2015). Culturally responsive teaching & the brain: Promoting authentic engagement and rigor among culturally and linguistically diverse students. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin.
- Kendi, I. X. (2016). Stamped from the beginning: The definitive history of racist ideas in America. New York, NY: Nation Books.
- McGhee, H. (2021). The sum of us: What racism costs everyone and how we can prosper together. New York, NY: One World.
- Menakem, R. (2017). My grandmother’s hands: Racialized trauma and the pathway to mending our hearts and bodies. Las Vegas: Central Recovery Press.
- Miller, H. R. (2015). Rac(e)ing to class: Confronting poverty and race in schools and classrooms. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.
- Mullainathan, S., & Shafir, E. (2013). Scarcity: The new science of having less and how it defines our lives. New York, NY: Picador/Henry Holt.
- Murphy, C. (2020). The violence inside us: A brief history of an ongoing American tragedy. New York: Random House.
- Perry, B. D., & Szalavitz, M. (2017). The boy who was raised as a dog: What traumatized children can teach us about loss, love, and healing. New York: Basic Books.
- Redford, J., & Pritzker, K. Resilience: The biology or stress and the science of hope. Documentary at https://kpjrfilms.co/resilience/about-the-film/ (look at video under Bonus Content)
- Silberman, S. (2015). NeuroTribes: The Legacy of Autism and the Future of Neurodiversity. New York, NY: Avery.
- Steele, C. M. (2010). Whistling Vivaldi: How stereotypes affect us and what we can do. New York, NY: W. W. Norton.
- Strayhorn, T. L. (2012). College students’ sense of belonging: A key to educational success for all students. New York, NY: Routledge.
- Strazzabosco, J. (2018). Ninety feet under: What poverty does to people. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Word & Deed Publishing Incorporated.
- Sue, D. W. (2010). Microaggressions in everyday life: Race, gender, and sexual orientation. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
- Tatum, B. D. (2017). Why are all the black kids sitting together in the cafeteria? And other conversations about race. New York, NY: Basic Books.
- Van Der Kolk, B. (2014). The body keeps the score: brain, mind, and body in the healing of trauma. New York, NY: Penguin Books.
- Verschelden, C. (2020). Bandwidth for schools: Helping Pre-k-12 students reclaim cognitive resources lost to poverty, trauma, racism, and social marginalization. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC.
- Verschelden, C. (2017). Bandwidth recovery: Helping students reclaim cognitive resources lost to poverty, racism, and social marginalization. Sterling, VA: Stylus Publishing, LLC
- Wilkerson, I. (2020). Caste: The origins of our discontents. New York: Random House.
- Wilkinson, R., & Picket, K. (2011). The spirit level: Why greater equality makes societies stronger. London: Bloomsbury Press.
- Winn, M. T. (2018). Justice on both sides: Transforming education through restorative justice. Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press.