ICARE for Social Justice
Summer Summit Conference 2024 (#ICARE4Justice)
July 6th-13th · University of Nottingham, England
The Intersectional and Comparative Advancement of Racial Equity for Social Justice
The purpose of the Global Summer Summit is to bring together a group of transnational critical scholar-practitioners to analyze, assess and design important considerations for establishing a global strategy and framework for advancing equity for racially and ethnically minoritized communities in education research, praxis and policy. Participants in the summit will have the opportunity to share best practices with each other as they present their diversity and inclusion research related to the promotion of access and equity for racially and ethnically minoritized communities in higher education. Participants will also have the opportunity to cultivate global frameworks centered on racial equity.
The overall plan is for this summit to result in several conference deliverables to disseminate the global framework cultivated including a podcast series, a white paper outlining the framework, a transnational grant, symposia panels, and a special research journal issue. The Intersectional and Comparative Advancement of Racial Equity for Social Justice is a program designed to advance graduate students, faculty, policy makers and community organizers interested in global issues related to racial equity, intersectionality, social justice, decoloniality and anti-colonialism.
UConn Co-Leads:
Frank Tuitt, Ed.D.
Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
University of Connecticut
Co-PI of the ICARE4Justice AERA Education Research Conferences Program Grant
Saran Stewart, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
Director of Global Education,
Neag School of Education
Director of Academic Affairs,
UConn Hartford
University of Connecticut
Co-PI of the ICARE4Justice AERA Education Research Conferences Program Grant
Milagros Castillo-Montoya, Ed.D.
Associate Professor, Higher Education and Student Affairs
University of Connecticut
Co-PI of the ICARE4Justice AERA Education Research Conferences Program Grant
ECHO Co-Lead:
Mary Tupan-Wenno
Executive Director
ECHO, Center for Diversity Policy
UConn Participants:
Mark Overmyer-Velázquez, Ph.D.
(Él/He/Him)
Dean and Chief Administrative Officer
University of Connecticut - Hartford
Twitter: @mark_velazq
Jonelle Reynolds, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Director of Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
Melina Pappademos, PhD
(She/Her/Hers)
Associate Professor, Department of History
Affiliate Faculty, Africana Studies Institute
Kelly Schlabach, M.A.
(She/They)
Graduate Assistant,
Office for Diversity and Inclusion
Ph.D. Student,
Leadership & Education Policy
University of Connecticut
Twitter: @kellyschlabach
Dr. Chinenye Anyanwu
Assistant Clinical Professor, School of Pharmacy
University of Connecticut
Dr. Sakeena Everett
Assistant Professor of Curriculum and Instruction, Neag School of Education
University of Connecticut
Michael Bradford
Vice Provost and Dean, Undergraduate Education
University of California, Davis (formerly at the University of Connecticut)
University of Nottingham Participants:
Eli Todorova, M.A.
Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion Coordinator
University of Nottingham
Neema Begum, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor in British Politics
University of Nottingham
Dr. Alison Edgley
Associate Professor of Social Sciences in Health
Researcher in Residence Researcher Academy
Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences
Dr. Manny Madriaga
Associate Professor in Education
Faculty of Social Sciences
University of Nottingham
Pearl Agyakwa, Ph.D.
Senior Research Fellow
Faculty of Engineering
University of Nottingham
Amanda Chukwudozie
Programme and Project Manager
Institute for Policy and Engagement
Dr. Onyeka Nubia
Assistant Professor, Faculty of Arts
Department of History
University of Nottingham
Hannah Thuraisingham Robbins
Associate Professor in Popular Music, Director of Black Studies, Faculty of Arts
Department of Music
University of Nottingham
Dr. Charles Ogunbode
Assistant Professor in Applied Psychology, Faculty of Science
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham
ECHO Participants:
Mary Tupan-Wenno
Executive Director
ECHO
Davita Tupan
Creative Support
ECHO
Glenpherd Martinus
Program Manager
ECHO
Vicky Pinheiro Keulers
Program Manager
ECHO
Naomi van Stapele, PhD
Professor in Inclusive Education
The Hague University of Applied Sciences
Special Partners - International Guests:
Maria Agusta Arruda, PhD
Director
Brazilian Center for Research in Energy and Materials (CNPEM)
Lucy Donaldson, Ph.D.
Director of Research and Health Intelligence
Versus Arthritis
Dorrie Wilson
Freelance Writer, Cultural Curator, Speaker/Moderator
Brussels, Belgium
Gina Milgate
Department of Education, Australia