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President
and Provost's Diversity Lecture Series 2001 schedule
Vincent Tinto, Ph.D.
Dr. Vincent Tinto is Distinguished University Professor in the School
of Education at Syracuse University. He has researched and written extensively
on higher education, particularly on student retention and the impact
of learning communities on student growth and attainment. He holds a Ph.D.
from the University of Chicago in sociology of education. Dr. Tinto has
written on student attainment in higher education and on issues of higher
educational reform. His book Leaving College: Rethinking the Causes and
Cures of Student Attrition is considered the definitive work in the field.
He consults widely with institutions of higher education, state and federal
agencies, research firms, and national associations on a range of issues
pertaining to the study and enhancement of student attainment in higher
education.
James A. Banks, Ph.D.
Dr. James A. Banks is professor and director of the Center for Multicultural
Education at the University of Washington, Seattle. He is a specialist
in social studies education and multicultural studies. He is a past president
of the American Educational Research Association (AERA) and a past president
of the National Council for the Social Studies. Dr. Banks has written
many articles and books, including Teaching Strategies for Ethnic Studies;
Cultural Diversity and Education: Foundations, Curriculum and Teaching;
and Educating Citizens in a Multicultural Society. Dr. Banks holds a Ph.D.
in elementary education and social science from Michigan State University.
He received the AERA Research Review Award in 1994 and the Distinguished
Career Contribution Award from the AERA Committee on the Role and Status
of Minorities in Educational Research and Development in 1996.
William E. Sedlacek, Ph.D.
Dr. William Sedlacek is a professor of education and assistant director
of the Counseling Center at the University of Maryland, College Park.
He is an authority on student recruitment and retention and has received
considerable recognition in higher education circles for his books and
articles related to these issues. He is a graduate of Kansas State University
where he earned a Ph.D. in industrial psychology. He has written and co-authored
several books on race and higher education, including Achieving Diversity:
Strategies for the Recruitment and Retention of Traditionally Underrepresented
Students, which won the 1993 John B. Muir Writing Award. Dr. Sedlacek
has been active on various committees designed to study multicultural
issues and served on the Diversity Evaluators Group (1994) with the Association
of American Colleges and Universities.
Donald Brown, Ed.D.
Dr. Donald Brown is the director of AHANA Student Programs at Boston College.
AHANA is an acronym coined at Boston to describe students of African American,
Hispanic, Asian and Native American descent who are involved in the variety
of programs aimed at ensuring optimal academic performance. As director,
Dr. Brown provides leadership to students and staff on issues such as
student development, student retention and graduation, and initiatives
to promote diversity. He holds a doctorate in education from the University
of Massachusetts, Amherst. Dr. Brown has been an advocate for student
academic achievement in his positions as regional director for the Massachusetts
Department of Youth Services, director of non-residential programs with
the Massachusetts Department of Youth-Services, and director of the Upward
Bound Program at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Under his leadership,
AHANA Student Programs was awarded the "Retention Excellence Award"
in 1989 by the National Center for Student Retention (Chicago, IL) and
also was cited as one of four outstanding model retention programs in
the nation in 1986 by the Educational Testing Service.
Wynona B. Slaughter
Wynona Slaughter is president of Wynona Slaughter & Associates, a
nationally known consultant firm specializing in diversity issues. With
over 20 years experience, she is recognized for her ability to develop
and deliver effective diversity training directed by the Courts of the
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission as a result of lost or settled
discrimination suits. Ms. Slaughter provides instruction in program development,
strategic planning and leadership training as a diversity consultant to
the Department of the Navy, the United States Marine Corps, the Department
of Defense, and to public agencies, private industry, labor organizations
and educational institutions. Ms. Slaughter holds a bachelor’s degree
in business administration from Strayer University and is a former member
of the Department of Navy Employee Appeals Review Board. She has served
on the Federally Employed Women’s Legal Defense Fund Board; the Columbus
(Ohio) Women’s Round Table; and the Business and Professional Women’s
Board , and many others. In 1996, Ms. Slaughter received the Department
of Navy’s Superior Civilian Service Award for her work in restructuring
the Navy’s worldwide civilian personnel mission.
Paul Kivel
Paul Kivel is an author, educator, and consultant whose work and philosophy
have had an international impact on violence prevention and building community
in a multicultural society. He is cofounder of the nationally recognized
Oakland (California) Men’s Project and has developed and conducted
hundreds of workshops on racism and anti-violence, training thousands
of teens and adults on such topics as male/female relationships, alternatives
to violence, racism, family violence and sexual assault, parenting, and
diversity issues. Mr. Kivel is the author of several publications, including
Uprooting Racism: How White People Can Work for Racial Justice (1996)
and Men’s Work: How to Stop the Violence that Tears Our Lives Apart
(1998), which received the Gustavus Myers award for Human Rights. He has
brought his message to youth and adults in public and private schools,
prisons, drug and batterer treatment programs, community organizations
and universities. His essays have been published in books and magazines,
and he has been a panelist and lecturer at the National Conference on
Peacemaking and Conflict Resolution and the National Coalition Against
Sexual Assault, among others.
J.
Herman Blake, Ph.D.
Dr. J. Herman Blake is director of African American studies and professor
of sociology at Iowa State University. As a teacher, author, college and
university president, community organizer and lecturer, he has gained
international recognition for his work in increasing access, academic
achievement and retention of underrepresented students in higher education.
Dr. Blake received his Ph.D. in sociology from the University of California
at Berkeley. His research and teaching include Latin American demography,
minorities in higher education, and revolutionaries and militants in urban
communities. His pioneering work in higher education has been internationally
acclaimed through his work in Guatemala, Honduras, Dominican Republic,
Romania, Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia. Among his many honors, Dr. Blake
is the recipient of the Council for Opportunity in Education Board Chair’s
Award acknowledging his excellent work in higher education. He was cited
for his work as special editor of the Journal of Negro Education’s
issue The Full Circle: TRIO Programs, Higher Education, and the American
Future which has been distributed to every state legislator in education,
every member of the U.S. Congress, and every staff person and administrator
in the U.S. Department of Education.
Emily L. Moore, Ed.D.
Dr. Moore is professor of educational leadership and policy studies in
the College of Education at Iowa State University. She is president of
Scholars for Educational Excellence and Diversity, Inc., a consulting
firm that provides diversity programs to colleges and universities. Her
current research interests include health education intervention relative
to HIV/AIDS in subSaharan Africa, China, and rural and urban cities in
North America. She currently serves on the National Association of Student
Personnel Administrators (NASPA) Health Education and Leadership Program
work group on HIV/AIDS prevention education for colleges and universities.
Dr. Moore received her doctorate in education from the University of South
Carolina, and has received many honors including recognition as the George
Washington Carver Visiting Scholar at Iowa State University (1997). Her
publications include The Color Line: The Enduring Challenge in Higher
Education (1999) and The Strength of Partnerships: Belief in Each Other’s
Dreams (2000).
Andrew Hacker, Ph.D.
Dr. Andrew Hacker is professor of political science at Queens College
in New York City. Previously he served as professor of government at Cornell
University. His writings include studies in political philosophy and statistical
research. He has written extensively for scholarly journals and is the
author of numerous books, including Two Nations: Black and White, Separate,
Hostile, Unequal; The End of the American Era; and The United States:
A Statistical Portrait of the American People. He is a prolific contributor
to The New York Review of Books, The New York Times, and other leading
publications. John Brooks Slaughter, Ph.D.Dr. John B. Slaughter is president
and CEO of NACME, Inc., the National Action Council for Minorities in
Engineering. NACME is the nation’s largest private source of scholarships
for minorities in engineering. Founded in 1974, NACME conducts research,
develops and operates higher education and workplace programs, and disseminates
information through publications, conferences and electronic media. Dr.
Slaughter has had a long and illustrious career as a leader in the education,
engineering and scientific communities. He has served as president of
Occidental College in Los Angeles, director of the National Science Foundation,
and chancellor of the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Slaughter
earned a Ph.D. in engineering science from the University of California
at San Diego. In 1993, he was inducted into the American Society of Engineering
Education Hall of Fame.
John A. White, Ph.D.
Dr. John A. White has been chancellor of the University of Arkansas since
1997. He was formerly dean of engineering at the University of Georgia,
where he was a member of the faculty for 22 years. His career in higher
education and management and engineering consulting has carried him into
national ranks, including service as assistant director for engineering
at the National Science Foundation from 1988 to 1991. His many appointments
include a six-year term on the National Science Board and a delegate post
on the International Intelligent Manufacturing Systems steering committee.
He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and past president
of the National Consortium for Graduate Degrees for Minorities in Engineering
and Science, Inc. Recipient of numerous awards, Dr. White earned his bachelor’s
degree at Arkansas, his master’s degree at Virginia Tech and his
doctorate at The Ohio State University.
Héctor Garza, Ed.D.
Dr. Héctor Garza serves as the founding president of the National
Council for Community and Education Partnerships (NCCEP), a non-profit
organization dedicated to the principle that every child deserves an equal
chance at obtaining a quality higher education. Dr. Garza provides leadership
and technical assistance to member college and university presidents in
areas of student/faculty recruitment and retention, campus diversity,
affirmative action in college admissions, minority affairs and higher
education management. Dr. Garza has served as vice president for access
and equity programs for the American Council on Education and as associate
graduate dean for academic program development and review at Eastern Michigan
University. Dr. Garza holds a doctorate from the University of Michigan
at Ann Arbor. For the past eight years, he has served as a senior fellow
to the National Center for Urban Partnerships and consultant to the Ford
Foundation on K-16 initiatives.
C. Adolfo Bermeo, Ph.D.
C. Adolfo Bermeo is the assistant vice provost for diversity and the director
of UCLA’s Academic Advancement Program. He has spent much of his
professional life working with Latino immigrants and underrepresented
students, moving them from the margins to the center of campus life. For
some years, while working at Compton College, Dr. Bermeo spoke every Sunday
in churches in South Central Los Angeles, encouraging congregants to enroll
at the college. Over a three-year period in the late 1970’s, his
encouragement contributed to a 400 percent increase in Latino enrollment
at Compton College. Dr. Bermeo earned his Ph.D. in Latin American History
at UCLA. He has been a forceful advocate for affirmative action, access,
opportunity and academic equity. He has been a member of the Chancellor’s
Council on Diversity and the Chancellor’s Proposition 209 Task Force.
In 1998, he co-organized the UCLA Conference on Excellence and Diversity
in Undergraduate Education that brought together faculty and senior administrators
from 22 of the leading public research universities in the country.
Nancy
"Rusty" Barceló, Ph.D.
Dr. Nancy "Rusty" Barceló is the associate vice president
for multicultural and academic affairs and the chair of the Chicano Studies
Department at the University of Minnesota. Dr. Barceló provides
leadership in enhancing excellence through diversity by ensuring that
minority and diversity interests are reflected in all aspects of university
life. Through policy development, faculty development, community outreach
and student services, she helps to shape an inclusive vision for students
and faculty in higher education. She holds a Ph.D. in higher education
administration from the University of Iowa. Dr. Barceló has lectured
throughout the country on such topics as multiculturalism, racism, gender
identity, sexual orientation and the Latino experience. She has also taken
her message abroad, including a 1998 tour to South Africa as a member
of the delegation of the National Center for Urban Partnerships. As a
panelist, committee member, keynote speaker and author, Dr Barceló
has been instrumental in implementing effective solutions to the issues
of diversity in higher education.
Manuel T. Pacheco, Ph.D.
Dr. Manuel Pacheco, president of the four-campus University of Missouri
system, is an alumnus of the Ohio State University, having earned an M.A.
in Spanish in 1966 and a Ph.D. in foreign language education in 1969.
Prior to taking the post at Missouri in 1997, he was president of three
other universities: Laredo State University, the University of Houston,
and the University of Arizona. Dr. Pacheco’s career in education
began as a teacher of French and Spanish in New Mexico High Schools in
the early 1960’s. He became a lecturer at New Mexico Western State
University in 1964, and later taught at Florida State, Colorado, Texas
A & I, and San Diego State. Widely published, Dr. Pacheco is the recipient
of several honors and awards including the Distinguished Alumnus Award
of The Ohio State University, a Fulbright Fellowship, Father of the Year,
and Outstanding Hispanic Family of the year in 1992.
Carolyn M. Mayo, Ph.D.
Since 1990, Dr. Carolyn Mayo has directed the North Carolina Health Careers
Access Program headquartered at the University of North Carolina-Chapel
Hill. The mission of the program is to increase the number of African
American, Hispanic/Latino Americans, Native Americans and other individuals
from economically and educationally disadvantaged backgrounds who are
trained, educated and employed in the health professions. Dr. Mayo’s
research and program development interests include health promotion/disease
prevention among underserved urban and rural populations, the impact of
the current and future composition of the U.S. population on the healthcare
workforce and developing strategies to recruit and retain individuals
from under-represented groups in the health sciences as practitioners.
She has served as a presenter at numerous national and state conferences
and has published abstracts, articles and a book chapter in her academic
discipline. She is a native of Columbus and earned her B.S. and M.A. degrees
at Ohio State. Her Ph.D. is from Michigan State.
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