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Transforming Institutions: The Role of Campus Women’s Centers
 
Coordinating Presenter: Corrie Martin    Monday, March 12
7:30 AM - 8:30 AM    131B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Rita Jones, Director, Women's Center, Lehigh University
•    Katherine Rose-Mockry, Program Director, University of Kansas

More than half a century since the first campus women's center was established at the University of Minnesota, such centers have taken root at hundreds of colleges and universities across the country and have helped transform the stubbornly discriminatory landscape of higher education for students, faculty, and staff. As women's centers have proliferated, their missions, roles, and outcomes have also evolved through innovation and academic partnerships, to meet the needs of their campuses and communities, and confront challenges to their work and their very existence. This roundtable is devoted to exploring the question of how women's centers are transforming their campuses today and how they can effectively communicate their transformational impact and vision to institutional authorities, the broader campus, and local communities.

Dismantling the Myth of the Strong Black Female College Student
 
Coordinating Presenter: Nadia Richardson    Monday, March 12
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM    232B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Kimberly Jenkins-Richardson, Staff Therapist , The University of Alabama

Black female college students often experience stress from the pressure to embody “superwoman” strength in intolerant academic settings. How can such students balance their stress when mistrust of counselors and the use of informal coping mechanisms serve as barriers that discourage the use of campus counseling services? This presentation explores the costs associated with internalized unrealistic concepts of strength among Black female college students while developing strategies for wellness through targeted networks of support.

I Have This Great Idea, So Now What? Publishing in NJAWHE
 
Coordinating Presenter: Marilyn J. Amey    Monday, March 12
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM    121B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Leanne M. Perry, Doctoral Student, Michigan State University
•    Jody Jessup-Anger, Assistant Professor, Marquette University
•    Jaime Lester, Assistant Professor, George Mason University
•    Lori Reesor, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of North Dakota

We each have great research and campus programming ideas but not all of us know how to get those studies and programs into professional publications so that others can learn with and from them, especially when the work is about and for women. Join members of the NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education (NJAWHE) editorial board for an interactive, informative session about professional writing. Bring ideas and questions; the presenters will provide materials and insight to help participants share their work more broadly through journal outlets, including NJAWHE.


How Women Lead: Approaches of Three Community College Leaders  **WISA SPONSORED
 
Coordinating Presenter: Karen Archambault    Monday, March 12
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM    131A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Elvy Vieira, Associate Dean, Essex County College
•    Paula Pando, Vice President for North Hudson Center & Student Affairs, Hudson County Community College

This presentation focuses on the manner in which three female community college leaders investigated and developed their leadership through intensive study and reflection. While their backgrounds are distinct, all three share qualities and approaches that are particularly well suited to the environment of the community college and to their roles as women in leadership positions. While each was a leader in her own right prior to beginning the program, the presenters shared their leadership development through a common doctoral program focused on the intersection of leadership, education, and the community college.

The First 90 Days for Women—Imagining the Opportunities
 
Coordinating Presenter: Kimberlie Goldsberry    Monday, March 12
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM    225A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Sheila Burkhalter, Associate Vice President of Student Affairs, University of Baltimore

This session will explore a theoretical framework for the critical 90-day period, which often becomes the foundation for professional next steps. Additionally, discussion will focus on unique challenges of the first 90 days for women in student affairs.

The Role and Responsibilities of the Title IX Coordinator
 
Coordinating Presenter: Brett Sokolow    Monday, March 12
10:30 AM - 11:30 AM    124B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    W. Scott Lewis, Partner, NCHERM
•    Saundra Schuster, Partner, NCHERM

Title IX is a critical tool for advancing the goal of equity, and meaningful compliance furthers that goal. Yet, nearly 30 years after the Department of Education mandated that school districts and colleges designate Title IX coordinators, institutions are often still not entirely sure what the appropriate role, functions, and expectations of these coordinators are. By attending this session, participants will acquire tools that will help to advance their institutions, influence change, and implement best practices, with the goal of becoming a better Title IX Coordinator, administrator, and/or ally.

Girls in the Wild: Student Affairs Issues in Hollywood Films
 
Coordinating Presenter: Tamara Yakaboski    Monday, March 12
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM    222C - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Saran Donahoo, Associate Professor, Southern Illinois University Carbondale

Students enter college with preconceived ideas about what college life will be like. Contrary to the images promoted by higher education, Hollywood's images overdramatize negative elements and events associated with campus life. This session focuses on Hollywood movies' presentation of student affairs issues that affect college women. It explores ways student affairs professionals can use these images to address real problems students encounter while pursuing their degrees.

New Day, Same Challenge: Black Women Mentorship in Higher Education
 
Coordinating Presenter: Latorria Griffith    Monday, March 12
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM    232B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Lara Chatman, Doctoral Candidate, Miami University

Peer and experienced-beginner mentor relationships have been proven to directly aid with the success of students during and after college. Often, the importance and challenges of creating these relationships are overlooked when examining the experiences of Black women students during undergraduate and graduate education. This program will present the necessity and strategies for establishing mentor relationships between majority and minority student affairs professionals and Black women students in predominately White educational spaces.

With My Daughter to ASU: A Model of Latina Student Outreach
 
Coordinating Presenter: Jo Ann Martinez    Monday, March 12
11:45 AM - 12:45 PM    228A - Convention Center
 

“Of course I want my daughter to go to college... I just don't know how to help her meet that goal.” Many parents of first-generation students have their intentions in the right place for their children but lack knowledge of how to support them in attaining a bachelor's degree. For over 25 years, the Hispanic Mother-Daughter Program at Arizona State University has offered an outreach model that empowers first-generation Latinas to complete their degrees by directly involving mothers in the educational process of their daughters.

Covey's 7 Habits: A Mother's Life Balance in Higher Education
 
Coordinating Presenter: Susana DasNeves    Monday, March 12
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM    231A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Megan Gerken, Academic Advisor, Northern Illinois University
•    Michelle Pickett, Director, Academic Advising Center, Northern Illinois University

Participants will take a look at Stephen Covey's The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People from a working mother’s perspective, and engage in an interactive dialogue that will address personal stories, strategies, and lessons learned in the journey towards a healthier life balance as mothers and professionals in higher education.

Educational Experiences of Latinas: Lessons of Resistance
 
Coordinating Presenter: Judy Marquez Kiyama    Monday, March 12
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM    132A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Amalia Dache-Gerbino, Doctoral Student, University of Rochester
•    Vicki T. Sapp, Doctoral Student, University of Rochester
•    Brenda C. Shockley, Masters Student, University of Rochester
•    Maria Chang, Masters Student, University of Rochester

The 2010 U.S. Census revealed that Latino/as continue to have the lowest college enrollment rates when compared to their African American and White peers. For those Latinas who do matriculate iThe 2010 U.S. Census revealed that Latino/as continue to have the lowest college enrollment rates when compared to their African American and White peers. For those Latinas who do matriculate into college, they remain underrepresented at various levels of higher education, including advanced degrees. In this session, the presenters will highlight the educational experiences of urban Puerto Rican Latinas as they transition into and through higher education and explore how various forms of violence have impacted their experiences. Based on recommendations from Latina participants, there will be an opportunity to discuss how student affairs practitioners can learn from Latinas' histories, experiences, and identities.nto college, they remain underrepresented at various levels of higher education, including advanced degrees. In this session, the presenters will highlight the educational experiences of urban Puerto Rican Latinas as they transition into and through higher education and explore how various forms of violence have impacted their experiences. Based on recommendations from Latina participants, there will be an opportunity to discuss how student affairs practitioners can learn from Latinas' histories, experiences, and identities.

New Leadership: A Case Study of Female Undergraduate Researchers
 
Coordinating Presenter: Charlotte Maheu    Monday, March 12
2:45 PM - 3:45 PM    226C - Convention Center

Other Presenters
•    Sarah McAllister, Program Coordinator, Tulane University

Tulane’s Newcomb Scholars Program has harmonized seemingly divergent principles and values of intellectualism and leadership, as well as the historically institutional boundaries of academic affairs and student affairs. A case study of this program—a selective curricular and cocurricular program for incoming women—illustrates the development of new leadership in higher education.

The Gender Research Project: A Student Empowerment Program  **WISA SPONSORED
 
Coordinating Presenter: Christine Hernandez    Monday, March 12
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM    226A - Convention Center
 

The Gender Research Project was a multimethod study of gender issues on campus, conducted over a five-year period beginning in fall 2007. Through campus partnerships, students interviewed dozens of student life offices and evaluated programs on campus as they relate to gender and other sectors of campus climate. This session will highlight the impact that this project has had at the institution and how it affected student personal and academic development.

Monday, March 12, 5:00-6:00 pm
Transgender Inclusion Team Meeting    Ellis West - Hyatt



Monday, March 12, 7:00-9:00 pm
UPDATED Community Fair    Phoenix - (A-C) - Sheraton

Monday, March 12, 8:30-10:00 pm
Center for Women / WISA / Manicur Joint Reception    NASPA President Suite #747 - Hyatt

Tuesday, March 13, 7:00 – 8:00 am
LBTQ Women Breakfast    Ahwatukee - (A) - Sheraton

Tuesday, March 13, 7:15 – 8:15 am
Intersections of Identity & Multiple Identities Discussion (Open to All)    Laveen - (B) - Sheraton

Tuesday, March 13, 7:30 – 9:30 am
Women in Student Affairs Knowledge Community Leadership Team Breakfast Meeting (By Invitation)    TBD - Off-Site

In the Thick of It: The Connection Between Weight and Gender Bias
 
Coordinating Presenter: SevaPriya Barrier    Tuesday, March 13
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM    222A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Krista Millay, Program Director, Women's Resource Center, University of Arizona

Obese persons are often targets of prejudice and discrimination. Yet, obese and overweight students are seldom protected by nondiscrimination policies, student conduct codes, employment law, or disability services. This program will explore the intersection between weight-based discrimination and gender bias utilizing a framework rooted in gender studies and discrimination law. Participants will examine approaches institutions can take to discourage sex discrimination arising from seemingly neutral institutional policies.

Female Student Affairs Professionals: Three Shifts, One Life
 
Coordinating Presenter: Susan Spangler, PhD    Tuesday, March 13
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM    226C - Convention Center

 
Women have made significant advancements in higher education, particularly in the area of student affairs; yet, women are less likely to remain in the field than their male counterparts. Research presented in this session will be based on a dissertation that examined the lives, perceptions, and experiences of six midlevel female student affairs administrators as they worked to balance motherhood and student affairs work. Results indicate a need for future research to identify practical implications in the field of student affairs. The presenter/researcher will also share the need to redefine what it means to be successful in student affairs at both the campus and the national association level.

Help for the Journey: Thriving Among SistaDocs  **WISA SPONSORED
 
Coordinating Presenter: Tiffany Davis    Tuesday, March 13
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM    121B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    LaQuesha Foster, University of Georgia
•    Christa Porter, University of Georgia
•    Shauna Hemingway, University of Georgia
•    Tonya Baker, University of Georgia

As Black, female doctoral students learn to negotiate the doctoral process and their personal lives, it is understood that their “juggling act” includes more than classes, studies, and professors. They are also sisters, daughters, wives, and mothers. Panelists will not only share personal accounts of their journey to the PhD and discuss various factors affecting Black women's experiences in doctoral programs, but also examine the role that support systems and networks have on those experiences.

Publishing in NASPA's Scholarly Journals
 
Coordinating Presenter: Marilyn Amey    Tuesday, March 13
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM    231A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Patience Whitworth, Editorial Assistant for the Journal of Student Affairs Research & Practice, University of Vermont
•    Alyssa Rockenbach, Associate Editor for the Journal of College & Character, North Carolina State University
•    Matthew Wawrzynski, Michigan State University

Innovative ideas must be published on a regular basis to provide the foundation necessary for successful student affairs practice. Join the editors of NASPA's three journals—Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, Journal of College and Character, and NASPA Journal About Women in Higher Education—to learn how you can contribute to student affairs scholarship.

Creating a Friendlier Campus: Dual-career Couples
 
Coordinating Presenter: Tamara Yakaboski    Tuesday, March 13
12:45 PM - 1:45 PM    232B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Matthew Birnbaum, Assistant Professor, University of Northern Colorado
•    Flo Guido, Professor, University of Northern Colorado

This session introduces and discusses some of the opportunities and obstacles involved with recruiting, hiring, and retaining dual-career couples in higher education institutions. The presenters will highlight a recent example to create job sharing by splitting one faculty position in the College of Education and Behavioral Science at the University of Northern Colorado.

Experiences of College Student Women in Top Leadership Roles
 
Coordinating Presenter: Paige Haber    Tuesday, March 13
2:00 PM - 3:00 PM    131B - Convention Center
 

This session discusses a qualitative research study that examined the experiences of college student women who held significant leadership roles in student organizations. The research focused on women's leadership styles and the factors that influenced how they lead, challenges and successes experienced by the women, and how gender may relate to the women's experiences. The study and its findings will be shared, with an opportunity to discuss implications for working with and supporting women in leadership roles.

Tuesday, March 13, 3:00-4:30 pm
Women in Student Affairs Knowledge Community Meeting (Open to All)    Ellis West - Hyatt

Baby Talk: Educational Programming to Address Reproductive Health
 
Coordinating Presenter: Rebecca Morrow    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    229B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Joanna Snawder, Associate Director, The Institute For Women's Studies and Services, Metropolitan State College of Denver
•    Åsa Burlin, AmeriCorps Member, Anderson Gender Resource Center/grad student, Idaho State University

Students enter higher education from a diversity of backgrounds with varying reproductive health education. Some come from abstinence-only educational settings, while others may already be parenting. Student affairs professionals would be remiss to make the assumption that all students have a solid grounding in the facts about sexual health. This session will present data on what students know and offer programming ideas and models for collaboration across departments, while paying special attention to the political contexts in which we work.

Identity Development of Undergraduate African American Women
 
Coordinating Presenter: Christa J. Porter    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    131C - Convention Center
 

This session will discuss findings of a recent phenomenological study of undergraduate African American women at a predominately White southeastern institution. The purpose of the study was to gain insight into the experiences of participants in order to add to the current scholarship of identity development in college by exploring issues of meaning-making. Four women were interviewed for this study, and findings suggested factors that impact the identity development of African American women in college— the presence or absence of support systems, maternal and familial influences, articulation of African American identity, and interactions with other undergraduate African American women.

Pathways and Possibilities: The Balancing Act of Women Leaders in Student Affairs  **CFW Sponsored

 
Coordinating Presenter: Michele Murray    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    132B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Brooke Supple, University of Maryland, College Park
•    Lucy Fort, Assistant Director of Educational Programs, NASPA

Many women in student affairs have wrestled with questions about juggling the demands of their busy lives. In this session sponsored by the NASPA Center for Women, a panel of women representing many pathways and choices will share their perspectives through stories and sage advice. Join the panelists for an interactive hour of mutual mentoring, as women in student affairs claim their leadership and name new possibilities for balancing the personal and professional.

Influencing Change From a Foundation of Authenticity
 
Coordinating Presenter: Marilee Bresciani    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    127C - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Margaret Jablonski, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of New Haven
•    Lori Reesor, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of North Dakota
•    Shannon Ellis, Vice President for Student Affairs, University of Nevada - Reno
•    Susan Longerbeam, Assistant Professor, Northern Arizona University
•    Alicia Chavez, Assistant Professor, University of New Mexico

This panel will address the challenges and resulting strategies that women leaders use to lead from their center of authenticity. A panel will discuss how they influence change and how they may need to “refashion their personal beliefs and commitments in a way that is true to one's own self while recognizing the contributions of others” (NASPA/ACPA Competency Areas, 2010, p. 27). Participants will leave with a practical framework to inquire into their own practices, as well as several strategies for applying that framework on a daily basis.

Mentors in Violence Prevention
 
Coordinating Presenter: Thomas E. Miller    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    222C - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Jeff O'Brien, Director, MVP National, University of Central Florida
•    Jennifer Schneider, NCAS Director, Communications and Program Assessment, University of Central Florida

The Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) program utilizes a unique bystander approach to gender violence prevention and education. MVP views all program participants not as potential perpetrators or victims, but as empowered bystanders who can confront abusive peers. A highly interactive program, MVP motivates administrators and student leaders at colleges and universities across the country to play a central role in solving problems that have historically been considered “women's issues”: rape, battering, and sexual harassment.

When Racism and Sexism Collide: Common Dynamics, Lessons Learned
 
Coordinating Presenter: Kathy Obear    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    121B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Jamie Washington, Founding Faculty, Social Justice Training Institute
•    Vernon Wall, Director of Educational Programs & Publications, ACPA - College Student Educators International

Too often, efforts to create inclusive campus communities fall short due to interpersonal conflicts among key campus leaders. A common place where collective leadership breaks down, and misunderstanding and triggering events occur, is between White women and men of color. Come engage in authentic discussions, explore predictable dynamics and pitfalls, and identify crucial steps and tools to create true partnerships at the intersection of race and gender that influence systemic, sustainable change.

Women Veterans in Transition: Forging a Path to Higher Education
 
Coordinating Presenter: Michelle Cyrus    Tuesday, March 13
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM    124B - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Katrina Whitney, Sr. Director, Central Washington University
•    Rafael Lozano, Assistant Director for Registration Programs, Evergreen State College

Institutions of higher education are enrolling increasing numbers of female student veterans, yet they are largely unprepared to meet the unique needs of this population. Through a brief review of relevant theory, analysis of a reintegration framework, and discussion, participants will be prepared to develop veteran-friendly initiatives on their home campuses.

Ritual, Innovation, Self-efficacy, and Sorority Women
 
Coordinating Presenter: Amanda Koback    Wednesday, March 14
8:30 AM - 9:30 AM    228A - Convention Center
 
Other Presenters
•    Colleen Stiles , University of Colorado Colorado Springs
•    Sylvia Martinez, Univeristy of Colorado Colorado Springs

Studies have repeatedly demonstrated the positive benefits of student involvement for students, and sororities continue to be a prominent outlet of involvement for women. However, studies focus mostly on in-group versus out-group differences. This program will explore sorority women's in-group experiences by examining the relationship between ritual and innovation/self-efficacy. The program will incorporate conversations on social cognitive theory, self-efficacy, and innovation, as well as ways to openly discuss ritual with students.