Preparing to Gather: Land, Memory, Power, and Our Responsibilities in Borikén

Join us for a conversation to consider what this year's conference theme asks of us as an association, as scholars, as practitioners, and as people preparing to gather.

We invite you to this opportunity to engage around the idea that as we are not entering Borikén as tourists, but as visitors and allies who have a responsibility to learn, reflect, and be accountable to place.

All are welcome to this session to being our collective preparation for the conference in San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Featuring:

• Robin Zape-tah-hol-ah Starr Minthorn, PhD
  2026 President
  Professor and Department Chair of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies, University of Oklahoma
  
  
• Nichole M. Garcia, PhD
  2026 Conference Chair
  Associate Professor of Higher Education, Rutgers Graduate School of Education
  
  
• Theresa J. Ambo, PhD
  2026 Local & Community Engagement Co-Chair
  Associate Professor, Indigenous Education, Tribal Community-University Partnerships, Trans-Indigenous Education, UCLA
  
  
• Stephen Santa-Ramirez, PhD
  ASHE 2026 Local & Community Engagement Co-Chair
  Associate Professor of Higher Education, University at Buffalo