Plenary Speakers

Friday Morning Plenary Panel

Title: The Paradox of Minnesota Nice: Progression and Regression in the State’s Past and Present

This Plenary Panel will invite local Twin Cities leaders to interrogate the structural forces that have resulted in some of the worst disparities in the country for people of color living in Minnesota, while also discussing how education researchers might assist in discovering solutions to those disparities.

Panelists:

• Dr. Kate Beane (she/her/hers) - Flandreau Santee Sioux Dakota and Muscogee Creek, Executive Director of the Minnesota Museum of American Art
• Dr. Kirsten Delegard (she/her/hers) - Project Director, Mapping Prejudice Project
• Chair Irene Fernando (she/her/hers) - Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
• Professor Lee Pao Xiong (he/him/his) - Director of the Center for Hmong and East Asian Studies
• Council Member Robin Wonsley (she/her/hers) - Minneapolis City Council Ward 2

Moderator: Dr. Tania Mitchell (she/her/hers) - ASHE 2024 Local and Community Engagement Committee Co-Chair, Associate Provost for Community Engagement, University of Maryland

Saturday Morning Plenary Session

Title: A Conversation with Dr. Joan Morgan

Dr. Joan Morgan (she/hers) - Program Director of the Center for Black Visual Culture, New York University

Moderator: Dr. Tiffany Davis (she/her/hers) - ASHE 2024 Program Committee: Faculty, Admin, and Staff Section Co-Chair, Professor and Associate Dean for Student Belonging, University of Houston

ASHE Presidential Address

Title: "I Am A Scholar" by Dr. Jeni Hart

Who is a scholar and what is scholarship in higher education? How do neoliberal notions of scholars and scholarship limit our abilities to answer critical questions in our field? This plenary will challenge us to think more broadly and deeply and how we advance as a field.

Dr. Jeni Hart (she/her/hers) - ASHE 2024 President, Dean of the Graduate School, Vice Provost for Graduate Studies, and Professor of Higher Education; University of Missouri