Summit: The Future of Ethnic Studies
| Date/Time: | Friday, 25 Feb 2011 from 7:15 am to 4:30 pm |
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| Location: | Campanile Room, Memorial Union |
| Cost: | Free |
| URL: | http://www.las.iastate.edu/cais |
| Contact: | Virginia Brown |
| Phone: | 515-294-9730 |
| Channel: | College of Liberal Arts and Sciences |
| Categories: | Conferences Diversity |
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Slated to give the morning keynote address is Dr. Mark Grey, Professor of Anthropology at the University of Northern Iowa and Director of the Iowa Center for Immigrant Leadership and Integration. The luncheon keynote speaker will be Dr. Rose Brewer, Professor of African American Studies at the University of Minnesota and author of Black Radical Theory and Practice: Gender, Race, and Class. Other presenters will be coming from Grinnell College, Mount Mercy University, Cornell College, the University of Northen Iowa and Iowa State University.
The three panel sessions will address the following issues:
- the significance and relevance of ethnic studies in higher education today
- key topics in ethnic studies
- managing the ethnic studies unit
- curriculum planning (majors, minors and certificates)
- best practices for teaching the ethnic studies course
- "diversity"
- ethnic studies as social justice education
- community service and outreach
Hosted by Iowa State University's Center for American Intercultural Studies (CAIS) and Women's Studies Program.