9:00am - 10:00am

Concurrent Session I

Paper Session 1: 

Social Justice and Equity Issues in Higher Education

Moderators: Tempestt Adams & Bo Motley

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Examining Engagements' Factors Contributing to International Students' Intention to Persist at Minority Serving Institutions

Khaled Ouertani, Theodore Kaniuka, Fayetteville State University

Making the Nuevo South Home: Latinx College Students’ Forms of Resistance to Southern Epistemology

Elsa Camargo, Ph.D., University of Arkansas, Delma Ramos, Ph.D., Cathryn Bennett, Brandi Kennedy, UNC Greensboro

“A Coach and Not a Dictator”: How Faculty Establish Credibility within Required Undergraduate Diversity Courses

Dr. Ryan A. Miller, Cathy Howell, Shawn Knight, UNC Charlotte

 K-12 Student Achievement, Leadership, & Policy

Moderators: Jennifer McGee & Gwynne Shoaf

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Smells Like School Spirit: The Organizational Factors Affecting Teacher Morale

Jennifer McGee, Kari Scholten, Gwynne Shoaf, Appalachian State University

The Responsibility to Prepare Title I, Part A Program Elementary School Leaders for Culturally Sustainable School Leadership

Sharon Lassiter, Monica E. Allen, Ed.D., Steven M. Culver, Ph.D., North Carolina A&T State University

Practitioner Perspectives on the Implementation of the North Carolina Kindergarten Entry Assessment

Scott Holcomb, Zhi Li, Dr. Richard Lambert, UNC Charlotte

Parents’ Perceptions about Implementing Homeschooling Curriculum

10:05am - 10:55am

K-12 & Higher Education 3MT® Presentations

Moderators: Thakur Karkee & Judy Penny

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* Presenters eligible for student award

A Qualitative Action Research Exploration of an Experiential Learning Afterschool Program: Developing Equity and Access for Students of Color

Antonio Boyd, Northeastern University* 

Protect Black Women [Teachers]: An Autoethnography Exploring the Turnover of a Passionate Black Woman Teacher

Shanique Lee, UNC Charlotte*

A Systematic Review of Online Privacy in Higher Education

Curtis Kularski, UNC Charlotte*

The Appeal of Conservative Instructors

Jason Giersch, UNC Charlotte

ADA Compliance in Higher Education: Online Language Courses for Visually-Impaired Students

Liane She Honeycutt, Stanly Community College*

Facilitating cultural exchanges in cultural courses in humanities: Using courses in the Asian Studies Department as an example

Shuguang Wang, UNC Chapel Hill*

Did Digital Divide Exacerbate Inequality in Education during Covid-19? Teachers’ Perspective Teaching of Online

Tuba Gezer, Elife Ceviker, UNC Charlotte*

11:00am - 12:00pm

Concurrent Session II

Paper Session 3

Pre-Service Teacher Preparation & Higher Education Leadership

Moderators: Tarra Ellis & Janet Jenkins

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Understandings from an Exchange between HBCU and PWI Teacher Candidates

Carrie Rogers, Western Carolina University, Kelle Watkins, NC A&T State University, Pam Buskey and Adrienne Stuckey, Western Carolina University

Characteristics of Clinical Experiences That Support Preservice Teachers’ Understandings of Culturally Responsive Literacy Instruction

Leslie Schmidt, UNC Charlotte

The Invisible Labor for Emerging Women Leaders: A Critical Analysis of Literature in Higher Education

Stephanie Norander & Leslie Zenk, UNC Charlotte 

Paper Session 4

Methodologies in Educational Research

Moderators: Jennifer McGee & Tempestt Adams

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Teachers' Perceptions of Barriers to Remote Learning: Combining Text Mining and Thematic Analysis

Justin Long, Shureka Hargrove, Samuel Cavanaugh, Winston-Salem Forsyth County Schools

Deleuze, Desire, and Autism Spectrum Disorder in the DSM-5

Gwynne Shoaf, Appalachian State University

LUNCH BREAK

12:00pm - 1:00pm

1:00pm - 1:30pm

Business Session

Keynote Address: Catherine Truitt, State Superintendent of Public Instruction

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1:35pm - 2:35pm

Concurrent Session III: Symposiums

Symposium One

Moderator: Tempestt Adams

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Creative Conversations About Decentering Academic Experiences

Jennifer Luetkmeyer, Tempestt Adams, Jewel Davis, Peaches Hash, Theresa Redmond, Appalachian State University

Symposium Two

Moderator: Tarra Ellis

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Challenging the Narrative: Centering Black Women's Experiences in Higher Education through Critical Methodologies

Brandy Propst, Pamela Adkins, Brandi N. Kennedy, Whitley Grant, UNC Greensboro

Symposium Three

Moderators: Amanda Vestal and Kawanna Jackson

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Inter-Rater Reliability of Evaluators Using the North Carolina Teacher Evaluator Process

Richard Lambert, Bryndle Bottoms, and Scott Holcomb, UNC Charlotte

2:45pm - 3:45pm

Concurrent Session IV

Paper Session 5

Social Justice in K-12 Education

Moderators: Jason Giersch & Josie Peplinski

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COVID-19 and Culturally Responsive Online Teaching and Learning: A Preliminary Exploration of Emergent Practices

Erin Lewis, Annette Teasdell, UNC Charlotte

Implications of Discussing or Avoiding Race in the Elementary Classroom

Laura Szech, UNC Wilmington

Traumatic Stress Responses in North Carolina K-12 Educators During the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Descriptive Study

Jason Lynch, Appalachian State University

Paper Session 6

Student Achievement & Program Evaluation in

Higher Education

Moderator: Monica Allen 

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Self-Assessment Model and Graduate Students’ Academic Development: A Case Study

Comfort Okpala, North Carolina A&T State University

Experiencing Community in an Online Doctoral Cohort

Gwynne Shoaf, Rachel Nelson, Dr. Vachel Miller, Appalachian State University

Impact of Research Ethics Training in Graduate Programs on the Perceptions of Ethical Research in Professional Identity Development

Curtis Kularski, UNC Charlotte