CESJ INAUGURAL GRADUATE STUDENT FORUM

Strengthening the CESJ Pipeline, April 12, 1 p.m.-5 p.m. Marriot Hotel and Marina, Leucadia Room, 333 West Harbor Drive, San Diego, CA 92101

The Critical Educators for Social Justice (CESJ) SIG will host its first Graduate Student Forum this year. This Forum is a designated session for recent Ph.D./Ed.D. graduates and doctoral students. We have confirmed the participation of 17 recent Ph.D./Ed.D. graduates and doctoral students from different universities throughout the country.

The purpose of this Graduate Student Forum is to provide a space for recent graduates and ABD doctoral students engaged in social justice or participatory action research to:

• Learn from scholars and peers about the challenges and possibilities involved with social justice and education research; and,
• Help prepare critical scholars for the future as a professor in higher education.

This Forum will be facilitated by Karen Cadiero-Kaplan, Associate Professor in Policy Studies in Language and Cross Cultural Education at San Diego State University.

This Forum will include two panels.

The first panel will focus on the challenges and possibilities for social justice and education research. The panelists will include Antonia Darder (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign), Pat Hinchey (Penn State), Marvin Lynn (University of Illinois at Chicago), and Noah DeLissovoy (University of Texas at Austin).

The second panel will focus on the preparation and processes that are involved in applying and working as a professor in higher education. The panelists will include Edward Olivos (University of Oregon), Oscar Jimenez-Castellanos (Arizona State University), and Patricia Alvarez McHatton (University of South Florida). Panelists will share their experiences preparing to become professors in higher education, specifically focusing on job searching, how to establish a research agenda, service, preparing for the tenure process, and learning to lead.