Admissions, Race and Identity

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The CERPP Conference 2019: Admissions, Race and Identity takes stock of the critical conversations that are taking place on campus and throughout the nation on race and identity. The aims are to raise consciousness on issues of race and identity formation andto explore how this awareness may inform more inclusive and effective admission policy and practice.
Join us as prominent scholars and leaders provide a powerful combination of mind-opening and practice-strengthening master classes and workshops.
Emily Shaw at conference podium
Conference Speakers
The CERPP Conference 2019 will feature the following speakers:
  • Shafiqa Ahmadi, Associate Professor of Clinical Education; Co-Director, Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice, USC
  • Darnell Cole, Associate Professor of Education; Co-Director, Center for Education, Identity, and Social Justice, USC
  • Sylvia Hurtado, Professor of Education, UCLA
  • Ange-Marie Hancock, Dean’s Professor of Gender Studies and Professor of Political Science and Gender Studies, USC
  • Stella Flores, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity and Associate Professor of Higher Education, NYU
  • Julie Posselt, Assistant Professor of Higher Education, USC
And panelists:
  • Joyce Balak, Director of Admissions & Financial Aid, Laguna Blanca School
  • Marie-Therese Bigham, Director of College Counseling, Isidore Newman School
  • Art Coleman, Managing Partner and Co-Founder, EducationCounsel
  • Rakin Hall, Executive Director of Admissions, University of Utah
  • Kedra Ishop, Vice Provost for Enrollment Management, University of Michigan
  • Richard Shaw, Dean of Admission and Financial Aid, Stanford University
The sessions include:
  • Race & Identity: Why It Matters
  • Does Whiteness = Meritocracy in Admissions?
  • Identity Formation and Intersectionality
  • Workshop: Identity in Holistic Review
  • The Salience of Racial Identity
  • Workshop: Training to Avoid Implicit Bias
  • What Research Tells Us About the Consideration of Race
  • Workshop: Considering Race in Admissions: Practical Lessons from the Courts
Conference Hotel: Indigo
We will be hosting the CERPP Conference 2019 at the beautiful, modern Hotel Indigo LA Downtown (899 Francisco St., Los Angeles, CA 90017).
The special CERPP Conference rate is $189/night.
Phone: Call 866.246.3446. Group code US1
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