The Speakers
DAY 1: October 23
Symphony Oxendine
Symphony Oxendine, Cherokee/Choctaw, is an Assistant Professor of Higher Education in the Department of Educational Leadership. Her experience includes working in Student Affairs for 6 years before pursuing her doctorate. She received her Ph.D. in Educational Studies with a concentration in Higher Education and a doctoral minor in Educational Research Methodology at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro where she also earned her M.Ed. in Higher Education Administration.
Contact: oxendines@uncw.edu
Denise Henning
Dr. Henning has a career in higher education that has spanned 23 years in both the United States and Canada, as well as working as graduate faculty in New Zealand. She has served as president and CEO at Medicine Hat College, president and CEO of Northwest Community College, president and vice-chancellor for University College of the North and Vice-President of Academic and Research at First Nations University of Canada. Denise is a proud Cherokee/Choctaw/British woman, born in Creek County in Oklahoma.
Contact: henningd@uncw.edu
Jennifer Adams
Jennifer D. Adams is a Tier 2 Canada Research Chair of Creativity and STEM and Associate Professor at The University of Calgary where she holds a dual appointment in the Department of Chemistry and Werklund School of Education. She uses critical, decolonial and sociocultural approaches to research and address issues of diversifying STEM and STEM education.
Contact: jennifer.adams1@ucalgary.ca
Stephanie Toliver
Stephanie Renee Toliver (S.R. Toliver) is an assistant professor of Literacy and Secondary Humanities at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her scholarship centers the freedom dreams of Black youth and honors the historical legacy that Black imaginations have had and will have on activism and social change.
Contact: Stephanie.Toliver@colorado.edu
Sabrina Black-Hill
Sabrina is the principal at DC Virgo Preparatory Academy, a K-8 year-round public school that was opened by UNCW in July 2018. The school offers a family-friendly environment, with a focus on the whole child and opportunities that extend to the UNCW campus and broader community. D.C. Virgo, where families come to school together.
Contact: blacksh@uncw.edu