Spring 2023

Presentations & Scholars

• Denise Whitford, PhD (Professor at Purdue University): Preparing Teachers, Administrators, and Service Providers to Engage, Motivate, Support, and Educate Black Children and Adolescents

• Charles Bell, PhD (Associate Professor at Illinois State University): Suspended: Punishment, Violence, and the Failure of School Safety 

• Ambra Green, PhD (Associate Professor University of Texas at Arlington): Carcerality, Special Education, and The state of Black children and their families. 

• Jolan Smith, PhD (Assistant Professor at California State University at Long Beach): Re-conceptualizing Black family engagement in special education: Understanding the motivations of parents and caretakers