BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 METHOD:PUBLISH PRODID:-//Telerik Inc.//Sitefinity CMS 15.4//EN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Central Standard Time BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20251102T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=1SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=11 TZNAME:Central Standard Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0600 END:STANDARD BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20250301T020000 RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;BYDAY=2SU;BYHOUR=2;BYMINUTE=0;BYMONTH=3 TZNAME:Central Daylight Time TZOFFSETFROM:-0600 TZOFFSETTO:-0500 END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DESCRIPTION:Event Type: OCCRLSpeaker Information: Dr. Cynthia DillardStruct ures of inequity are grand challenges to diversity in education today. Ins titutions must recognize that such challenges cannot be responded to in a light way or with a quick recruitment or retention program. \; Instead \, such challenges must be seen as complex and multilayered\, requiring a different kind of inquiry and the development of \;sustainedrelationsh ips to people and to cultural knowledge. This talk takes up that critical stance\, one that focuses on equity as a way to increase and sustain diver sity within education and as a mandate for (re)search. Foregrounding equit y in diversity work shifts the conversation towards addressing historical and contemporary \;inequities \;of opportunity through studying th em\, understanding them from multiple perspectives\, and marshaling that k nowledge as a transformative force for change. \;\nDr. Cynthia B. Dill ard \;(Nana Mansa II of Mpeasem\, Ghana\, West Africa) is the Mary Fra nces Early Professor in Teacher Education and Department Chair in the Depa rtment of Educational Theory and Practice at The University of Georgia. He r research interests include critical teacher education\, spirituality in education\, and African/African American feminist studies. Beyond numerous published articles and book chapters\, two of her books\, \;On spirit ual strivings: Transforming an African American woman’s academic life  \;(SUNY Press\, 2006) and \;Learning to (re)member the things we’ve le arned to forget: \; Endarkened feminisms\, spirituality and the sacred nature of research \;(Peter Lang\, 2012) have been selected as Critic s’ Choice Book Award winners by the American Educational Studies Associati on (AESA). In addition to receiving a number of awards related to teaching \, Dr. Dillard was the 2012 recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contributi ons to Gender Equity in Education Research Award\, given for her distingui shed research and practices that advance public understanding of gender in education. She also received the Division G Henry T. Trueba Award at the 2016 AERA annual meeting. \; This prestigious award honors a researche r whose scholarship and teaching has led to the transformation of the soci al context of education. Dr. Dillard is currently working on a biography o f the namesake of her endowed position\, Dr. Mary Frances Early\, the firs t Black person to graduate from the University of Georgia. She is also the Director of the University of Georgia’s Ghana Study Abroad in Education P rogram and has founded and directs a preschool and elementary school in Mp easem (M-pee-a-sem) in the Central Region in Ghana\, West Africa. \; T here\, she also holds the distinct honor of being enstooled as Queen Mothe r of Development (Nkosua Ohemaa) for the village\, an esteemed leadership position within the community\, for life.\nPlease register for the event w ith Amy Summers at \;arsummer@illinois.edu.\nCost: \;Free\nContact : \;Amy Summers217-333-0960arsummer@illinois.edu\nView \;the event flier.Sponsor: Diversity\, Equity\, and Multicultural Education Committee at College of Education DTEND:20180406T193000Z DTSTAMP:20260713T001255Z DTSTART:20180406T170000Z LOCATION:IL\,USA\,Champaign\,Education Building\, Room 22 SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:Dean's Diversity Lecture & Panel with Dr. Cynthia Dillard - Listeni ng to the Voices of Equity: Towards Diversity in Recruitment and Retention UID:RFCALITEM639194803752267455 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Event Type: OCCRL

Speaker Information: Dr. Cynthia Dill ard

Structures of inequity are grand challenges to diversity in educ ation today. Institutions must recognize that such challenges cannot be re sponded to in a light way or with a quick recruitment or retention program . \; Instead\, such challenges must be seen as complex and multilayere d\, requiring a different kind of inquiry and the development of \;sustainedrelationships to people and to cultural knowledge. This tal k takes up that critical stance\, one that focuses on equity as a way to i ncrease and sustain diversity within education and as a mandate for (re)se arch. Foregrounding equity in diversity work shifts the conversation towar ds addressing historical and contemporary \;inequities \; of opportunity through studying them\, understanding them from multiple pe rspectives\, and marshaling that knowledge as a transformative force for c hange. \;

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Dr. Cynthia B. Dillard \;(Nana Mansa II of Mpeasem\, Ghana\, West Africa) is the Mary Frances Early Profe ssor in Teacher Education and Department Chair in the Department of Educat ional Theory and Practice at The University of Georgia. Her research inter ests include critical teacher education\, spirituality in education\, and African/African American feminist studies. Beyond numerous published artic les and book chapters\, two of her books\, \;On spiritual striving s: Transforming an African American woman’s academic life \;(SUNY Press\, 2006) and \;Learning to (re)member the things we’ve learn ed to forget: \; Endarkened feminisms\, spirituality and the sacred na ture of research \;(Peter Lang\, 2012) have been selected as Crit ics’ Choice Book Award winners by the American Educational Studies Associa tion (AESA). In addition to receiving a number of awards related to teachi ng\, Dr. Dillard was the 2012 recipient of the AERA Distinguished Contribu tions to Gender Equity in Education Research Award\, given for her disting uished research and practices that advance public understanding of gender in education. She also received the Division G Henry T. Trueba Award at th e 2016 AERA annual meeting. \; This prestigious award honors a researc her whose scholarship and teaching has led to the transformation of the so cial context of education. Dr. Dillard is currently working on a biography of the namesake of her endowed position\, Dr. Mary Frances Early\, the fi rst Black person to graduate from the University of Georgia. She is also t he Director of the University of Georgia’s Ghana Study Abroad in Education Program and has founded and directs a preschool and elementary school in Mpeasem (M-pee-a-sem) in the Central Region in Ghana\, West Africa. \; There\, she also holds the distinct honor of being enstooled as Queen Mot her of Development (Nkosua Ohemaa) for the village\, an esteemed leadershi p position within the community\, for life.

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Please register for th e event with Amy Summers at \;a rsummer@illinois.edu.

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Cost: \;Free

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Contact: \;Amy Summers217-333-0960
arsummer@illinois.edu

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< p class="sponsor"> Dive rsity\, Equity\, and Multicultural Education Committee at College of Educa tion

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