Faculty Senate Conference

Rising Together:
Advancing Higher Education
through Equity and Innovation

March 31 - April 1, 2022

UH STUDENT CENTER SOUTH

Artwork: Legends by Trenton Doyle Hancock, courtesy of UH Public Art

Join colleagues from across the University of Houston as we reflect on the challenges we have collectively endured through the pandemic and how we can utilize lessons learned to advance research and scholarship, teaching, service, and community engagement moving forward. The conference will begin with an opening keynote and reception on Thursday evening and continue with panel sessions on Friday morning. Thursday evening appetizers and Friday breakfast and lunch will be provided with advanced registration.

Keynote

Renu Khator, Ph.D.

Chancellor of the University of Houston System and President of its flagship University of Houston campus

Vallabh Das, Ph.D.

President of the UH Faculty Senate and Benedict-Pitts Professor and Chair of the Department of Vision Sciences in the College of Optometry

Catherine Horn, Ph.D.

Moores Professor of Educational Leadership and Policy Studies and Executive Director of the Institute for Educational Policy Research and Evaluation at the University of Houston.

Stella Flores, Ed.D.

Equitable policymaking: Principles for shaping an inclusive future for educational attainment
Associate Professor of Higher Education and Public Policy at the University of Texas at Austin.

Reception

Cougar Jazz Band

Len Trombetta
Noe Marmolejo
Andrew Lienhard
Reagan Hallick
Arthur Gilligan

Panel Sessions

Provost Paula Myrick Short, Ph.D.

Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, University of Houston System
Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs and Provost, University of Houston

David Shattuck, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering in the Cullen College of Engineering and President-Elect of the Faculty Senate

J. Douglas Thornton, Ph.D., Pharm.D.

Assistant Professor of Pharmaceutical Health Outcomes and Policy and Director of the Prescription Drug Misuse Education and Research (PREMIER) Center at UH

Susie Gronseth, Ph.D.

Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the College of Education

This panel session will delve into issues related to how learning has continued to be supported for undergraduate, graduate, and professional students during the pandemic. Areas such as learner engagement, experiential learning, affective concerns, recruitment, and competency-based educational programs may be discussed.

Discussant
Panelists

Paige K. Evans, EdD

Co-Director and Clinical Professor for the teachHOUSTON Program in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Houston

Justin Burris

Clinical Assistant Professor of Mathematics Education

Veronica Arellano Douglas

Head of Teaching & Learning

Jerrod A. Henderson, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor in the William A. Brookshire Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering

Saleha Khumawala, Ph.D.

Robert Grinaker Professor of Accounting and Founding Director of the SURE™ (Stimulating Urban Renewal through Entrepreneurship) Program

Kristina Neumann, Ph.D.

A Roman and Digital Historian

Patricia Schrader

Director of the UH College of Nursing BSN Program and Clinical Assistant Professor

This panel session will delve into current work and continued visioning for UH’s clinical and research innovation and engagement in the Houston community and beyond. Areas such as connecting research to practice, adaptations of clinical service delivery during COVID, initiatives for access to care, and research innovation and outreach may be discussed.

Discussant
Panelists

Jason Porter, PhD

Associate Professor in Physiological Optics and Vision Science and in Biomedical Engineering at the University of Houston

Dan Price

Director of Data and Society and Director of the Community Health Worker Initiative in the UH Honors College

Bruce Race,Ph.D.,FAIA,FAICP

Elizabeth Rodwell, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Digital Media at the University of Houston

Louis Williams, Ph.D.

Associate Professor in the Department of Pharmacological and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Richard Willson, Ph.D.

Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Professor of Biochemical and Biophysical Sciences

This panel session will delve into current work and continued visioning for incorporating equity-mindedness into leadership, teaching, and research practices. Areas regarding diversity and inclusion, faculty recruitment and retainment, and organizational policies and practices may be discussed.

Discussant
Panelists

Cedric Tolliver, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of English

Maria Burns, Ph.D.

Program Director of the TLIM Program, at UH College of Technology, and an elected UH Faculty Senator for Research and Scholarship

Meredith J. Duncan

Alumnae College Professor of Law and the Assistant Dean of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion & Metropolitan Programs at the University of Houston Law Center

Lucy Kehinde

Doctoral degrees from the University of Alabama at Birmingham

Johanna Luttrell

Political Philosopher

Juan M. Madera

Curtis L. Carlson Endowed Professor at the Conrad N. Hilton College

Schedule

Time	Session	Speakers	Location
March 31st
6:00 p.m.	Conference Opening	Vallabh Das,,President, Faculty Senate Renu Khator, Chancellor and President	Student Center South Ballroom
6:30 p.m.	Keynote	Introduction: Cathy Horn, Professor, College of Education Keynote: Stella Flores, Associate Professor, Department of Educational Leadership and Policy, The University of Texas at Austin	Student Center South Ballroom
7:30-9:00 p.m.	Reception	Cougar Jazz Band - Len Trombetta, Noe Marmolejo, Andrew Lienhard, Reagan Hallick, Arthur Gilligan	Student Center South Ballroom
April 1st
8:00 a.m.	Breakfast		Student Center South 1st floor Theatre Lobby
8:30-8:45 a.m.	Opening remarks	David Shattuck, President-Elect, Faculty Senate Paula Short, Senior Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs, Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs,and Provost	Student Center South Theatre
8:45-9:45 a.m.	Panel 1: Fostering Student Success through Pandemic Challenges	Discussant: Paige Evans, Clinical Professor, College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Panelists: Veronica Arellano Douglas, Head of Teaching & Learning, UH Libraries Justin Burris, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Education Jerrod Henderson, Assistant Professor, Cullen College of Engineering Saleha Khumawala, Professor, C.T. Bauer College of Business Kristina Neumann, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Patricia Schrader, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Nursing	Student Center South Theatre
9:45-10 a.m.	Break		Student Center South Theatre Lobby (1st or 2nd floor)
10-11 a.m.	Panel 2: Innovating Research and Community Engagement	Introduction: J. Douglas Thornton, Assistant Professor, College of Pharmacy Discussant: Jason Porter, Associate Professor, College of Optometry Panelists: Dan Price, Clinical Associate Professor, Honors College and College of Medicine Bruce Race, Professor, Gerald D. Hines College of Architecture and Design Louis Williams, Associate Professor, College of Pharmacy Richard Willson, Professor, Cullen College of Engineering Elizabeth Rodwell, Assistant Professor of Digital Media, College of Technology	Student Center South Theatre
11-11:15 a.m.	Break		Student Center South Theatre Lobby (1st or 2nd floor)
11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m.	Panel 3: Achieving Equity at UH	Introduction: Susie Gronseth, Chair, Faculty Senate Community and Government Relations Committee Discussant: Cedric Tolliver, Associate Professor, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Panelists: Maria Burns, Instructional Assistant Professor, College of Technology Meredith Duncan, Professor of Law, Law Center Lucy Kehinde, Clinical Assistant Professor, College of Optometry Johanna Luttrell, Instructional Assistant Professor, Honors College and Hobby School of Public Affairs Juan Madera, Professor, Conrad N. Hilton College of Hotel and Restaurant Management	Student Center South Theatre
12:15-12:30pm	Closing Remarks	Susie Gronseth, Chair, Faculty Senate Community and Government Relations Committee	Student Center South Theatre
12:30-1pm	Lunch	Grab-and-go boxed lunches provided	Student Center South Theatre Lobby (1st floor)

Contact

The Faculty Senate

306 M.D. Anderson Library
Houston, TX 77204-2005
713.743.9181
fsenate@central.uh.edu

Directions

Student Center South

The keynote on March 31st is in the Ballroom (on the 2nd floor)
The panels on April 1st is in the Theatre (spans 1st and 2nd floors)

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