Welcome to the 2024 Cambio de Colores Conference Schedule! This schedule is tentative and will be updated as details are confirmed. All times listed below are Central Time.
DAY 1 – WEDNESDAY, JUNE 5
12:00 PM Conference Registration
1:00 PM Welcome Plenary (ABCD)
Keynote – Montserrat Garibay (Health)
“Raise The Bar – Creating Pathways for Global Engagement and Multilingualism for All”
2:30 PM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
75-minute Workshop (ABC) – Education & Youth Development
“Leading with Vulnerability: Creating Authentic and Meaningful Connection” Carla Marquina, Multicultural Student Affairs – University of Missouri – Kansas City
15-minute Research Presentations (D) – Education & Youth Development
“Ending the Push: How Educators can limit the factors that push English learners out of school” Alice Garcia, PhD, edCount
“Maneuvering through Undocumented and Documented Status: Liminal Legality and Civic Education of a Migrant Social Studies Teacher” Yeji Kim, Ph.D, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Multilingual Teachers’ Perspectives on the Intent and Realities of Language Policy in US PK Schools” Carrie Larson, PhD., Pacific University Esperanza De La Vega, PhD, Portland State University
“Participatory Adult Language and Literacy Instruction for Refugee Integration” Melissa Hauber-Özer, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia Joe Decker, University of Missouri – Columbia
75-minute Organized Panel (Roanoke) – Community and Economic Development
“Answering the Call to Action with Kansas City’s Latiné Metro Population: Using Research and AI” Theresa Torres, PhD, University of Missouri – Kansas City Jesse Lowe, PhD, University of Missouri – Kansas City Robert Johnson, University of Missouri – Kansas City Robert-Abel Porras, University of Missouri – Kansas City
75-minute Workshop (Rockhill) – Education & Youth Development
“Educational Resources with Our Language, Recursos Educativos con Nuestro Experiencia” Caroline Chance, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo
“Apoyando a las mamás migrantes en el desarrollo de sus hijos durante la primera infancia” Sophia Piral Lee, University of Missouri – Columbia Jenifer Rueda Varón, Columbia Public Schools
“Empowering Black and Latina Teen Mothers: Utilizing Autoethnography and Creative Arts for Stigma Processing and Overcoming Barriers?” Michelle Ridley, The University of Kansas
“Exploratory Examination of Latine Families’ Experiences in Autism Diagnostic Evaluations and Culturally Inclusive Healthcare Practices” Sarah de Marchese, PhD, Thompson Center for Autism and Neurodevelopment
“Latinx Sparks of Good Change on AI, Viewer Hate: Netflix’s Salma Hayek Not ‘Sinverguenza’” Diana Ríos, PhD, University of Connecticut Mary Helen Millham, University of Hartford
“Pocket Therapist as “La Fantasma en La Maquina”: AI Sparks Possibilities for Latinx Communities” Diana Ríos, PhD, University of Connecticut Graciela Quinones, University of Connecticut
“School characteristics effect, low-income students, and college access in the Colombian Amazon Region” Luis Ricardo Rojas, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Serving and Supporting Heritage Language Students in School” John Becker, Ritenour High School Christina Andrade Melly, Ritenour High School
“Voices of Bilingual Brilliance: Unveiling Insights from Latinx Youth on Dual Language Bilingual Education in Elementary School” Rosie Ojeda, University of Utah
6:30 PM End of Day 1
DAY 2 – THURSDAY, JUNE 6
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast (ABCD)
9:00 AM Morning Plenary (ABCD)
Keynote – Dr. Amalia Daché (Community and Economic Development)
“Caminos del Norte: Filadelfia’s Puerto Rican and AfroLatin Cultural Ecología”
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
15-minute Research Presentations (D) – Community & Economic Development
“Deciphering Destinations: Unraveling the Enigma of Central American Migrants’ Selection of Missouri as a Destination.” Indiana Garcia Torres, University of Missouri – Columbia
“New Immigration Trends in the United States” Marcelo Siles, PhD, Julian Samora Research Institute – Michigan State University Neelima Krishnagiri, Julian Samora Research Institute – Michigan State University
“Not Quite Conventional: Latine Farming Practices in Ohio and the Midwest” Isaiah Franco, Ohio State University
“Orange You Glad for Farm Workers? The U.S. Citrus industry adjusts to higher labor costs” Skyler Simnitt, PhD, USDA – Economic Research Service
75-minute Workshop (Roanoke) – Education & Youth Development
“Missouri Migrant Education Program: Sowing the Seeds of Support for Migrant Students & Families” Cynthia Chasteen, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia/DESE
“Promoting Academic and Career Success of Latiné High School and College Students: Evidence-Based Research Programs” Theresa Torres, PhD, University of Missouri – Kansas City Richard Minaya, PhD, University of Missouri – Kansas City Iván Ramirez, Latinx Education Collaborative Brandon Camacho, University of Missouri – Kansas City
11:45 PM Break
12:00 PM Lunch (Seville)
1:10 PM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
15-minute Research Paper/Promising Practices Presentations (ABC) – Education & Youth Development
“Apoyando a las mamás migrantes en el desarrollo de sus hijos durante la primera infancia” Sophia Piral Lee, University of Missouri – Columbia Jenifer Rueda Varón, Columbia Public Schools
“High Quality Higher Education for Everyone, a Solidarity Economy Approach from Colombia to the World” Sebastián Concha Vargas, Uniminuto Pilar Mendoza, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia
“School characteristics effect, low-income students, and college access in the Colombian Amazon Region” Luis Ricardo Rojas, University of Missouri – Columbia
75-minute Workshop (D) – Education & Youth Development
“Creating beloved communities: Depth work lessons from a Latinx-focused study abroad in Mexico” G. Sue Kasun, PhD, Georgia State University Beth Marks, PhD, Kennesaw State University
75-minute Workshop (Roanoke) – Community & Economic Development
“Welcoming as the Bedrock: How Communities are Utilizing the Welcoming Standard to Promote Belonging” Briana Broberg, Welcoming America
75-minute Workshop (Rockhill) – Civil Rights & Political Participation
“Understanding Your Rights under Anti-discrimination Laws” Kristy Lambert, Missouri Commission on Human Rights Antonio Maldonado, Missouri Commission on Human Rights David Davis, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
2:15 PM Break
2:30 PM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
75-minute Workshop (ABC) – Education & Youth Development
“Dual Language Immersion as a form of Language Justice and Educational Equity for All” Amanda Niedzwiecki, Carver Dual Language School Olivia Flores, Paseo Academy of Fine and Performing Arts
75-minute Workshop (D) – Education & Youth Development
“Disruptive pedagogies in ELT: Innovating EFL Classrooms with COIL Modules and Flipped Learning Approach” Sebastián Concha Vargas, Uniminuto
15-minute Research Paper/Promising Practices Presentations (Rockhill) – Health, Education & Youth Development
“Empowering Black and Latina Teen Mothers: Utilizing Autoethnography and Creative Arts for Stigma Processing and Overcoming Barriers?” Michelle Ridley, The University of Kansas
“Social Capital and Covid-19 pandemic: The double ABC-X stress model adaption for female minorities.” Jorge Martínez Palomares, University of Missouri – Columbia Michael Cheang, PhD, University of Hawaii Corinne Valdivia, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Weight/size teasing experiences and Latinas’ weight loss restrictive behaviors: Can sibling dyadic coping protect Latinas?” Avelina Rivero, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia Ashlinn Peters, Texas Tech University Sarah Killoren, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia
“Canada Drag Race: A reality TV show used by Icesis Couture, a queer Latina, to promote both herself as an entrepreneur and Ottawa as a queer inclusive and welcoming space and, in the process, also inspire other Latinas to succeed in the drag business.” Liz Veronica Vicencio, Carleton University
3:40 PM Break
4:00 PM Afternoon Plenary (ABCD)
Keynote – Migrantes Unidos (Civil Rights and Political Participation)
“The Co-Pursuit of Dignity: How Academics, Service Providers, and Organizers Can Center Impacted Communities for Equity and Justice”
5:OO PM Migrantes Unidos “Foto Voz” Exhibit
5:45 PM End of Day 2
DAY 3 – FRIDAY, JUNE 7
8:30 AM Continental Breakfast (ABCD)
9:00 AM Morning Plenary (ABCD)
Keynote – Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney (Education and Youth Development)
“Is it Lau or is it Lopez?”– The shared histories of the Asian and Latino diaspora in the development of language rights
10:10 AM Break
10:30 AM Concurrent Breakout Sessions
75-minute Workshop (ABC) – Education & Youth Development
“¡Aguas! Educated Latinx” Dawn Martinez, Al Éxito Gabby Guerra, Al Éxito
15- minute Research Paper Presentations (D) – Education & Youth Development
“Building upon Funds of Knowledge: Using Trauma Informed Principles to Disrupt Educators’ Understadnding of Multilingual Families” Ofelia Castro Schepers, PhD, Purdue University Trish Morita-Mullaney, PhD, Purdue University“Building upon Funds of Knowledge: Using Trauma Informed Principles to Disrupt Educators’ Understadnding of Multilingual Families” Ofelia Castro Schepers, PhD, Purdue University Trish Morita-Mullaney, PhD, Purdue University
“Recently-Arrived Adolescents from Guatemala in Rural Missouri: Creating Successful Pathways to Graduation” Lisa Dorner, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia Sophia Piral Lee, University of Missouri – Columbia “Serving and Supporting Heritage Language Students in School” John Becker, Ritenour High School Christina Andrade Melly, Ritenour High School
“Voices of Bilingual Brilliance: Unveiling Insights from Latinx Youth on Dual Language Bilingual Education in Elementary School” Rosie Ojeda, University of Utah
75-minute Workshop (Roanoke) – Civil Rights & Political Participation
“Passport to Progress: Improving Awareness of Policies that Impact Undocumented Students” Kristie Beck, PhD, Savvy Strategies
15-minute Research Paper Presentation (Rockhill) – Community & Economic Development, Education & Youth Development
“Arts-Based Participatory Research with Refugee Youth: Challenges, Successes, and Potential for Identity Development and Belonging” Melissa Hauber-Özer, PhD, University of Missouri – Columbia Viviana Goelkel Garcia, University of Missouri – Columbia Emmanuel Umeh, University of Missouri – Columbia “Digital inclusion or digital disillusionment? What is the option for the Latino community?” Gabriel Fumero, Hispanic Economic Development Corporation
“Are you Culturally Intelligent?” Gerardo Martinez, UMKC/IHD-MU Extension-ALIANZAS
“Tardeada Mexicana – an evening of family fun!” Val Adams, ParentLINK
