Conference Information
FWCA 2023 will be held April 20 - April 23, 2023 at the Crystal Gateway Marriott in Arlington, VA.
FWCA Program
The conference will take place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott located at 1700 Richmond Highway Arlington, Virginia 22202.
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Hotel Reservations:
https://www.marriott.com/event-reservations/reservation-link.mi?id=1657311008139&key=GRP&app=resvlink
Book before block fills or by March 31, 2023!
Early Bird Registration | $450
September 25, 2022 - January 1, 2023
Deadline Extended to January 15, 2023!
Now Extended through January 31st!
Final Early Bird Extension through February 20th
Virtual Registration | $435
February 10, 2023 - April 15, 2023
Regular Registration | $500
February 21, 2023 - March 31, 2023
Late Registration | $550
April 1, 2023 - April 10, 2023
Hybrid Academic Writing Retreat | $200
September 25, 2022 - April 10, 2023
Dr. Katherine S. Cho
Dr. Tressie McMillan Cottom
Prisca Dorcas Mojica Rodríguez
Mary Dana Hinton, Ph.D.
President, Hollins University
Meredith Woo, Ph.D.
President, Sweet Briar College
Victoria Soto, Ph.D.
Dean, Clinton School of Public Service,
University of Arkansas
Susan C. Faircloth Ph.D.
Director, School of Education,
Colorado State University
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Angela’s Pulse creates and produces collaborative performance work dedicated to building community and illuminating bold, new stories. We provide a home for interdisciplinary collaborations that thrive on both politics and play, and we are committed to developing timely performance works that provoke, inform and inspire. Co-founded by Paloma and Patricia McGregor, Angela’s Pulse was named for their mother Angela, an artist, teacher and activist who continues to inspire their work.
Virtually Audition to Perform in the 2023 Culture Cafe!
Ready, Set, Flow
This retreat will give you the time you need to write and the strategy you need to make the most of that time. You'll learn how to quickly clarify what needs to be done and how to enjoy a strong sense of satisfaction once you're finished. By the end of the day, you will have made meaningful, measurable progress on your writing. You'll know how to identify exactly what needs to be done in each writing session. And you'll know how to apply those skills to future writing sessions.
Half Day Hybrid Writing Retreat
Thursday April 20th from 1pm-4pm at the Crystal Gateway Marriott & Online
Optional Conference Add-On
Registration Deadline is April 10th
| In-Person Workshops |
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| Apartheid in Higher Education: The Effects of Educational Violence on the Emotional Well-Being of Women of Color in Academia. |
| Amplifying your knowledge: From Side Hustle to Business Owner |
| Building our own table: Strategies for Women of Color to break the concrete ceiling and move up the leadership ladder |
| Comadres in Academia: Owning our Sense of Place and Space as Faculty of Color |
| Do you really know what you’re getting? Learn how to compare multiple job offers |
| From Faculty to Administration: Assessing Your Skills and Gaining Relevant Experiences |
| How FWCA Helped Me Build My Case for Tenure |
| I Am Not Your Superwoman: Prioritizing ME and Learning to Set Healthy Boundaries at a PWI |
| Navigating the Academy at the Intersection of Woman of Color and Single Parenthood |
| Not My Hill to Die On: Purpose Driven Strategies for Women of Color to Navigate Graduate School |
| Own Your Awesomeness: How to Use Self-Promotion as a Tool for Career Advancement |
| Public Impact Scholarship: Communicating Research to Public Audiences |
| Relax, Relate, Release: How To Care For Yourself As A Graduate Student |
| Saying No: The Ultimate Form of Self-Care |
| Self-Care for Success: Practical Strategies for Students and Professionals |
| Showcasing our Scholarship: Crafting strong appraisal and promotion statements |
| Tools for Research: An Introduction to Tableau, Dedoose, and MAXQDA |
| We are ONE: Infusing a Culture of Care into your Team, Office, or Division |
| Writing Our Lives: Turning Service into Scholarship |
| Virtual Workshops |
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| #PleasureProjects: A Black Cyberfeminist’s Guide to Cultivating Joy on Digital Platforms |
| A feminist perspective of tenure and promotion for faculty that identify as female and mothers: Implications for women in the academy |
| Ask For What You Need - Closed Mouths Don't Get Fed: How to Get the Mentoring You Need as a Graduate Student |
| Balancing Nutritional Concerns and Cultural Beliefs of Women of Color) |
| Building Wealth Beyond Retirement |
| Combatting Imposter Syndrome with Self-Care and Self-Reflexivity |
| Diversifying the academy through interactions with Black female undergraduates. |
| Embracing the Inner You: How to Practice Self-Love in the Midst of Competing Priorities without Guilt or Shame |
| Leveraging Mentorship for Early Career Development of Black Women |
| Medical Apartheid: What the Overturn of Roe Versus Wade Means For Marginalized and Women of Color |
| Negotiating Success and Well-being: The Art of Saying NO (and YES) |
| Quiet Quit with A Sabbatical: A Plan for Recovery |
| Redefining Strength: Finding the Balance between Healing, Rest, and Achievement for Women of Color in the Academy aka Redefining the Strong Black Woman: Finding the Balance between Healing, Rest, and Achievement for Women of Color in the Academy |
| The Art of Networking: Building Meaningful Connections Outside of the Classroom |
| Us against Us' in HBCU Spaces |
| What Faculty Women of Color Should Know about the Student Loan Forgiveness Process |
| Y'all Ain't Gon Kill Me: Radical Self Care as Resistance, Agency, and Liberation |
| Yes You Can! Understanding the Fulbright Specialist Program Application and Matching Process |
| Posters |
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| A Black Woman’s Guide to Mentoring: Being One and Finding One |
| Authentically Me: Navigating Academia as Our Whole Selves |
| Humanizing Social Justice-Oriented Research Using Endarkened Joy™: A Culturally Responsive Framework |
| Inclusive Practices in Spirituality and Leadership; Centering Values-Based Identity in Leadership and Cultivating Culturally Sustaining Systems of Support |
| Paying it Forward: The Meaningful Impact of Mentorship |
| Reclaiming Your Pedagogical Joy: Writing a Teaching Statement for Reflection and Renewal |
| Self -Care Isn’t Selfish: A womanist perspective |
| Soul Food: A Recipe for Feeding Your Soul in the Academy |
| Strategies from an NSF ADVANCE Partnership in building social support systems with virtual Affinity Groups to connect and empower women faculty |
| The Arts and Engagement in DEIA: A Consideration of Social and Economic Inequities |
| The Classism Career Experiences of Faculty of Color: Recognizing and Overcoming the Challenges |
| Watching and Waiting to Exhale: Affirming Black Women in Academia |
| Where are all the Filipinas? Finding Each Other and Finding Affirming Space in the Academy |
| Winning on the Road: A Professional Playbook |
Pre-Conference Events
Women of Color Healing Hour
Facilitated on Zoom by Michelle Jacob
Founder of Anahuy Mentoring
Tuesday, December 13, 2022 at 12PM EST
To register for this free virtual event, visit:
Register Here
Anahuy Mentoring examines Indigenous Methodologies more broadly—to encompass Indigenous ways of knowing and being, especially as shared through stories, to inspire hope and love. This approach honors Yakama traditions that expect us each to be strong individuals, so that we may contribute to an even stronger collective.
Anahuy Mentoring is a Native American and woman owned business.
Women of Color Healing Hour
Open your Heart, Open your Voice
Facilitated on Zoom by Shea Rose
Yoga and Vocal Coach
Monday, February 13, 2023 at 12PM EST
To register for this free virtual event, visit:
Register Here
Curator. Moderator. Speaker. Presenter. Shea Rose offers holistic practices to come into a healthy and embodied voice. At the heart of my teaching lies the Afrocentric worldview, which values song as a functional tool for engaging in daily life, expressing the full range of our emotional and spiritual responses. I also draw from yoga philosophy, asana (yoga postures), pranayama (breath control), and the yogic perspective on sound to illuminate my instruction.
Past Conferences
FWCA Program
Conference Workshops
Personal Well Being
- Lifting As We Climb: Using Kinship Circles for Life/Work Balance
- You don't always have to be the one to save the world.
- Is there a doctor in the House?
- Women of Color (WOC) Putting Aside Competition to Thrive Together
- You’re Not Burnt Out, They are Setting You on Fire: Addressing Institutional Responses to the Duel American Pandemics
Career Development
- Using Virtual WAGs to Improve Productivity and Save Your Sanity
- Tenure is Not a Career: Understanding Career Planning, Development, and Time Tactics Needs for Faculty of Color
- Beyond Saying ‘NO’: Setting Boundaries to Boost Satisfaction and Productivity
- Taking Control of Your Tenure and Promotion
- Reciprocal Empowerment in Mentoring Relationships
Leadership
- We Are Not The Maid: Identifying and Leveraging Leadership Opportunities that Align with Career Goals
- The Voices of Authentic Leaders Matter
- HIGHER: Elevating Practices around navigating career goals as Faculty of Color
- Watch Your Step 'Sis': Things to Consider When Advancing in Leadership Roles in the Academy
- Impostor Phenomenon: The Hidden Thorn Undermining Success
Scholar Activist
- Solidarity in the Academy: Collective Memory Work as a Method for Examining Intersectionality and Building Supportive Relationships in Academia
- Dr. Willa Beatrice Player: A Quiet but Resolute Force for Social Justice in Higher Education
- Never the Twain Shall Meet? Women of Color Scholars Tightroping Academia’s Demands and Home Community Obligations
- Your life jacket in academia: POC peer mentoring for writing, publishing, and surviving
- Tools for Research: – An Introduction to Tableau, Dedoose, and MAXQDA
Unstuck: How to Move Past Your Writing Fears
A Half Day Hybrid Writing Retreat for Scholars
Friday, April 1, 2022 8:30 am – 11:30 am, Eastern Standard Time
Description
Are you stuck in your writing but can’t figure out how to move forward? Do you avoid the parts of your manuscript that you know are most important? Or find yourself afraid to say what you really think, even when only you will see that draft? If so, this retreat is for you. The Unstuck writing retreat will teach you a simple technique for surfacing the thoughts and feelings that keep you from writing. By the end, you will finally understand the patterns that disrupt your writing, uncover your personal strategy for moving past those disruptions, and learn the key to making sure you implement that strategy.
The conference took place at the Crystal Gateway Marriott located at 1700 Richmond Highway Arlington, Virginia 22202.
FWCA Panel
Roxane Gay
“America’s brightest new essayist.” —The Guardian
Roxane Gay is an author and cultural critic whose writing is unmatched and widely revered. Her work garners international acclaim for its reflective, no-holds-barred exploration of feminism and social criticism. With a deft eye on modern culture, she brilliantly critiques its ebb and flow with both wit and ferocity.
Learn more >> HERE <<
Nikole Hannah-Jones
NIKOLE HANNAH-JONES is a MacArthur Genius for “reshaping national conversations around education reform.” This is but one honor in a growing list: She is the creator of the New York Times Magazine’s “The 1619 Project,” about the history and lasting legacy of American slavery, for which her powerful introductory essay was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for commentary. She's also won a Peabody, two George Polk awards, and the National Magazine Award three times.
Learn more >> HERE <<
Norma V. Cantú
Norma V. Cantú is a law professor and distinguished attorney who was appointed by President Biden in 2021 to serve as the Chair of the United States Commission on Civil Rights. This appointment makes her the first Latina to serve as Chair of the commission. Professor Cantú has a long and impressive record of public service and commitment to social justice. Highlights include serving on the Biden-Harris Transition’s “Agency Review Team” for education, and serving as the Assistant Secretary of Education for Civil Rights in the Clinton Administration for eight years. Cantú was only 22 years old when she received her law degree from Harvard University. She was later known as a tough... litigator, working for 14 years as regional counsel and education director of the Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (MALDEF). In that capacity, she litigated scores of important cases affecting educational funding, disability rights, student disciplinary policies, access to special services for English-language learners, and racially hostile environments.
Cantu was involved in several high-profile and historic education-related court cases, all aimed at improving educational opportunities for Hispanics in South Texas. In 1991, she led the legal fight in a landmark case that determined the state shortchanged South Texas citizens in the distribution of higher education dollars and prompted the Texas Legislature to appropriate millions in extra funds for border colleges and universities. In 1993 President Bill Clinton nominated Cantú as Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education. She was unanimously confirmed by Congress. For eight years, she oversaw a staff of about 850 in implementing government policy for civil rights in American education. In 2001, she joined The University of Texas at Austin, where she holds a joint professorship in the College of Education and the School of Law.
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FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Angela’s Pulse creates and produces collaborative performance work dedicated to building community and illuminating bold, new stories. We provide a home for interdisciplinary collaborations that thrive on both politics and play, and we are committed to developing timely performance works that provoke, inform and inspire. Co-founded by Paloma and Patricia McGregor, Angela’s Pulse was named for their mother Angela, an artist, teacher and activist who continues to inspire their work.
Lucinda Roy | We Know Why the Caged Bird Flies
Drawing from her new literary sci-fi novel The Freedom Race, with its depiction of a future “Disunited States” ravaged by another civil war, Lucinda Roy will focus in her interactive presentation on the creative resources her characters, and we ourselves, possess. The future we face in the academy is daunting, but we women of color have a few tricks up our sleeves. When we conjure a legacy—the courage of Dreamers, Middle Passengers, and Civil Righters; the courage of Leaders and Teachers and Sisters—we recognize our own potency. As characters in The Freedom Race come to understand, even caged birds can discover miraculous ways to fly.
Learn more >> HERE <<
Faculty Women of Color in the Academy National Conference
Women of Color Healing Hour
The featured facilitators will be Angela's Pulse
http://angelaspulse.org/
Wednesday, September 15, at 12:00pm ET
To register and learn more about this event, and FWCA, visit:
REGISTER HERE
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting
FWCA 2021 Program
- Dr. Bettina L. Love
- Dr. France Córdova
- Ana Mari Cauce
- Francine McNairy
- Dr. Astrid S. Tuminez
- Rosann Santos
- Gabriella Gutiérrez y Muhs
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Angela’s Pulse creates and produces collaborative performance work dedicated to building community and illuminating bold, new stories. We provide a home for interdisciplinary collaborations that thrive on both politics and play, and we are committed to developing timely performance works that provoke, inform and inspire. Co-founded by Paloma and Patricia McGregor, Angela’s Pulse was named for their mother Angela, an artist, teacher and activist who continues to inspire their work.
Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award
Brenda L. Walker, Ph.D., J.D.
Interim Associate Dean
University of South Florida, St. Petersburg campus
Liza C. Hita, Ph.D., NCC
Clinical Associate Professor, Psychology
Director, Online Programming and Digital Immersion
Arizona State University
- Patricia Hill Collins
- Rosann Santos
FEATURED PERFORMANCE
Angela’s Pulse creates and produces collaborative performance work dedicated to building community and illuminating bold, new stories. We provide a home for interdisciplinary collaborations that thrive on both politics and play, and we are committed to developing timely performance works that provoke, inform and inspire. Co-founded by Paloma and Patricia McGregor, Angela’s Pulse was named for their mother Angela, an artist, teacher and activist who continues to inspire their work.
Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award
Denise McLane-Davison
Associate Professor of Social Work, School of Social Work,
Morgan State University
Jennifer Collins Bloomquist
Associate Provost for Faculty Development,
Dean of Social Science and Interdisciplinary Programs,
Gettysburg College
FWCA 2019 Program
- Aida Hurtado
- Naomi Tutu
- Meredith Woo
- Wilma L. Santiago Gabrielini
- Laurel Vermillion
- Shanna Jackson
Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award
Barbara B. Lockee
Professor of Instructional Design and Technology,
College of Liberal Arts
Virginia Tech
Tracy Y. Espy, Ph.D.
President
Mitchell College
- Maria Hinojosa
- Brittney Cooper
- Pareena Lawrence
- Cynthia Lindquist
- Rusty Barcelo
- Rosemarie Roberts
Zenobia L. Hikes Woman of Color in the Academy Award
Joy Gaston Gayles
Senior Advisor for Advancing Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Program Coordinator & Professor of Higher Education
North Carolina State University
Assata Zerai, Ph.D.
Associate Chancellor for Diversity & Professor of Sociology
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
