Three members of the USC Rossier community have been named recipients of several of the most prestigious awards in higher education research.
The Association for the Study of Higher Education announced the names on Tuesday: Professor of Higher Education Adrianna Kezar, Assistant Professor of Education Julie R. Posselt, and Cheryl D. Ching, a postdoctoral scholar and recent graduate of USC Rossier’s PhD program.
ASHE will present its Research Achievement Award to Kezar. The award is for scholars whose “published work (theoretical, empirical or applied) advances understanding of higher education in a significant way.” Kezar, a co-director of the Pullias Center for Higher Education, is one of the country’s foremost scholars studying adjunct faculty and university governance. Her most recent study looks at collaborations that improve retention of first-generation college students in STEM classes.
Posselt won the Early Career Award, given “for a significant body of scholarship or a single extraordinary research achievement by a higher education scholar, and in recognition of potential for future research.” Recipients are no more than six years away from receipt of their doctoral degree. Posselt is an expert in the field of graduate education, and last year authored Inside Graduate Admissions: Merit, Diversity, and Faculty Gatekeeping (2016).
And Cheryl D. Ching will receive the Bobby Wright Dissertation of the Year Award for her dissertation, “Constructing and Enacting Equity at a Community College.” The award goes to one or more dissertations “that serve as exemplary models of the methodology employed.” Ching is now a postdoctoral scholar at the Center for Urban Education.
The awards will be given out at the organization’s annual conference, this year held in November in Houston.
The annual meeting for the Association for the Study of Higher Education is headed to Houston for November 8-11. More than two dozen members of the USC Rossier community will represent the school at this year’s convening.
Wednesday, November 8, 2017
SESSIONS
Cultural Wealth and Academic Success Among Latino Men
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 9:30 a.m., Marriott Marquis Houston, Third, Kingwood B
Chair: Arely L. Acuña Avilez
Counting What Matters: Higher Education Accountability and Equity
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 10:45 a.m., MMH Third, Sugarland A
Paper Session: James Dean Ward
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 12 p.m., MMH Memorial
Presenter: Shaun R. Harper
The Importance of Race and Gender in Exploring Campus Climates, Equity and Critical Pedagogy
Wednesday, Nov. 8, 2:30 p.m., MMH Third, Kingwood B
Participant: Eric R. Felix
Thursday, November 9, 2017
SPECIAL EVENTS
Welcome and Opening Remarks
Thurs., Nov. 9, 5:15 p.m., MMH Texas Ballroom Salon E
Speaker: Shaun R. Harper, ASHE President
Opening Night Reception
Thursday, Nov. 9, 6:15 p.m., MMH Pool Area
Join USC Rossier and other ASHE sponsors for a reception to kick off this year's conference.
SESSIONS
Race and Higher Ed Policy: A Joint Session With CEP
11:00 a.m., MMH Fourth, Salon F
Individual Submission: Eric R. Felix and Adrian Trinidad
Fissures of College Access: Technology, Overexposure and African-American Student Perceptions
12:45 p.m., MMH Third, Clear Lake B
Individual Submissions: Zoë Corwin, Tattiya Maruco, Amanda Ochsner
12:45 p.m., MMH Third, Montrose A
Individual Submission: Cheryl D. Ching
2:15 p.m., MMH Fourth, Salon H
Individual Submission: Shafiqa Ahmadi
State Policies Informing the National Higher Education Discourse
2:15 p.m., MMH Third, River Oaks C
Individual Submission: Adrian Trinidad and Eric R. Felix
Office Hours: Mentoring Scholars Symposium
2:15 p.m., MMH Fourth, Salon F
Participant: Estela Bensimon
The Optics of "Access" in Higher Education
3:45 p.m., MMH Third, Clear Lake A
Chair: Cynthia Diana Villarreal
Research Methodologies and Methods for Elucidating Power Dynamics in Higher Education
3:45 p.m., MMH Third, Hunter's Creek A
Discussant: Adrianna Kezar
3:45 p.m., MMH Third, Montrose A
Chair: Arely L. Acuña Avilez
The Interrupted DREAM: Tuition & Aid for Undocu/DACAmented Students
3:45 p.m., MMH Third, Sugarland A
Individual Submission: Samantha Astudillo and David Velasquez
Friday, November 10, 2017
SPECIAL EVENTS
ASHE Awards
4:30 p.m., MMH Salon E
Join USC Rossier as ASHE honors Professors Adrianna Kezar and Julie Posselt and postdoctoral scholar Cheryl D. Ching.
ASHE After Dark
10 p.m., MMH Third, Montrose A
The USC Race and Equity Center is holding a special party for ASHE attendees.
SESSIONS
Conference Roundtables
8 a.m., MMH Fourth, Salon FGH
NAE/Spencer Foundation Fellowship: Implications for the Field of Higher Education (Table 28): Julie Posselt
Impact of Mission & Culture of Publishing (Table 39): Samantha Bernstein-Sierra
Teaching, Learning, Assessment (Table 49): Trista Beard
Navigating the Complexities Associated with Financial Aid and Tuition Policies (Table 54): Zoë Corwin, Amanda Ochsner, Tattiya Maruco
Race, Equity and Discrimination (Table 63): Antar A. Tichavakunda
We the People Presidential Symposium: Transgender Youth and College Students
10:15 a.m., MMH Fourth, Salon H
Presenter: Shaun R. Harper
10:15 a.m., MMH Third, River Oaks B
Organizer: Eric R. Felix
Presenters: Eric R. Felix and Roman Liera
The Complexities of Social Justice and Leadership
10:15 a.m., MMH Third, Meyerland A
Individual Submissions: Elizabeth Holcombe and Adrianna Kezar
Teaching and Learning Writing and English
10:15 a.m., MMH Third, Montrose A
Individual Submission: Arely L. Acuña Avilez
Faculty Empowerment and Disempowerment
11:45 a.m., MMH Third, Clear Lake A
Individual Submissions: Roman Liera, Cynthia Diana Villarreal, Lindsey Malcom-Piqueux
We the People Presidential Symposium: Community College Students
11:45 a.m., MMH Fourth, Salon H
Individual Submission: Adrian Trinidad
Using CRT to Explore Intersectionality and White Supremacy in Higher Education
11:45 a.m., MMH Third, Meyerland A
Chair: Eric R. Felix
Divergent Explorations of Unique Organizational Cultures
1:15 p.m., MMH Memorial
Discussant: Julie Posselt
2:45 p.m., MMH Third, Meyerland B
Individual Submission: Roman Liera
Campus Climate and Institutional Responses
2:45 p.m., MMH Memorial
Chair: Arely L. Acuña Avilez
2:45 p.m., MMH Third Floor, Salon Prefunction
Individual Submission: Trista Beard
Saturday, November 11, 2017
SESSIONS
We the People Presidential Symposium: [Formerly] Incarcerated Persons
10:30 a.m., MMH Fourth, Salon H
Presenter: Charles H.F. Davis III
10:30 a.m., MMH Third, River Oaks B
Individual Submission: Julie Posselt, Roman Liera, Cynthia Diana Villarreal
Organizer: Julie Posselt
No Simple Solutions: Using Equity to Frame Research on High Performing Transfer Partnerships
12:00 p.m., MMH Third, Tanglewood
Discussant: Estela Bensimon
Improving Access and Opportunity: State Policies in Context
1:30 p.m., MMH Third, River Oaks C
Individual Submissions: James Dean Ward, William Tierney
Chair and Organizer: James Dean Ward
In the Hallway: Experiences of Mid-Career Faculty
1:30 p.m., MMH Third, Sugarland A
Chair: Roman Liera
Digging Deeper into the Relationship between Race and STEM
1:30 p.m., MMH Third, Hunter's Creek A
Discussant: Joseph Kitchen
More than Deficits: First-generation Students and College Success
3 p.m., MMH Third, Briargrove A
Individual Submissions: Joseph Kitchen, Darnell Cole, Gwendelyn Rivera
3 p.m., MMH Third, Kingwood B
Chair: Cynthia Diana Villarreal
This schedule was compiled by Ross Brenneman (Office of Communications) and
Susan McKibben (Research Office).
