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15th INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON EDUCATION AND JUSTICE
 11-12 September 2025, Los Angeles, CA

DETAILED SCHEDULE

(updated 11 September 2025)

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THURSDAY, 11 SEPTEMBER 2025

Download the PDF version of the Day One (Thursday) Schedule


6:00 a.m.
Unaffiliated Event (shared as a courtesy):
Run in Downtown Los Angeles with the Skid Row Running Club

All conference participants are warmly invited to join the Skid Row Running Club for a 4.5-mile run through Downtown Los Angeles. All paces welcome (walkers, joggers, running)—no one left behind.

  • Meet: 6th & San Pedro, in front of The Midnight Mission, 601 S San Pedro St, Los Angeles, CA 90014 (about 15 miles east of UCLA; you are responsible for your own transportation)

  • Start time: 6:00 a.m.

  • Parking: Metered street parking available nearby (parking is not permitted in The Midnight Mission garage)

  • Post-run: Coffee and donuts provided

  • Questions? Contact Brian Charest at brian_charest@redlands.edu or 773-301-6134

8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION OPENS [Moore 3340]

The Registration Table and Art-Making Table will be in room 3340 (third floor) of Moore Hall, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served in the morning.

9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Affiliated Event:
EDJE STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING [Moore 3027]

This is a closed meeting for members of the Steering Committee of Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE).

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.
INFORMATION SESSION:
PUBLISHING YOUR CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS  [Moore 2120]

We are pleased to announce that this Conference will once again partner with Professing Education, the journal of the Society of Professors of Education, on a special issue that features papers based on several conference presentations. If you are a presenter and are interested in publishing your work, please join us to learn more about this opportunity! For some inspiration, check out the issues of Professing Education that featured papers from previous conferences.

9:45 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
WELLNESS SESSION:
Sitting and Walking Meditation  [Moore 2120]

For beginners and veterans alike, this introductory session will help to ground us in the midst of a jam-packed conference! We will learn and briefly practice one seated meditation (on chairs) and one indoor walking meditation that will be easy to continue practicing in our daily lives. No need to bring anything. Led by Kevin Kumashiro (CYT).

10:30 a.m. – 11:45 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #1

1.1. (Symposium) Leading on the EDJE: How Schools of Education are Transforming toward Justice * [Moore 3027]

Session Moderator: Kathy Schultz, University of Colorado-Boulder

BASE Jump: Elevating Equity and Justice in a Small Teacher Education Program
Carrie Kondor, Gennie VanBeek, and Kena Avila, Linfield University
(8-10 minutes)

Disrupting the Default: Equity-Driven Curriculum Change in Teacher Preparation
Colleen Mulholland, University of Northern Iowa
(8-10 minutes)

EDJE and Company: Integrating the EDJE Framework Into an Existing College Structure
Luchara Wallace, Western Michigan University
(8-10 minutes)

EDJE in Practice: Leadership, Culture, and Resistance in Advancing Equity in Education
Yvette Latunde, Bridges Leadership and Education Service LLC; and Kimberly White-Smith, University of San Diego
(8-10 minutes)

Living on the EDJE: Implementing the EDJE Framework in PACMED’s Pacific Teacher Education Programs
Deborah K. Zuercher, Paul Tauiliili, Ivy Yeung, and Janelle Matsuura, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa
(8-10 minutes)

There's No Place Like Homies: Finding Your People in Educational Leadership for Justice (or, Finding Your People to Build Community and Lead for Educational Justice)
Vero Velez, John Korsmo, and Kevin Roxas, Western Washington University
(8-10 minutes)

Organizational Transformation and Leading with Humility
Sumi Hagiwara, Montclair State University
(8-10 minutes)

* This session, held jointly with the EDJE meeting, is open to all conference attendees

1.2. Panel on Looking Across Contexts and Nations [Moore 3140]

Session Moderator: Cristina Tomie Stephany

Negotiating School Exclusions: Discourse, Ideology, & Social Action in London’s Education Coalitions (United Kingdom)
Marika Krishnan, University of California-Los Angeles
(10-12 minutes)

Revising the Narrative: Centering Race in Nihonjinron (Japan)
Kako Koshino, Mejiro University
(10-12 minutes)

Study Abroad as a Pedagogical Intervention for Preservice Teachers: Confronting Race, Religion, and Power in Schooling and Society (U.S. and France)
Erica K. Dotson, Clayton State University
(10-12 minutes)

Case Study of a Cancelled NEH Grant Understanding Teachers’ Perceptions of ChatGPT in Relation to Cultural Identity (CA and HI)
K. ʻAlohilani HN Okamura, University of Hawaiʻi-Mānoa; Cristina Tomie Stephany, South Bay Consortium Teacher Induction Program; and Mike Karlin, California State University-Dominguez Hills
(10-12 minutes)

1.3. Roundtable (works in-progress) on Reimagining K-12 Schools [Moore 3320]

Session Moderator: Sidra Sheikh

Five Principles of Decolonization: A Proposed Rubric to Assess and Analyze Organizational Models
Deborah Randall, Lana‘i High and Elementary School
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Framing School Securitization: A Mixed Methods Policy Analysis of the School Violence Prevention Program
Sidra Sheikh, Dartmouth College
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Why is Their Desk Outside the Classroom?: Teacher Perceptions and Implicit Bias toward Black Students with EBD
Master Brown, Pennsylvania State University; Andrew Shelby, Rowan University and Camden County’s Community Planning & Advocacy Council; Cameron Smith, Partners for Kids and Families; and Macawi Thomas-EL, University of Pennsylvania
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

11:45 a.m. – 12:45 p.m.
THURSDAY LUNCH [Moore 3340]

All conference registrants are invited to the Thursday Lunch, provided by our generous host and sponsors! Vegan and gluten-free options will be available.

Feel free to sit in any of the meeting rooms, or take your lunch immediately outdoors and have a picnic on the East Lawn.

If you’re looking for places on campus to take a quick walk:

 12:45 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #2

2.1. Roundtable (works in-progress) on Reimagining Universities * [Moore 3027]

Session Moderator: Isabel Nunez

Becoming Visible: Using Co-Constructed Tools of Criticality to Surface Collective Pedagogical Critical Consciousness
Sangeetha Carmona and Kim Megyesi-Brem, California State University-Fullerton
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Elevating Intersectional Disability Studies at San José State University
Saili Kulkarni, San José State University; Sudha Krishnan, San José State University; and Ly Xīnzhèn M. Zhǎngsūn Brown, Georgetown University
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Understanding Parental Involvement and ASU Support Programs Role in Higher Education
Jazmin Gamboa, Arizona State University
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

The Possibility of Wuwei Leadership in this Moment: Hope as Intervention?
Isabel Nunez, Purdue University-Fort Wayne 
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

* This session, held jointly with the EDJE meeting, is open to all conference attendees

2.2. Panel on Community-School-University Connections [Moore 3140]

Session Moderator: Roland Sintos Coloma

Building Community Capacity for Teacher Development and Collaboration at the School Level
Debra Russell, Chapman University; Heather Griggs, University of Redlands; and Matt Rauch, Morongo Unified School District
(10-12 minutes)

Reclaiming Education through Pedagogies of Refusal: Toward a Framework of Resistance and Solidarity-Building Across Temporalities
C.A. Langerud, Arizona State University
(10-12 minutes)

Sanitized Stories and Selective Memory: The War on Black History in Education—Our Intervention Begins with Truth
Martin P. Smith, Duke University; and Kenderick Wilson, Seattle Colleges
(10-12 minutes)

Building Collective Power and Counter-Narratives: Project MITTEN’s Multi-Sector Partnership and Advancing Racial Equity in Education
Roland Sintos Coloma, Wayne State University; Annette Christiansen, Michigan Education Association; KaRie Jorah, Wayne State University; Jeffrey Lisiecki, Wayne State University; and Tanesha Watkins, Project MITTEN
(20-22 minutes)

2.3. Panel on Beyond School Walls [Moore 3320]

Session Moderator: Brian Charest

Born to Run: Running, Restorative Practice, and Movement-Building Inside a Prison Yard
Brian Charest, University of Redlands
(10-12 minutes)

Navigating Contradictions and Localizing Ethnic Studies Within and Beyond Salinas High School Classrooms
Chrissy Hernandez, Alo Wilson, and Mark Gomez, California State University-Monterey Bay
(20-22 minutes)

Unbound Stories: Teaching and Learning on the Run
William Ayers, University of Illinois-Chicago (retired); Renaldo Hudson, Illinois Prison Project; Stanley Howard, Uptown People's Law Project; and Adam Bush, College Unbound
(20-22 minutes)

2:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #3 

3.1. Panel on Innovations in Leadership Preparation [Moore 1048]

Session Moderator: Priya Goel

Doctoring Ourselves Whole: Fostering Healing-Centered Leadership through Collective Praxis
Ximena Ospina, Higher Education Consultant; and Vajra Watson, University of Redlands
(10-12 minutes)

Naming the Doctorate as an Intervention: Preparing Equity-Focused Leaders in a Time of Systemic Backlash
Barbara A Henderson and Violet F Ballard, San Francisco State University
(10-12 minutes)

STEM for Some or STEM for ALL? A Professional Learning Model to Ensure STEM for ALL
Leena Bakshi McLean, STEM4Real
(10-12 minutes)

Research-for-Movement-Building​: Self and We in Doctoral Research Training & Mentorship
Priya Goel, Fatima Jaffer, Rahni Baughman, Charles Dickerson, and Yessica Vera Mendez, California State University-Dominguez Hills
(20-22 minutes)

3.2. Panel on Navigating the Political and Corporate Forces Undermining Education [Moore 2120]

Session Moderator: Robin Brandehoff

A Pedagogy of Resistance: Interrogating Project 47 through Rage and Critical Mentorship
Robin Brandehoff, University of Colorado-Denver
(10-12 minutes)

Mama Bears in the Belly of the Beast: Moms for Liberty Disinformation Campaigns in California
Huriya Jabbar, University of Southern California
(10-12 minutes)

Examining the Rollback of DEI in California Across Multiple Systems of Public Education: Policy and Pedagogical Implications on Faculty, Staff, and Students
Frances Contreras, University of California-Irvine; Theresa Montano, California State University-Northridge; Alfred Herrera, University of California-Los Angeles; and Sylvia Hurtado, University of California-Los Angeles
(20-22 minutes)

3.3. Roundtable (works in-progress) on Indigenous and Queer Lenses [Moore 3320]

Session Moderator: B Waid

(Re)Conceptualizing Funds of Identity/Knowledge in PK-12 Spaces: Advancing Justice through Queer Ways of Knowing and Being
B Waid and William Toledo, California State University-Fullerton
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Traversing Dissonance with Social Justice Practitioners: An Exploration of Indigenous and Queer Paradigms to Activate Well-Being in the Work
Paul David Terry, University of San Francisco
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

 3:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
WELCOME RECEPTION [Math Sci Patio]

All conference registrants are invited to our Welcome Reception to mingle and network! Light refreshments will be provided by our fabulous host and sponsors! This is located just across the street from Moore Hall.

 4:00 p.m. – 5:00 p.m.
OPENING PLENARY [Math Sci 4000A]

Naming the Moment and Our Intervention

Welcome by Conference Host: Annamarie Francois, University of California-Los Angeles

Speaking Truth with a Trembling Voice: A Sacred Call to Justice and Liberation
Angela Valenzuela, University of Texas-Austin

The Yazzie and Martinez Case: Settler Colonialism and Imperialist Agendas
Glenabah Martinez, University of New Mexico

Schooling for Silicon Valley: A Critical Examination of How and Why Education was Entrusted to the Tech Industry and Its Dire Consequences in Uncertain Times [download the book flyer]
Timothy Scott, Central Connecticut State University

Session Moderator: Kevin Kumashiro 

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FRIDAY, 12 SEPTEMBER 2025

Download the PDF version of the Day Two (Friday) Schedule


8:00 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.
REGISTRATION OPENS [Moore 3340]

The Registration Table and Art-Making Table will be in room 3340 (third floor) of Moore Hall, 457 Portola Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095. Coffee, tea, and refreshments will be served in the morning.

 8:15 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.
Cup and Convo with Kevin [Moore 3340]

Grab a cup of coffee or tea and join this informal conversation with Kevin Kumashiro and get a special preview of his new interactive report, School Times for End Times: A Brief History of U.S. Christian Nationalist Activism and Public Education.

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Affiliated Event:
EDJE MEETING [Moore 2120]

The Fall 2025 meeting of Education Deans for Justice and Equity (EDJE) is being held jointly with the Conference. All deans, associate/assistant deans, directors and chairs, diversity officers, and other leaders in schools and colleges of education, as well as those working collectively with or aspiring towards such roles, are invited to attend the EDJE Meeting.

Agenda: Come to learn more about EDJE, make connections, name the moment for schools of education, share resources and strategies, plan for 2025-2026, and build movement for equity and justice in and through education.

Facilitated by members of the EDJE Steering Committee:

Annamarie Francois, University of California-Los Angeles
Isabel Nunez, Purdue University-Fort Wayne 
Kathy Schultz, University of Colorado-Boulder
Kevin Roxas, Western Washington University
Kimberly White-Smith, University of San Diego
Luchara Wallace, Western Michigan University
Rachel Endo, University of Washington-Tacoma
Soh Meacham, University of Northern Iowa
Sumi Hagiwara, Montclair State University
Terry Flennaugh, Michigan State University

 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Affiliated Event:
CARE-ED MEETING [Moore 3320]

The Fall 2025 meeting of California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education (CARE-ED) is being held jointly with the Conference. All California scholars, educators, students, and advocates, as well as those working in solidarity with us, are invited to attend the CARE-ED Meeting.

Agenda: Come to learn more about CARE-ED and what’s happening in California, make connections and share resources, plan for 2025-2026, and build movement for equity and justice in and through education.

Facilitated by members of the CARE-ED Steering Committee:

Alison Dover, California State University-Fullerton
Brian Charest, University of Redlands
Christine Sleeter, California State University-Monterey Bay (emerita)
Margarita Berta-Avila, Sacramento State University
Ruchi Rangnath, University of San Francisco

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Self-Guided Excursions (on your own)

For those who are not attending the EDJE or CARE-ED meetings, consider checking out one of the many on-campus attractions of nature and the arts, including:

Indoor museums:

  • about 0.8 miles south is the Hammer Museum (on visual arts; open from 11am-8pm; free admission)

  • about 0.2 miles north is the Fowler Museum (on global arts and culture; open from 12-5pm; free admission)

Outdoor gardens:

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Affiliated Event:
DEANS OF COLOR MEETING  [Moore 2120]

Deans of Color: Connecting the Dots Together (for deans only) * 

Session Facilitators:

Luchara Wallace, Western Michigan University
Rachel Endo, University of Washington-Tacoma

* This session, held jointly with the EDJE meeting, is intended for current and former deans of color only. Please feel free to bring your lunch (provided by the conference).

12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
FRIDAY LUNCH [Moore 3340]

All conference registrants are invited to the Friday Lunch, provided by our generous host and sponsors! Vegan and gluten-free options will be available.

Feel free to sit in any of the meeting rooms, or take your lunch immediately outdoors and have a picnic on the East Lawn.

If you’re looking for places on campus to take a quick walk:

1:00 p.m. – 2:15 p.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #4 

4.1. Panel on Troubling Leadership in Higher Education * [Moore 1048]

Session Moderator: Sumi Hagiwara

Reflections of a Former Administrator: Culture and Power in Academic Administration
Loan Thi Dao, California State University-Los Angeles
(10-12 minutes) 

Visible Yet Violated: A Phenomenology of Women of Color in Regressive Times
Yvette C. Latunde, Bridges Leadership and Education Service LLC; Kimberly A. White-Smith, University of San Diego; Cheryl E. Matias, University of San Diego; and Venus E. Evans-Winters, University of San Diego
(20-22 minutes)

Asian Women Leaders’ Cultural Asset-Based Leadership Practices
Rachel Endo, University of Washington-Tacoma; Candis Eckert, University of Washington-Seattle; Sumi Hagiwara, Montclair State University; Julie Kang, Seattle University; Soh Meacham, University of Northern Iowa; and Rupam Saran, City University of New York, Medgar Evers College
(20-22 minutes) 

* This session, held jointly with the EDJE meeting, is open to all conference attendees

4.2. Panel on Frameworks for Transforming Schools and Universities [Moore 3140]

Session Moderator: Efrain Brito

Decolonizing Our Minds with Critical Media Literacy
Jeff Share, University of California-Los Angeles
(10-12 minutes) 

Pedagogies of Possibility: Supporting Undergraduates to Imagine and Build Futures of Their Own Making [download the flyer]
Deborah Keisch, University of Massachusetts-Amherst
(10-12 minutes)

Political Fracturing: The Emergence of a Conservative Institution
Elizabeth A. Walker, College of the Desert
(10-12 minutes)

Critical Scholars as Change Agents: (Re)Engaging Du Bois, Washington, and Freire to Define Our Last Public Good
Efrain Brito, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo; Xavier J. Monroe, National Science Foundation; and Anthony Muro Villa III, University of California-Riverside
(10-12 minutes)

4.3. Roundtable (works in-progress) on Anti-Oppressive Curriculum across the Ages and Disciplines [Moore 3320]

Session Moderator: Theodore Chao

A Mestiza Praxis: Understanding the Agentic Nature of a Mestiza Consciousness
Elena Marquez, Chapman University
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Challenge as a Way of Knowing: Artificial Intelligence (AI), Autonomy, Agency, and Anomie
Mary C. Lang, Center for Leadership, Equity, and Research (CLEAR)
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Critical Family Histories as Pedagogical Intervention in Precarious Times
Casey Tokita, Arizona State University 
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Reclaiming Erased Histories: Mathematical Counter-Storytelling and the Chinese Exclusion Act as Funds of Knowledge Work
Theodore Chao, California State University-Fullerton; and Lili Zhou, California State University-Los Angeles
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

2:30 p.m. – 3:45 a.m.
BREAKOUT SESSIONS #5 

5.1. Panel on Educator and Scholar Collectives * [Moore 2120]

Session Moderator: Ruchi Rangnath

Pedagogy as Protest: Black Women Math Teachers Advancing Justice in the Math Classroom
Stephenie Tidwell, Montclair State University
(10-12 minutes)

California Alliance of Researchers for Equity in Education (CARE-ED): Sharing Our Journey through Coalition Building and Organizing
Ruchi Rangnath, University of San Francisco; and Margarita Berta-Avila, Sacramento State University
(10-12 minutes) 

Educator Activists and Collective Scholarship for Social Justice
Therese Quinn, University of Illinois-Chicago; and William Ayers, University of Illinois-Chicago (retired)
(10-12 minutes)

* This session, held jointly with the EDJE meeting, is open to all conference attendees

5.2. Panel on Student Arts, Activism, Autoethnography [Moore 3027]

Session Moderator: Mikela Bjork

Amplifying Belonging: Latinx Youth, School Music, and Resistance through Ensemble
Johanna Gamboa-Kroesen, University of California-Los Angeles
(10-12 minutes) 

Creative Resistance: Rethinking Outcomes in Youth Participatory Action Research
Dana Wright, Mills College at Northeastern University
(10-12 minutes)

Teaching for Belonging: Humanizing Early Literacy through Community Cultural Wealth
Dora Diaz and Ana Carrasco, University of Texas-Austin
(10-12 minutes)

What Does It Mean to Belong? Youth-Led Insights for Educational Justice
Marilee Coles-Ritchie, Westminster University; and Bailey Rivera-Wymes, Belonging in Utah
(10-12 minutes)

Auto-Ethnography as Resistance
Mikela Bjork, Nereida Montes, Jose Alvarez, Leticia Contreras, Iris Cordova, Andrea Zambrano, and Breann Lindsey, University of Redlands
(20-22 minutes)

5.3. Roundtable (works in-progress) on Teacher and Leader Preparation for Challenging Times [Moore 3140]

Session Moderator: Alison Dover

Becoming Justice: Developing and Sustaining a Just Vision in an Educational Leadership Preparation Program
Abdul-Rehman Mohammed Issa, Doron Zinger, Julie Jhun, and Antonia Issa-Lahera, California State University-Dominguez Hills
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

The Legacy of Proposition 227: Oral Histories Capturing Aspiring Bilingual Teachers’ Experiences of Language Identity Development
Olivia E. Obeso, California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

Using Mixed Reality Simulations in Teacher Education: How Ethnic Studies Preservice Teachers View Their Capacity for Action within Institutional Barriers
Heather Macías, California State University-Long Beach
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)

“It’s a Good Struggle”: Supporting Critical Professional Development, Teacher Agency and Activism in Hostile Times
Alison Dover, California State University-Fullerton
(10min presentation, with 10min feedback)  

4:00 p.m. – 4:45 p.m.
POSTERS SESSION AND REFRESHMENTS  [Moore 3320 & 3340]
Grab some refreshments and speak with presenters of the amazing posters and exhibits on display! 

Bakhtin’s Carnivalesque in the Classroom: A Qualitative Study of Power and Resistance in the High School Composition Classroom
Tracee Auville-Parks, University of Redlands  

Data Science for Justice: Expanding Access, Equity, and Critical Thinking in Public Education
Karla Patricia Santos Oliveira Rodríguez Esquerre, Federal University of Bahia, Brazil

How Should Equity-Driven Educators Strategically Respond to the Executive Order, “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K-12 Schools”?
John Pascarella, University of Southern California 

Language as Resistance: Rewriting Narratives for Refugee and Immigrant Students in U.S. Public Schools
Ann J. DeChenne, North Marion School District

Lessons in Radical Protection: How Black Mothers School Their Daughters through National Crises
Monique Lane, Saint Mary’s College of California

Navigating Academic Challenges: The Role of Positive Educator Connections in the Success of Former Foster Youth
Miriam Martinez, University of Redlands

Refusing Erasure: Black Women Educators Navigating and Resisting Carceral Logics in No-Excuses Charter School
Brian Todd Collins II, Indiana University-Indianapolis

Teacher Professional Identity in the Age of AI: Insights from Kazakhstan
Yedil Nurymbetov, Suleyman Demirel University

Uplifting Indigenous Language Justice in Urban Schools: A Case Study of Nimalaj Be’, a Maya Language Club
Emily Grijalva, Claremont Graduate University & Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD)

“We Belong Here”: Student-Faculty Interventions to Interrupt Gatekeeping and Build Belonging Along the Path to Graduate School
Marcella Cardoza McCollum, San José State University

Wounds of Sexist Thinking in Higher Education Through Feminist Autoethnography
Chau D. Duong, University of San Diego