The RISE Caribbean Educational Research Conference was co-hosted last week from May 30 鈥� June 1, by the 麻豆视频 and the at the USF College of Education Tampa campus and the Patel Center for Global Solutions. Researchers from the Caribbean, across the U.S., as well as faculty from the USF College of Education presented on the topic of Building Solidarity Across Educational Communities: Cultivating Spaces Where Students Thrive.
Over the three-day conference, scholars from around the globe shared their findings to support the compelling challenges in education in the Caribbean. Beyond the academic sharing, the conference was a celebration of the Caribbean culture and the friendships forged through the RISE Caribbean collaboration.
If you were unable to attend, here is your chance to experience the RISE Caribbean conference:
Wednesday, May 31, 2023
Dr. Allison Skerrett
鈥淩esearch For, By, and With Us: Constructing Caribbean-Based Knowledges for Literacy
Education with Caribbean-Origin Youth鈥�
Speakers: Dr. Gwendolyn Thompson McMillon, Dr. Arlette Willis, Dr. Patricia Edwards
Speakers: Dr. Eunsook Kim, Bethlene Ferdinand, Dr. Jenifer Jasinski Schneider, Dr.
James R. King
Dr. Andrew Hunte, Patrice Benjamin-Hunte
Speakers: Dr. Allison DaSantos, Dr. Erin Mahon, Naseem Smith, Dr. Stacey Blackman,
Dr. Jenni Wolgemuth, Mirka Koro, Ethan Trinh, Don Howell, Rachel Frame, Desire Collins,
Jonielle Alleyne, Talyjah Hyatt
Speakers: Dr. Elizabeth Hadley, Siyu Liu, Dr. Eunsook Kim, Dr. Lauren Braunstein,
Dr. Kiran C. Jayaram, Dr. Charles Vanover, Dr. Brianne Reck, Dr. William Black, Mohammed
Alqahtani, Andrea O鈥橲ullivan, Erin Howell
Dr. Paul Frazier
鈥淧arallel Success Among Males of Color: A Comparative Analysis of African American
and Caribbean Males鈥�
Thursday, June 1, 2023
Dr. S. Joel Warrican
鈥淔rom Research to Praxis: Transforming the Education Landscape through Activism and
Advocacy鈥�
Speakers: Nangamso Mtsatse, Portia October, Dr. Pamela A. Mason, Dr. Jian Wang, Dr.
Aria Razfar, Rebecca Rupnick
Speakers: Molly Hamm-Rodriguez, Emily McConnaughy, Jessica N. Szempruch, Dr. Susan
V. Bennett, Dr. AnnMarie Gunn, Dr. Carrie Wright, Claudia Noel, Angel Caglin, Nancy
Roseman-Alphonse, Joel Clairesia, Colleen Loomis, Julien Irvings
Speakers: Jimelle Roberts, Troy Carrington
Speakers: Dr. Dianne Wellington, Dr. Am茅lie Lemieux, Leah Burger, Dr. Lindsay Persohn,
Kristin Valle-Geren
Lorena Germ谩n
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The USF College of Education would like to thank the amazing researchers that traveled from around the world to contribute to scholarship supporting education in the Caribbean. We would also like to thank the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for the support of the RISE Caribbean initiative, as well as the Patel Center for Global Solutions for providing the conference venue.
We are grateful for the wonderful collaboration between the RISE Caribbean research team and the USF Anchin Center to organize this international conference.