‘Making Change in Higher Ed: Mobilization and Advocacy Efforts’

Please join us on Thursday, Feb. 26, from noon–1:30 p.m. for a Zoom panel on the topic, “Making Change in Higher Ed: Mobilization and Advocacy Efforts.” The speakers on this panel will discuss the ways in which they have mobilized and advocated for change at their universities. Panelists will be asked about what strategies they found beneficial, what challenges they encountered, what they might do differently, and how their advocacy efforts affected their careers. This panel is sponsored by WSU’s Association for Faculty Women (AFW) and is open to anyone at the university.

Panelists:

  • Maya Barak
    Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Studies &
    Director of the MS in Criminology and Criminal Justice
    University of Michigan, Dearborn
  • Donna Selman
    Department Chair of Criminal Justice Sciences
    Illinois State University
  • Ashley Farmer
    Associate Professor of Criminal Justice Sciences
    Illinois State University

Moderated by:

Hillary Mellinger
Assistant Professor
Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology

Zoom information:

Meeting ID: 925 8879 0696
Passcode 004125

Please contact AFW Liaison for Access and Opportunity Hillary Mellinger with any questions.

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