Hispanic/ Latino/a/e Heritage Month and Beyond: A Faculty Panel Online
Designated a Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI), Montclair State University is committed to promoting an inclusive environment to support the success and sense of belonging of all Hispanic students, faculty, and staff. What can faculty do to achieve this goal in their classrooms? Inspired by Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month, we’ve invited several faculty to talk about their experiences and practices around issues of representation, support, identity, belonging, and bias. Our faculty panelists share their strategies for making Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month more than a month.
Panelists:
Laura Quiros, Associate Professor, Social Work and Child Advocacy
Milton Fuentes, Professor, Psychology
Carlos Molina, Professor, Biology
- Date:
- Wednesday, September 27, 2023
- Time:
- 10:00am - 11:00am
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Instructors
Carlos A. Molina is a Professor of Molecular Biology. Dr. Molina received his B.S. in Biology from the University of Puerto Rico, M.S. and Ph.D. in Biochemistry for Purdue University and postdoctoral training in molecular and cell biology at the University of Louis Pasteur in Strasbourg, France. Dr. Molina was the recipient several honors and grants from the American Association of Cancer Research, National Health Institute, National Science Foundation. He has been a member of the National Institutes of Health National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Department of Defense Ovarian and Prostate Cancer Study Sections.
Laura Quiros is an associate professor in Social Work and Child Advocacy and the author of Incorporating Diversity and Inclusion into Trauma-Informed Social Work (Routledge). While at Adelphi, Prof. Quiros received the 2021 Award for Excellence in Teaching Social Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (SJEDI), reflecting her demonstrated commitment to SJEDI in the classroom. Her research and scholarly interests focus on trauma informed care through a social justice lens and the social construction of racial and ethnic identity. As a woman of color from a multicultural background, Professor Quiros leverages her experiences, relationship building, and clinical skills to foster connections, inclusion, and empathic accountability.
Milton A. Fuentes is a professor in the Psychology Department. He received his MA in psychology with a Latinx psychology focus from Montclair State University and his doctorate in clinical psychology from Rutgers University. He is a fellow in the Provost's Faculty Fellowship Higher Education Academic Leadership Program (HEAL). He is the 2012 President of the National Latinx Psychological Association and was recently awarded fellow status in the American Psychological Association for his outstanding contributions in the field of psychology. Dr. Fuentes is also the recipient of the 2023 Society for the Teaching of Psychology Promoting Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Award.
Catherine Keohane is Associate Director for Teaching and Learning for the Office for Faculty Excellence. Catherine has a Ph.D. in English from Rutgers University. She has designed and taught upper- and lower-division literature, humanities, and composition courses, and has experience teaching in multiple modalities. She has presented on student engagement at MLA, and has begun to develop open-educational resources that work to mitigate financial barriers to students’ success while also serving students' sense of belongingness.