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 and other interactions with students? Inspired by Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month, we’ve invited members of our faculty and staff to talk about their experiences and practices around issues of representation, support, identity, belonging, and bias. Our panelists share their strategies for making Hispanic/Latino/a/e Heritage Month more than a month.
Panelists:
Carlos Molina, Professor, Biology
Blanca Elizabeth Vega, Associate Professor, Educational Leadership
Rosy Bido, Academic Advisor, College for Education and Engaged Learning, Educational Foundations
- Date:
- Wednesday, October 2, 2024
- Time:
- 11:30am - 12:30pm
- Time Zone:
- Eastern Time - US & Canada (change)
- Online:
- This is an online event. Event URL will be sent via registration email.
- Audience:
- Instructors
Dr. Blanca Elizabeth Vega currently serves as an associate professor and graduate program coordinator for the MA in Higher Education at Montclair State University.
Dr. Vega was selected as a Higher Education Academic Leadership (HEAL) Fellow at Montclair State University, where she will explore racially responsive and equity-minded frameworks for new HSI faculty. Dr. Vega's body of work critically examines the pervasive impact of racism on the experiences and outcomes of students, administrators, and faculty alike, solidifying her role as a leading voice in these vital areas of study.
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 from 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, and 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.
Rosy Bido is an Academic Advisor in the College for Education and Engaged Learning and has been teaching the New Student Seminar course (GNED199) since Fall of 2021.
She is a first generation college student who attended Montclair State University through the Educational Opportunity Fund (EOF) program where she earned her Bachelor's degree in Family Science & Human Development and went on to earn a Master’s in Educational Management from Strayer University.
Rosy has served on the Latinx/a/o Caucus here at Montclair since the Spring of 2022, first as a general member and now as the recording secretary. Her experience as an MSU undergraduate as well as her extensive involvement on campus enable her to relate to and engage with our student population in truly meaningful ways.
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.