CASE Events

2023 CASE Summit

Join us for CASE Summit 2023!

Please join us for our Annual CASE (Center for Access, Success, and Equity) Summit on Wednesday, March 8, 2023. Our theme is: The State of Equity and Access in Education”

https://rowan.zoom.us/j/85878878781?pwd=NjBYZFpUUHM4T0JFaGdoRllNRXdBUT09

Meeting ID: 858 7887 8781

Passcode: 724769

Ph: 267 831 0333

Our keynote speaker is Dr. Freeman A. Hrabowski, III, President Emeritus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. His research and publications focus on science and math education, with special emphasis on minority participation and performance. He chaired the National Academies’ committee that produced the report, Expanding Underrepresented Minority Participation: America’s Science and Technology Talent at the Crossroads. He was named by President Obama to chair the President’s Advisory Commission on Educational Excellence for African Americans. Dr. Hrabowski was elected to the National Academy of Engineering, and also named the inaugural ACE Centennial Fellow and the inaugural Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Commemorative Lecture Speaker by Harvard.

In addition, our CASE Summit will feature guest speaker Dr. Betty Lai, Associate Professor in Counseling Psychology at Boston College. Dr. Lai’s research focuses on the impacts of climate crisis and disasters on children. Her work has examined children's mental and physical health symptoms, and school functioning following large-scale disasters. Dr. Lai is dedicated to training the next generation of scholars. Dr. Lai’s book, The Grant Writing Guide: A Road Map for Scholars, includes strategies and insights gleaned from her interviews of scores of grant writing experts. Dr. Lai's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, National Institute of Mental Health, and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

The Summit will also feature the research of faculty of the College of Education including: Drs. Anna Sun, Cathy Brant, Kate Seltzer, & Carmelo Callueng. Several of the topics include:

"No such thing as the real world: Confronting ideology through critical translingual professional development."
"Associations of Principals of Color with Recruitment of Teachers of Color."
"Moderated Mediation Modeling of Growth Mindset and Attitudes Towards Bullying on the Relationship Between Peer Victimization and Academic Achievement Among Filipino Students."

All session are open to everyone.

Past Events

CASE Research Spotlight

flyer case spotlight event pics speakers

CASE Research Spotlight highlighted some of the research on equity and diversity from the College of Education Faculty here at Rowan University.

2022 CASE Annual Summit

flyer case summit 2022

2022 Annual CASE Summit took place virtually on Tuesday, March 8, 2022. This year the theme was “Critical Race Theory: Why Now?” Featured keynote speakers included Dr. Adrienne Dixson, co-editor of CRT in Education, All God's Children Got a Song, and Dr. Josue Falaise, CEO of GOMO Educational Services. In addition, the CASE Summit featured Rowan faculty members, as well as other respected individuals in the field of education. Thank you to all the presenters and attendees!

CASE Annual Fall Forum - November 10, 2021

pics from case forum nov 2021

Thank you for attending CASE Annual Fall Forum “Race and Education”!

flyer case forum event fall 2021

Center for Access, Success and Equity (CASE)

in partnership with the CED Provost Teaching Fellows

presented:

CASE Annual Fall Forum

Featuring keynote speaker Dr. Charles Dew, author of “The Making of a Racist”,

and faculty keynote speaker Dr. Adam Alvarez.

About Dr. Charles Dew

Charles B. Dew is Ephraim Williams Professor of American History, Emeritus, at Williams College. A native of St. Petersburg, Florida, he attended local schools and then graduated from Woodberry Forest School in Virginia in 1954 and from Williams in 1958; he received his Ph.D. from the Johns Hopkins University, where he studied under C. Vann Woodward, in 1964. He taught at Wayne State University, Louisiana State University, the University of Missouri-Columbia, and the University of Virginia before returning to teach at Williams in 1977.

Professor Dew retired in 2020 following forty-three years as a member of the Williams faculty. His teaching there focused on the American South, the era of the Civil War and Reconstruction, and the institution of slavery. His most recent book is The Making of a Racist: A Southerner Reflects on Family, History, and the Slave Trade. Earlier scholarship includes: Bond of Iron: Master and Slave at Buffalo Forge; Apostles of Disunion: Southern Secession Commissioners and the Causes of the Civil War; and Ironmaker to the Confederacy: Joseph R. Anderson and the Tredegar Ironworks. Ironmaker to the Confederacy and Apostles of Disunion both received the Fletcher Pratt Award, given by the Civil War Roundtable of New York for the best non-fiction book on the Civil War in its year of publication, and Bond of Iron received the Elliot Rudwick Prize from the Organizations of American Historians and was named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times.

In a semester when many of his History Department colleagues will be on leave, he will be returning to the classroom in the spring of 2022 to teach his research seminar, HIST 456 “The Civil War & the Era of Reconstruction.”

About Adam Alvarez, Ph.D.

Dr. Adam Alvarez is an Assistant Professor of Urban Education in the Department of Language, Literacy, and Sociocultural Education, College of Education, Rowan University. While his research aims to support all educators in K-12 settings, Dr. Alvarez is particularly interested in educators who work with children of color, children living in urban environments, and children who are exposed to violence and trauma. He uses various race-based, analytic frameworks and diverse methodological approaches to study how race and racism shape the social context of education across various settings. Featured in Theory into Practice, Equity and Excellence in Education, and Teaching Education, his scholarship contributes to a growing body of research, attempting to shift our institutional approaches toward preparing future educators and researchers to recognize and disrupt longstanding school and social inequalities.

Dr. Alvarez teaches graduate courses, such as critical pedagogy, power and privilege, and other topics related to urban education. Additionally, Dr. Alvarez is a core faculty member in the Urban and Diverse Educational Systems, an area of concentration within Rowan’s PhD in Education program for students seeking to either specialize in urban education research or broaden their understanding of and interdisciplinary approaches to exploring race, equity, and justice across various school and social contexts.

Dr. Alvarez is the 2021 Recipient of American Educational Research Association’s (AERA) Review of Research Award. Topic: “Seeing Race in the Research on Youth Trauma and Education.”

CASE Conversations Fall 2021

pics from case conversations sep2021

Thank you for attending CASE Conversations “Education in the Midst of a Pandemic” featuring a panel discussion with Dr. Cory Dixon, Associate Professor in the Department of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math Education (STEAM), Dr. Mark Silverstein, Superintendent of Glassboro Public Schools, and Dr. Zenaida Cobian, Superintendent of Penns Grove and Carneys Point Regional School District. Our panel was moderated by Dr. Adrian Barnes, Summer 2021 CASE Fellow and Coordinator of BA in Music Education.

This conversation invited participants to think deeply about education during a pandemic and to uncover what new challenges are now a factor as students and educators across the country transition back to in-person instruction.

2021 CASE Virtual Summit

Impact of a Pandemic and Social Injustice on Access and Equity in Education

March 5, 2021

2020-2021 CASE Conversations series

A Professional and Personal Journey to Why
Presenter: Dr. Lisa Vernon-Dotson
November 2020
Understanding the Effects of Trauma on P-12 Students
Presenters: Dr. JoAnn Manning and Dr. Bobbie Mann
December 2020
Mental Health Awareness for our Black and Brown Communities and the Importance of a Well-balanced Education for Students and educators
Presenter: Jonathan Shepherd, MD, President, Board of Directors of Black Mental Health Alliance
February 2021
Research Funding Opportunities in Education
Presenter: Stephen Robishaw, MPA, Office of Proposal Development Division of University Research
February 2021
The Impact of Education on Hate Crimes
Presenters: Dr. Adam Alvarez, Dr. Adrian Barnes, Dr. Kate Kedley, Dr. Anna Sun
May 2021

2018-2019 Real Talk and Book Club Events

2019 CASE Conference: Educators For Equity

Thanks to all who attended, supported and assisted with the third annual CASE Conference: Educators for Equity on March 19, 2019. With 113 attendees, it was a successful event that really highlighted the equity work of CASE and the College of Education at large.
Our keynote, Dr. Edward Fergus, helped to set the tone of the day, giving additional emphasize to the importance of engaging in this work.
Breakout sessions highlighted equity efforts in Bridgeton, Delsea, Glassboro, Haddonfield, Kingsway, Logan and Lumberton school districts.
Our panel of Superintendents from Delsea, GCIT, Haddonfield, Kingsway, Logan and Lumberton school districts was a great dialogue and opportunity to hear from school leadership about the self-reflection, commitment, and continuous improvement around equity within our areas schools, for many as a result of their partnership with CASE.