International Conference on Urban Education

The ICUE conference is hosted biannually by the Urban Education Collaborative, an urban education research center at The University of North Carolina (UNC) at Charlotte working to improve K-12 urban education and quality of life through community partnership. This year’s theme is “Speaking Truth to Power: Sustaining Excellence in Urban Realities.” The CELSJE Director Dr. Qi Shi, with two faculty fellows Dr. Stephanie Flores-Koulish and Dr. Leah Saal, and Dr. Lisa Schoenbrodt, professor of Speech Language Pathology will present their findings from three different research projects in a panel that centers around the theme “equity and social justice in education” on Nov. 3, 2022 (11:20am-12:35pm) in Cancun, Mexico.

Presentations and Presenters

Equity, Leadership, and Social Justice in Education through Participatory Community-Based Research: Connecting ELLs and Counselors-in-training

Qi Shi, Associate Professor; Director of the Center of Equity, Leadership and Social Justice in Education, Loyola University Maryland

Equity, Leadership, and Social Justice in Education through Participatory Community-Based Research: The Baltimore Story Collaboration

Stephanie Flores-Koulish, Professor, Loyola University Maryland; Allen Brizee, Associate Professor & Director, Writing Across the Curriculum, Saint Louis University; Stephanie Brizee, Director of Planned Giving, Loyola University Maryland; RaShawna Sydnor, Teacher, Baltimore City Public Schools 

Equity, Leadership, and Social Justice in Education Through Community-Based Research: Self-Advocate Educators for Law Enforcement

Leah Katherine Saal, Associate Professor of Literacy, Loyola University Maryland; Lisa Schoenbrodt, Professor of Speech Language Pathology, Loyola University Maryland