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