About this Event
Welcome to the 2024 Annual EDSA Conference! Join us at DePaul University - Lincoln Park Student Center for an exciting day of learning and networking.
This year's conference theme is "Creative Resilience," and focuses on first generation experiences in academia and the resources we will all need to be successful after degree completion. Along with four break out panels with professionals in the field, the conference will also consist of student research presentations, a faculty and alum career pathways panel, and keynotes from the Dean of DePaul's COE, Dr. Jennifer Mueller and visiting scholar, Dr. Bill Ayers!
Interested in presenting your own research at the poster board session? We would love to hear about your research at the conference! See the full Call for Proposals and sign up here:
*This is a free event
*Breakfast and lunch included
*Virtual option for online students only, select "Online Student" add-on or contact event coordinator at [email protected]
EDSA Conference Key Note with Dr. Bill Ayers
EDSA Conference Breakout Panel Sessions
2024 EDSA Conference Theme: Creative Resilience
Breakout Panel 1
· Inspiring Narrative Transformation
Description
· This session will highlight creative resilience as an opportunity for creative growth. Speakers will facilitate a recognition that challenges are not merely obstacles but catalysts for creativity and growth. Adversity, in its rawest form, demands adaptation. It forces us to look beyond the conventional to find solutions—new ways of being—where none seem to exist. In the face of adversity, creativity becomes a survival mechanism, a way to envision possibilities beyond the present struggles. Creativity is about seeing the cracks in our lives not as invincible gaps but as openings through which light can enter and illuminating paths previously unseen. Speakers will provide a range of perspectives (from their own past doctoral student experiences) for how the trials we face can fuel our creative resilience, turning cracks in our journey into catapults that launch us toward new horizons.
Breakout Panel 2
· Culture of Common Humanity
Description
· This session introduces ways for higher education institutions to empower and better serve doctoral students navigating the "in-between" spaces of intersecting identities. Learning requires risk taking, so classrooms need to be safe places physically and psychologically. Motivation to learn most often occurs when basic needs such as to belong, to be competent, and to influence what happens to them [students] are met. The speakers will share strategies to support diverse and underrepresented student populations, including first-generation and international students, based on their education research, professional expertise as teachers and professors working with doctoral students, and personal life experiences from their doctoral student experiences. Concepts of service and the recognition of human diversity will be introduced and practically applied to show how higher education can and ought to play a central role in navigating chaos while embracing hope.
Breakout Panel 3
· Axiological Interactions for Co-Creation
Description
· This session will pose questions such as: who am I, and what is my purpose? What is my role in society? What is the meaning of life and how am I of value in that story—narrative? What will I contribute? These are examples of “deeper life” interaction prompts. By examining deeper life interactions (around purpose, value, and meaning), this session will highlight value of such interactions and how dialogic value can be the starting point toward learner success. Speakers will deeply reflect on their own sense of why and reason for wanting to become a teacher, a professor, and education researcher. Discussion will include how education leaders—including teachers in the classroom—can creatively find ways to weave deeper life interactions into existing education programs—specifically in our doctoral programs.
Breakout Panel 4
· Resilience Through the Dissertation & Capstone Process
Description
· This session will delve into how to balance self-care and well-being while managing the stress involved when crafting a dissertation or capstone project. Speakers will contribute their current self-care practices and discuss what strategies they used when writing and conducting research for their dissertation and capstone project. Discussion will invite critical reflection on what current resources are available for doctoral students specific to this stage of the doctoral journey and how to make best use of available resources after shifting from coursework.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
DePaul University - Lincoln Park Student Center, North Sheffield Avenue, Chicago, IL, USA, United States
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