Description

The ongoing campus expressive activity has raised multiple questions, challenged students and practitioners alike to communicate and negotiate, and brought worldwide media attention to campus politics and decision-making. 

ASCA is offering this webinar, free to members, in an effort to provide resources and insight for the current events as well as assist members to proactively plan for future expressive activity.

We Will Address:

• How are campuses addressing expressive activity? How can we/should we address when incidents and responses go viral?
  
  
• How can practitioners find support?
  
  
• How do we balance student rights with internal and external pressures?
  
  
• How do these events mirror similar events in history (Dixon v. Alabama, Vietnam and apartheid protests, Civil Rights protests, Occupy Wall Street, Black Lives Matter, and more), and how should our profession respond?

Learning Outcomes:

• Attendees will receive an overview of the history of and current events around expressive activity on campuses and the impact of domestic and international crises on higher education campuses and organizations
  
  
• Attendees will receive actionable advice and recommendations regarding expressive activity
  
  
• Attendees will receive actionable advice and recommendations regarding student development and education around effective expressive activity
  
  
• Attendees will receive resources and information around First Amendment, and the difference between protected expression and civil disobedience
  
  
• Attendees will receive information regarding trauma stewardship and trauma-informed responses around expressive activity and the events leading to expressive activity

Attendees can also submit questions ahead of time via this form: https://forms.gle/CU5zYTLCwyAzytYN9

Event Pricing:

• Members - free 
• Non-members - $29 

This event will not be recorded, so please be sure to attend!

Presenters and Bios:

Tess Barker, J.D., Ph.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Dr. Tess Barker is the Executive Director of ASCA. In this role, Barker serves as a voice and advocate for nearly 2650 ASCA members and the conduct profession generally. Before ASCA, she served as Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Indiana University Kokomo (IUK), where she oversaw student life, conduct, counseling, career services, accessibility, athletics, admissions, and financial aid. She is most proud of having secured funding to establish a Multicultural Center at IUK, the first among IU regional campuses, to promote inclusion and belonging on campus.

Barker previously served as Chief of Staff to the Chancellor at the University of Michigan-Flint, where she managed high-level initiatives, including development of the strategic plan and responding to the Flint Water Crisis. She also served as Executive Director for the Iowa Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, during which time the chapter was twice a finalist for National Chapter of the Year; and at NASPA coordinating the Center for Women; the Minority Undergraduate Fellows Program; and the James E. Scott Academy for Leadership.

Dr. Barker earned both her law degree and PhD in education policy from the University of Iowa and her master’s in college student personnel from the University of Maryland – College Park. Barker teaches higher education law at the University of Iowa, Indiana State University, and Eastern Michigan University. In her free time, she loves to read, listen to podcasts, and travel. She resides in Kokomo, Indiana, with her spouse Bill, daughter Isabella, and dog Rooney. Contact: tess@theasca.org

Christina Liang, J.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Christina Liang serves as the Director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (OSCCS). In this position, Christina leads the OSCCS team in upholding community standards through the student conduct process under the Student Code of Conduct (Code). Additionally, Christina currently co-chairs Cornell's Bias Assessment and Review Team (BART). Christina currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Association for Student Conduct Administration (ASCA) as President. Christina has previously served as faculty for ASCA's Gehring Academy for both the Senior Directors and Organizational Misconduct tracks. Christina earned her Bachelor of Arts in English and Psychology and her Juris Doctorate from the University at Buffalo, SUNY in Buffalo, NY. She is originally from Brooklyn, NY. Contact: ascapresident2024@theasca.org

Kaitlin Logan Melvin, J.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Kaitlin serves as the Director of Student Accountability and Conflict Resolution at the University of Central Oklahoma. In this role she oversees the Office of Student Accountability & Conflict Resolution, which handles violations of the Code of Conduct, academic integrity issues, and student organization misconduct. She also serves as a member of the Behavior Assessment Team and a Title IX investigator. She views the student accountability process as an important learning and development opportunity and loves walking alongside students as they think critically about their values and goals. She is a recovering attorney with degrees from Oklahoma State University, Ball State University, and Creighton University. Contact: kloganwimmer@uco.edu

Dr. Amanda Mesirow (She/Her/Hers)

Amanda currently serves as the Assistant Executive Director for ASCA. She earned her PhD at Illinois State University, with a research focus on whiteness in community college conduct systems. She has nearly 20 years of student affairs experience in residence life, student life, and conduct, and has worked on large public, small private, and religiously affiliated campuses. Mesirow has presented and published numerous times, most often on topics of social justice and conduct practices, and presents professionally through AJM Keynotes and Workshops. She also co-authored a chapter and wrote a case study for the book "Conduct and Community: A Residence Life Practitioner's Guide" (2018), co-published by ASCA and ACUHO-I. Mesirow has championed multiple equity initiatives to create a conduct system that is just and inclusive. Additionally, Mesirow is involved in the community through the Prison Solidarity Project and the Point Foundation. She is proudly queer, disabled, and Jewish, and uses both her privileged and oppressed identities to fight for justice. Contact: aed@theasca.org

Kristi Patrickus, J.D. (She/Her/Hers)

Kristi Patrickus is the Student Advocacy Program Attorney at the University of Oregon (UO). She graduated with Juris Doctorate from UO in 2021 and became a member of the Oregon State Bar and Missouri Bar Association shortly thereafter. During her time as a law student, Kristi worked in the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards where she performed numerous functions, including adjudicating conduct cases and administering sanctions. Kristi currently serves on various committees including the Student Conduct Advisory Committee at UO and the Oregon Criminal Defense Lawyers Association Education Committee. Kristi is the current co-chair of the Public Policy and Legislative Issues Committee and Conduct Professionals with JDs Committee within the ASCA. Kristi’s research on due process protections for students in university conduct systems is published in Volume 47 of the National Association of College and University Attorneys Journal of College and University Law. Contact: kristip@uoregon.edu

Latosha M. Williams, M.Ed. (She/Her/Hers)

Latosha M. Williams, M.Ed. is an Associate Dean of Students at Duke University and the Director of the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards (OSCCS). Latosha leads a team of Associate and Assistant Deans in investigating and adjudicating academic, non-academic, and organizational misconduct, as well as adjudicating non-Title IX sexual misconduct. Prior to Duke, Latosha served in conduct leadership roles at NC State University managing Title IX and Harassment resolution processes and at Indiana University Bloomington managing Residential Student Conduct & Care processes. Latosha is in her second term as the Parliamentarian for ASCA’s Board of Directors and has been a member of ASCA since 2018. Latosha earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Spelman College in Atlanta, GA and a Masters of Education in Higher Education Administration from NC State University in Raleigh, NC. Contact: parlimentarian2023@theasca.org

Please note registration will close at 11:45 PM EST the day prior to the event.

A Zoom link will be provided the morning of the event. If you need accommodations for this event, please contact the ASCA Central Office at asca@theasca.org or 979-589-4604 as soon as possible.