Detailed Agenda (SSI 2024)

Date: August 17th, 2024

Event Location: PAHB – Perfoming Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB)

 

Time Agenda
8:30 AM – 9:00 AM (PAHB 2nd floor lobby)

Registration

9:00 AM – 9:10 AM (PAHB Cube 3rd floor)

Welcome

  • Dr. Janet Rutledge
    Former Vice Provost and Dean of the Graduate School at the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC)

Dr. Janet Rutledge
9:10 AM – 10:00 AM (PAHB Cube 3rd floor)

Keynote Speaker

“The making of a scientist: Comunidad, Cultura y Ciencia

(Community, Culture and Science)”

  • Dr. Monica Feliú-Mójer

Director of Communications and Science Outreach for Ciencia Puerto Rico (CienciaPR) and Director of Inclusive Science Communication and Engagement for Science Communication Lab (SCL)

10:00 AM – 11:00 AM (PAHB Cube 3rd floor)  

Making an Impact Through Faculty Careers

  • Dr. Sean Vasaitis
    Dean of the School of Pharmacy and Health Professions, University of Maryland, Eastern Shore (UMES)
  • Dr. Jessye Bemley Talley
    Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Morgan State University
Dr. Sean Vasaitis
Dr. Jessye Bemley-Talley

 

11:00 AM – 12:00 PM (Location for individual sessions mentioned alongside them.)

Concurrent Sessions I:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Brittny Davis Lynn
  • Associate Director for Scientific Management and Dissemination, National Cancer Institute, NIH

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Richard Shoge
  • Branch Chief – Military Health Systems Research, Defense Health Agency

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Zach Valdez
  • Advisor to the Office of Manufacturing and Energy Supply Chains, U.S. Department of Energy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dr. Robin Cresiski

Assistant Vice Provost for Graduate Student Development and Postdoctoral Affairs at the Graduate School at UMBC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

12:00 PM

(PAHB Cube 3rd floor)

 

Lunch

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM (Dance Cube)  

Keynote: “Finding Your Leadership Style”

  • Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young
    Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young is the founding President and CEO of Greatness Gurus Corporation.
    Dr. Lesia L. Crumpton-Young served as the 13th President of Texas Southern University. She is regarded as a transformational leader who has led organizations to achieve unprecedented success at an accelerated pace.
    Dr. Lesia Crumpton-Young served as the Inaugural President of the Black Women Collegiate President and Chancellors.

1:30 PM – 2:30 PM (Location for individual sessions mentioned alongside them.)

Concurrent Session II:

Dr. Jessye Bemley Talley
  • Assistant Professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, Morgan State University

Dr. Indira Carey
  • Founder and Principal, AccelSci Consulting
Dr. Xiomara Calderón-Colón
  • Senior Materials Scientist, Assistant Project Manager in the Asymmetric Operations Sector at Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory (APL)
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM (PAHB Cube 3rd floor)

Circle of Doctorates

  • Dr. Kaye Whitehead
    Founding Director at The Karson Institute for Race, Peace, and Social Justice and Professor of Comm & African American Studies at Loyola University Maryland; Radio Host, Today With Dr. Kaye

Dr. Kaye Whitehead
3:00 PM

Final Remarks & Adjourn

Event Location: UMBC Campus, PAHB – Perfoming Arts and Humanities Building (PAHB)