2021 AAHHE National Conference | Virtual Event
Sembrando Semillas: (Re)imagining the Contours of Latinx/a/o Communities within Higher Education
February 26 & March 1- 4, 2021, Noon - 6 p.m. ET


Conference Keynote Lectures

 Read more about our Keynote Speakers in the Conference Program

37th Annual Tomás River Lecture, March 1, 2021, 1:00 - 1:45 pm ET

Sponsored by ETS


John B. King, Jr., JD
President and CEO, The Education Trust

 

 

5th Annual Cigarroa Family Medical/STEM Lecture, March 3, 2021, 12:15 - 1:15 pm ET

 Alfredo Quiñonez–Hinojosa, MD
Chair, of Neurosurgery and the William J. And Charles H. Mayo Partnership, Mayo Clinic
Author of Becoming Dr. Q.: My Journey from Migrant Worker to Brain Surgeon

 

 

Conference Plenary Sessions

Ya es Hora! Addressing Colorism in Latinx Higher Education, March 2, 2021, 12:10 - 1:10 pm ET

Hector Y. Adames, PsyD, Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology
The Chicago Professional School of Psychology

Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas, PhD, Professor, Department of Counseling Psychology
The Chicago Professional School of Psychology

 
COVID-19: Its Impact on the Latina/o/x community and Academia, March 4, 2021, 12:15 - 1:15 pm ET


Alicia Fernández, MD, Professor of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Amelie Ramírez, MPH, DPH
University of Texas Health Center San Antonio

Moderator, Maggie Rivas-Rodríguez, PhD, Associate Professor
School of Journalism, University of Texas-Austin