We Are Not Robots: Humanizing Education for Our Students and Ourselves
Partners In Learning: 2023 Conference Program
8:30-8:45 Welcome
8:45-9:30 Student panel: “Our Dreams and Visions”
- Ivette Contreras, student panelist
- Kestia Durant, student panelist
- Raymond Goins, student panelist
- Makia Howard, student panelist
- Tim Oldham, student panelist
- Rebecca Rosales, student panelist
- Emma Vinsel, student panelist
- Shaila Ramos, HEFAS Program Assistant
9:30-11:00 Breakout session I: “Our Students and the Campus Resources that Support Them”
- "System-Impacted Students: How to Create Welcoming Spaces for Students who Mistrust
the System"
- Raymond Goins, student presenter
- Makia Howard, student presenter
- Claudia Guzman, Office of Professional Development Program Coordinator
- Jesus Ruelas, Outreach Counselor
- “Celebrating Cultural Community Wealth: Cultivating Holistic Practice and Latinx Student
Empowerment”
- Gemma Corona, student presenter
- Kathia Hernandez-de Orta, student presenter
- Jennifer Ulloa De La Torre, student presenter
- Maritza Arreola, Student Activities Specialist
- Liliana Rivera, Puente Counselor and Coordinator
- “How are we working towards holistic support and financial equity for our students?
An engaged discourse with De Anza programs and the students they serve”
- Umme Ahmad, student presenter
- Ivette Contreras, student presenter
- Tim Oldham, student presenter
- Rebecca Rosales, student presenter
- Jovanah Arrington, Athletics Academic Adviser
- Sushini Chand, Retention Program Coordinator
- Shaila Ramos, HEFAS Program Assistant
- “Cultivating Gender Expansiveness and Understanding of LGBTQ+ Students’ Lived Experiences”
- Samere Bhatt, student presenter
- Kestia Durant, student presenter
- Emma Vinsel, student presenter
- Alicia Mullens, Meteorology Faculty
11:00-11:15 Break
11:15-12:45 Breakout session II: “ Humanizing Our Students and Ourselves Inside and Outside of the Classroom”
- “Integrating Holistic Approaches for Student Support Services"
- Maritza Arreola, Student Activities Specialist
- Nina Van, Financial Aid Outreach Coordinator
- “Building Strategies to Meet the Emergence of Artificial Intelligence in the Classroom”
- Chesa Caparas, English Faculty
- “Humanizing Online Learning"
- James Capurso, Online Education Faculty Coordinator
- “ A Conversation on Humanizing STEM Education”
- Melissa Aguilar, Student Success Center Co-Director
- Doli Bambhania, Math Faculty
- Mo Geraghty, Math Faculty
- John Jimenez, Math Faculty
- Melissa Maturino, MPS counselor
- Gregory Stachnick, Math Faculty
- “Fostering Human Relationships as a Foundation for Successful Classroom Practice”
- Emily Garbe, Business Faculty
- Manisha Karia, Business Faculty
- Susan Thomas, Psychology Faculty