Black Doctorates Matter Newly Minted Virtual Speaker Series: Fall 2026 Schedule

Dr. Angell Howaed

Presentation Title: Refusing to Die on the Vine: Black Women's Survival, Resistance, and DEI Labor in Historically White Institutions

Dr. Esther Lawrence
- Presentation Title: Exploring the Intersectionality of AfroCaribbean Administrators at Predominantly White Institutions of Higher Education
Dr. Kenya C. Ramey
- Presentation Title: Identifying The Pedagogy, Policy, and Praxis of The Black Educator (Past, Present, and Future)

Kenyon Andrews
- Presentation Title: Cultivating Cultural Wealth: Black Stakeholders' Narratives of Resistance in Special Education
Dr. Breyana D. Davis
- Presentation Title: Bridging Healthcare and Public Health: Examining Innovative Strategies to Address Food Insecurity: Onboarding Successes, Challenges, and Referral Outcomes Among Community-Based Organizations in North Carolina
Dr. Ky'a Jackson
- Presentation Title: Black Diamonds: A Narrative Study on the Resilience of African American Female College Students from Camden, NJ

Dr. Okechuku Kelechi Enyia
- Presentation Title: Coverage Isn’t Care: Why the Affordable Care Act Expanded Access but Failed Black Men
- Dr. Leslie M. Showell
  - Presentation Title: The Accessibility of Tutoring for Underprivileged, Underserved and Under-Resourced Families
Dr. Kenneth Morris, Jr.
- Presentation Title: Still We Lead: Strategy, Healing, and Sustaining Impact in Times of Resistance

Dr. Jessica Ridgeway, PhD
- Presentation Title: Reimagining, Rethinking, and Reclaiming Composition: A Black Feminist-Womanist Rhetoric Remix
Dr. Michael Miller
- Presentation Title: A Phenomenological Exploration of Jehovah’s Witnesses College Students’ Experience with Secular Higher Education

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