BLACK DOCTORATES MATTER
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Thursday, September 17, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
Dr. Angell Howaed: Refusing to Die on the Vine: Black Women's Survival, Resistance, and DEI Labor in Historically White Institutions
Dr. Esther Lawrence: Exploring the Intersectionality of AfroCaribbean Administrators at Predominantly White Institutions of Higher Education
Dr. Kenya C. Ramey: Identifying The Pedagogy, Policy, and Praxis of The Black Educator (Past, Present, and Future)
Thursday, October 15, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
Kenyon Andrews: Cultivating Cultural Wealth: Black Stakeholders' Narratives of Resistance in Special Education
Dr. Breyana D. Davis: 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: Black Diamonds: A Narrative Study on the Resilience of African American Female College Students from Camden, NJ
Thursday, November 19, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
Dr. Okechuku Kelechi Enyia: Coverage Isn’t Care: Why the Affordable Care Act Expanded Access but Failed Black Men
Dr. Leslie M. Showell: The Accessibility of Tutoring for Underprivileged, Underserved and Under-Resourced Families
Dr. Kenneth Morris, Jr.: Still We Lead: Strategy, Healing, and Sustaining Impact in Times of Resistance
Thursday, December 17, 2026 Time: 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM Eastern
Dr. Jessica Ridgeway, PhD: Reimagining, Rethinking, and Reclaiming Composition: A Black Feminist-Womanist Rhetoric Remix
Dr. Michael Miller: A Phenomenological Exploration of Jehovah’s Witnesses College Students’ Experience with Secular Higher Education