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Ellison Campus Center, North Campus
1 Meier Drive, Salem, MA 01970
MLK Jr. Room
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11:30 am - 1:00 pm
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Ventajas/Assets y Conocimientos/Knowledge: Leveraging Latin@ Strengths to Foster Student Success
Latinx students possess a significant array of strengths and knowledge bases that are often not accounted for in the mainstream college student success discourse but should be acknowledged and leveraged when developing student success frameworks.
Join us for a Lunch and Learn facilitated by Professor Kanagala on Leveraging Latin@ Strengths to Foster Student Success.
About Vijay Kanagala, PhD.
Vijay Kanagala,PhD., Iowa State University), Associate Professor of Secondary and Higher Education and teaches in the Higher Education in Student Affairs (HESA) Program, McKeown School of Education at Salem State University.
A former student affairs practitioner with extensive experience in multicultural student affairs, social justice education, and diversity programming and training, Dr. Kanagala’s primary research engages with three critical areas of higher education. These include issues related to 1) college access and success of first-generation, limited-income students, 2) collegiate experiences of students of color, and 3) employing spirituality and contemplative education/pedagogy in student affairs preparation programs.
A thought leader in contemplative pedagogy and education, Dr. Kanagala endeavors to connect the heart and the mind of each learner in a classroom community to ensure holistic student development. His teaching and learning pedagogy is not only about working with students to cultivate skills and knowledge to be competent student affairs professionals, but is also about creating a transformative classroom experience that invites an ethic of care, compassion, and empathy while addressing social-racial-economic-environmental-justice issues.
In March 2024, the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded Dr. Kanagala, Dr. Leslie Duhaylongsod, and Dr. Nicole Harris $192,606 to diversify the educator workforce.
Through these projects, Kanagala has strongly advocated for the use of asset-based frameworks in educational research (rather than deficit-based frameworks) to ensure that institutions of higher education employ student success frameworks that consider the diverse array of cultural wealth students bring to college.
Coordinated by:
- Carlie Pierre, Director, IE Education and Training
- Elisa Castillo, Assistant Vice President, HSI-MSI Initiatives
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