Cherrel Miller Dyce presents at AESA conference in Toronto

Cherrel Miller Dyce, an assistant professor of education and faculty fellow for The Center for Race, Ethnicity, & Diversity Education, presented at the American Educational Studies Association Conference held Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2014, in Toronto.

Miller Dyce presented her research on black male educational achievement in a presentation titled “Reconceptualizing the Crisis of African American Males and Education: The Role of Out-of-Home Placement in Foster Care and Group Homes, in Increasing Educational Inequities, Disenfranchisement and Marginalization”.

Additionally, Miller Dyce presented with Dawn Tafari from Winston Salem State University in a panel discussion on the role of race on the experiences of black women in doctoral programs. The panel discussion was based on both presenters’ membership in the DIVAS-Distinguished, Intellectual, Virtuous, Academic, Sistas, an academic and social support collective formed in 2009 to address the unique concerns and perspectives facing black female PhDs and new professionals. 

The title of the panel discussion was “Reconceptualizing the Doctoral Experience: The DIVAS Collective as a Discursive Space for Black Female PhDs”.