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Conference Information

April 10-13, 2025

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Charis N Tucker wins the Future of the Academy Award at the 2024 FWCA event

Proposal Applications

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2024 Conference Highlights

Dr. Menah Pratt

Menah Pratt 2024 FWCA Speaker v2
Menah Pratt - Vice President for Strategic Affairs and Diversity and Professor of Education at Virginia Tech.

Cherrie Moraga

Cherrie Moraga 2024 FWCA Speaker
Cherrie Moraga - Writer, Scholar Feminist, Professor | University of California, Santa Barbara

Dr. Gabrielle A. Tayac

Gabrielle A Tayac 2024 FWCA Speaker
Gabrielle A Tayac - Associate professor of public history in the Department of History and Art History at George Mason University.

Dr. Mariam Lam

Mariam Lam 2024 FWCA Speaker
Mariam Lam - Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer | University of California, Riverside

Dr. Veronica Terriquez

Veronica Terriquez 2024 FWCA Speaker
Veronica Terriquez - Director of Chicano Studies Research Center | University of California, LA

Dr. Javaune Adams-Gaston

Javaune Adams-Gaston - President | Norfolk State University

Javaune Adams Gaston - President | Norfolk State University
Javaune Adams-Gaston - President | Norfolk State University

Mari Castañeda

Mari Castañeda - Dean of the Commonwealth Honors College and Professor of Communication | University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Mari Castañeda - Dean of the Commonwealth Honors College and Professor of Communication | University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mari Castañeda - Dean of the Commonwealth Honors College and Professor of Communication | University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Mari Castañeda

Victoria Reyes 2024 FWCA Speaker
Victoria Reyes - Author of Academic Outsider: Stories of Exclusion and Hope | University of California, Riverside

Dr. Stephanie G. Adams

Stephanie G Adams 2024 FWCA Speaker
Stephanie G. Adams - Editor of Dear Department Chair: Letters from Black Women Leaders to the Next Generation | University of Texas, Dallas