You are invited to attend the 42nd Pullias Lecture featuring Tia Brown McNair, Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success, Association of American Colleges and Universities, and Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe, Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer, University of Hawaiʻi Mānoa.  The Pullias Lectures are a signature event of the Pullias Center as well as for USC Rossier School of Education.

The lecture, titled “Advancing Racial Equity through Truth, Racial Healing & Transformation (TRHT) Campus Centers,” will take place on Tuesday, September 15, 2020, online at 1pm Pacific.  Zoom access information will be sent upon RSVP.  This event was rescheduled from its original March 2020 date.

The event will also commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Pullias Center for Higher Education.

THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO ATTENDED AND PARTICIPATED.  CLICK BELOW TO WATCH A REPLAY OF THE EVENT.

Location: Online Event – Zoom access info will be sent upon RSVPing.

Schedule: The event will commence at 1pm Pacific and is scheduled to end by 2:30pm.

• Welcome from Pedro A. Noguera,  Emery Stoops and Joyce King Stoops Dean, Rossier School of Education
• Welcome by Adrianna Kezar, Director of the Pullias Center
• Land acknowledgment by Julia Bogany, Tongva Tribe of San Gabriel
• Introduction of speakers by Adrianna Kezar
• Tia Brown McNair – Featured Presentation
• Video: Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Institute
• Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe – Featured Presentation
• Q&A Session facilitated by Adrianna Kezar
• Closing Comments from Adrianna Kezar

About Tia Brown McNair

Dr. Tia Brown McNair is the Vice President in the Office of Diversity, Equity, and Student Success and Executive Director for the TRHT Campus Centers at Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U) in Washington, DC.  She oversees both funded projects and AAC&U’s continuing programs on equity, inclusive excellence, high-impact educational practices, and student success, including AAC&U’s Network for Academic Renewal series of yearly working conferences.  McNair also directs AAC&U’s Summer Institute on High-Impact Educational Practices and Student Success. McNair serves as the project director for several AAC&U initiatives: “Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation,” “Strengthening Guided Pathways and Career Success by Ensuring Students are Learning,” and “Purposeful Pathways: Faculty Planning and Curricular Coherence.” She is the lead author of the book Becoming a Student-Ready College: A New Culture of Leadership for Student Success (July 2016). McNair earned her bachelor’s degree in political science and English at James Madison University and holds an M.A. in English from Radford University and a doctorate in higher education administration from George Washington University.

About Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe

Dr. Kaiwipunikauikawēkiu Lipe is a Native Hawaiian mother, daughter, wife, hula practitioner, and educator.  In 2017 she was hired into the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Chancellor’s Office as the inaugural Native Hawaiian Affairs Program Officer where she implements findings from her research to advance UHM’s goal of becoming a Native Hawaiian place of learning. She is also the director of UHM’s Truth, Racial Healing, and Transformation Campus Center as well as an Obama Leader with the Obama Foundation’s Asia-Pacific Leaders Program. She holds a BA in Hawaiian Studies, an MS in Counseling Psychology, and a PhD in Education Administration.

About the Pullias Lecture

Dedicated to the memory of Earl V. Pullias, the Pullias Lecture brings to campus a nationally recognized scholar to enrich the ongoing academic dialogue on significant topics in higher and postsecondary education. Learn more about the lecture series and past speakers on the Pullias Lectures page.

Special Accommodations

Individuals with disabilities who need accommodations to attend this event may contact Diane Flores by email at dianeflo@rossier.usc.edu.  It is requested that individuals requiring accommodations or auxiliary aids such as sign language interpreters and alternative format materials notify us at no later than September 7th.  Every reasonable effort will be made to provide reasonable accommodations in an effective and timely manner.