Don C. Locke Symposium

2022 Invited Speaker: David Stovall, a professor in the departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC)

The 4th Annual Don C. Locke Multicultural and Social Justice Symposium: A Talk with David Stovall will be held on Wednesday, April 6, 2022. A reception will follow the lecture.

Event Details

What: A Talk with David Stovall
Date: Wednesday, April 6, 2022
Time: 4:30-6 p.m.
Where: Wachovia Room, Friday Institute for Educational Innovation
Reception: A reception will immediately follow the lecture
Registration: Register to attend here.

About David Stovall

David Stovall, Ph.D., is a professor in the departments of Black Studies and Criminology, Law & Justice at the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC). In the attempt to bring theory to action, he works with community organizations and schools to address issues of equity, justice and abolishing the school/prison nexus.

About the Don C. Locke Symposium

The NC State College of Education started the Don C. Locke Multicultural and Social Justice Symposium in 2018 to honor Don C. Locke, a longtime professor of counselor education at NC State. Locke also worked as director of diversity and multiculturalism at the University of North Carolina at Asheville until retiring in 2007. He passed away after a brief illness in 2016. He dedicated his professional life to the advancement of counseling and equity.

2021: Gloria Ladson-Billings on ‘Holding Our Feet to the Fire Around Justice’

As a former social studies educator, Gloria Ladson-Billings, Ph.D., National Academy of Education president and former Kellner Family Distinguished Professor of Urban Education at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, regularly carries around a copy of the U.S. Constitution in her backpack. While many educational institutions are focused on issues of equity, Ladson-Billings said the more important term is one that is written into that Constitution as a fundamental right for all: justice.

2019: James L. Moore III on Helping African American Male Students to Achieve

African American male K-12 students are underrepresented in advanced academic courses and in gifted and talented programs, including in predominantly black school districts and even when there are black teachers of those courses, said James L. Moore III, the vice provost for diversity and inclusion and chief diversity officer at The Ohio State University. A reason why: teachers’ perceptions and expectations.

2018: Courtland Lee on How to Stay Sane During Insane Times

Courtland Lee, a professor at The Chicago School of Professional Psychology in Washington, D.C., talked about “Promoting Sanity in Insane Time” at the inaugural Don C. Locke Multiculturalism and Social Justice Symposium. “We are all basically dealing with collective and environmentally social trauma,” Lee said. “So as a mental health professionals, it makes me think about what we can do. It’s our job to help people deal with trauma.”