Dear Members of WPA-GO,

Greetings! Please join WPA-GO for a speaker event with Dr. Lucía Durá. The virtual event, “Considering Power Over, With, and To in Equity Conversations” is hosted by WPA-GO’s Diversity Committee. Please see details for the event below:

Day: Wednesday, November 29th, 2023

Time: 3:00pm CST / 4:00pm EST / 2:00pm MT / 1:00pm PST

Registration: Please register for this event by Sunday, November 26th. A link to the registration form may be found here: https://tinyurl.com/wpago-dura

The Zoom link will be distributed prior to one (1) day of the event.

Speaker Bio: Dr. Lucía Durá is an Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Writing Studies in the English Department and Associate Dean of the Graduate School at The University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP). In her research, Lucía focuses on understanding and leveraging community assets to solve complex problems. She facilitates productive dialogues about risk to design sustainable social and organizational change. Lucía also conducts action research in higher education, particularly using asset-based approaches in graduate education. Her recent publications include a book chapter onThe use of improv as a pedagogical tool (2023), a paper on The use of art-based methods with a precarious population (2023), and an article on The preparation of science education teachers on the U.S.-Mexico border (2023).

Check out Dr. Durá ‘s TEDxElPaso talk at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m8aLrLDNB20

We look forward to seeing you there!

Sincerely,

Jagadish on behalf of WPA-GO’s Leadership Council

Jagadish Paudel, Chair
Roland Dumavor, Vice Chair
Kathleen Lyons, Past Chair

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