It was 102 degrees on our faculty welcome day… [we had] spent the week working with incoming students and getting classes ready. I say this to show that the audience for Dr. Verschelden was tired from a long week after a short summer, and within the first 15 minutes of her refreshing keynote speech, the energy and connection in the room was palpable.
The workshop was meaningful, engaging, and thoughtful. Some issues arose that felt sensitive to people who have had adverse childhood experiences, and those were handled with grace and love, and the overwhelming response in the evaluations was that this was one of the most meaningful professional development experiences that people have ever attended - anywhere.
Bandwidth Recovery conversations created momentum in the auditorium that day and the ideas and energy have continued throughout the school year. We ordered the books and we are keeping the conversation going, and looking forward to when we meet Dr. Verschelden again.
Ally Sharp, Director of Faculty Development, Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma
Events
UPCOMING
Millennium Leadership Initiative, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, June 15, 2024
West Shore Community College, Scottsville, Michigan, August 21, 2024
Penn State Altoona, Altoona, Pennsylvania, August 12, 2024
WORKSHOPS, webinars, & presentations
Northern Arizona State University, Flagstaff, Arizona, January 10, 2024
Mountwest Community and Technical College, Huntington, West Virginia, January 3, 2024
Mohave Community College, Bullhead City, Arizona, December 8, 2023
Oakland Community College Administrative Leadership Team, Auburn Hills, Michigan, September 26, 2023
New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, New Mexico, September 8, 2023
Community College of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, August 28, 2023
St. Joseph University, Hartford, Connecticut, August 23, 2023
Millennium Leadership Initiative, American Association of State Colleges and Universities, Washington, DC, June 10, 2023
Plaza College, Queens, New York, May 3, 2023 (virtual)
Rutgers University-Newark, Anchoring Higher Ed conference, April 27, 2023
Philadelphia area community college teaching conference - March 31, 2023 (virtual)
New York Dental Hygiene Educators' Association, March 2, 2023 (virtual)
International Center for Academic Integrity, Indianapolis, Indiana, March 10, 2023
American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 17, 2023
Tunbridge High School (K-12), Bangaluru, Karnataka, India, December 17, 2022
Indus Training and Research Institute (teacher training for K-12), Bangaluru, Sarjapur, India, December 16, 2022
Delhi Public Schools - Bangaluru East, Bangaluru, India, December 15, 2022
Millennium Leadership Initiative, AASCU, September 12 & November 1, 2022 (virtual)
Association for Institutional Research (AIR), Naperville, Illinois, October 24, 2022
University of Pikesville, Pikesville, Kentucky, September 30, 2022
Blackburn College, Carlinville, Illinois, August 18, 2022
Houston Community College, Houston, Texas, August 12 & 16, 2022
Langston University, Langston, Oklahoma, August 5, 2022
Wake Tech Community College, North Carolina, Connecting Industry to Math Instruction, July 28, 2022 (virtual)
Bishop’s University, Sherbrooke, Quebec, June 2, 2022
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, New York, May 17, 2022
Douglas College, New Westminster & Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, May 4, 2022
Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Iowa, February 22 & April 20, 2020 (virtual)
Dominican University, River Forest, Illinois, February 1 & March 34/35, 2022
Davidson-Davies Community College, Lexington, Kentucky, March 4, 2022 (virtual)
Dalton State College, Dalton, Georgia, February 25, 2022 (virtual)
Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, February, 17, 2022 (virtual)
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois, February, 4, 2022 (virtual)
Delta College, University City, Michigan, January 22, 2022 (virtual)
American Association of Colleges and Universities Annual Conference, Washington, DC, January 19, 2022
Tarrant County Community College Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, Texas, January 7, 2022 (virtual)
Bay de Noc Community College, Escanaba, Michigan, January 6, 2022
Lansing Community College, Lansing, Michigan, January 5, 2022 (virtual)
Utah System of Higher Education, “What is an Educated Person?” conference, October 29, 2021 (virtual)
Des Moines Area Community College, Des Moines, Iowa, October 22 & November 21, 2021 (virtual)
SUNY Schenectady County Community College, Schenectady, New York, August 23, 2021
College of DuPage, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, August 19, 2021 (virtual)
Tarrant County Community College Trinity River Campus, Fort Worth, Texas, August 17, 2021
Salina Area Technical College, Salina, Kansas, August 16, 2021
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, Elizabethtown, Kentucky, August 6, 2021
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, July 29, 2021 (virtual)
Wake Tech Community College, North Carolina, Connecting Industry to Math Instruction, July 28, 2021 (virtual)
Kansas State University Global Campus, Manhattan, Kansas, July 15, 2021 (virtual)
Michigan Community College Association, Lansing, Michigan, July 21, 2021 (virtual)
Learning Specialists Association of Canada, June 22, 2021 (virtual)
College of DuPage Student Affairs, Glen Ellyn, Illinois, June 14, 2021 (virtual)
AAC&U Institute on General Education and Assessment, June 10, 2021 (virtual)
State Universities of New York Community College Association Presidents, June 7, 2021 (virtual)
University of British Columbia, Vancouver & Okanagan, British Columbia, May 18-19, 2021 (virtual)
Minnesota State Association of Colleges and Universities, St. Paul, Minnesota, April 22, 2021 (virtual)
Educational Testing Service (ETS), “A Differing Kind of Thinking” panel with Beverly Daniel Tatum, Claude Steele, Eldar Shafir, April 20, 2021 (virtual)
Hawaii Speech-Language-Hearing Association, April 17, 2021, with Shatonda Jones & Eliza Thompson, (virtual)
Kenyon College, Gambier, Ohio, April 15, 2021 (virtual)
Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, Frankfort, Kentucky, April 2, 2021 (virtual)
Associated Colleges of the South, Atlanta, Georgia, March 31, 2021 (virtual)
Andrews University, Barrien Springs, Michigan, March 25, 2021 (virtual)
Stark State College, Canton, Ohio, March 5, 2021 (virtual)
North Carolina Student Success Center, NC Community Colleges, Raleigh, North Carolina, February 10, 2021 (virtual)
Illinois Education Association-NEA, Higher Education, January 30, 2021 (virtual)
AAC&U Annual Meeting, pre-conference workshop - Helping Student Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Other “Differentisms” & keynote - The Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty: Helping Students Recover, Seattle, Washington, January 20, 22, 2021 (virtual)
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas, January 19, 2021 (virtual)
Bucks County Community College, Newtown, Pennsylvania, January 14, 2021 (virtual)
Morgan State University, Baltimore, Maryland, January 13, 2021 (virtual)
Jefferson Community and Technical College, Louisville, Kentucky, January 6, 2021 (virtual)
Housatonic Community College, Bridgeport, Connecticut, November 17, 2020 (virtual)
University of British Columbia & Simon Fraser University, British Columbia, and BCcampus, “A Discussion on the Impact of Bandwidth Depletion on Student Mental Health and Wellbeing,” keynote for series “Thriving Beyond Campuses: Wellbeing in Learning Environments, November 10, 2020 (virtual)
Wake Tech Community College, North Carolina, October 19, 2020, Train-the-Trainer (virtual)
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, October 19, 2020, Academic Advisors (virtual)
ASU-GSV, panel member “Bending the Arc of Human Potential: What’s Stigma Got to Do with It?,” with Beverly Danial Tatum and Geoff Cohen, October 1, 2020 (virtual)
Triton College, River Grove, Illinois, August 21-22, 2020 (virtual)
Waubonsee Community College, Aurora, Illinois, August 20, 2020 (virtual)
Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan, September 3, 2020 (virtual)
Monroe Community College, Rochester, New York, Bandwidth Depletion and Recovery in COVID-19,” June 5, 2020. (virtual)
Illinois Equity in Attainment Initiative, “COVID-19 – The Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty,” May 27, 2020 (webinar)
Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference (epilogue Part 1), “Bandwidth Depletion and Recovery in COVID-19,” May 20, 2020 (webinar)
North Carolina State University, “Bandwidth Depletion and Recovery in COVID-19 Remote Learning,” April 28 & 29, 2020. (webinar)
Bandwidth Depletion and Recovery in the COVID-19 Transition to Remote Learning. Oklahoma Online Learning Summit. April 6, 2020 (webinar)
Safeguarding Quality, Equity, and Inclusion as Learning Moves Online. Association of American Colleges & Universities. (webinar panelist) March 27, 2020.
workshops
Bandwidth Recovery: How Cognitive Resources are Depleted by Poverty, Racism, and Other “Differentisms” and How We Can Help Students Reclaim Them.
Harper College, Palatine, Illinois, March 3, 2020.
Lawrence Technological University, Southfield, Michigan, February 28, 2020.
Great Lakes Regional Student Success Conference, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan, February 27, 2020.
Columbus State University, Atlanta, Georgia, January 31, 2020.
Richard J. Daley College, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2020.
Harry S. Truman College, City Colleges of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, January 6, 2020.
Black Hawk College, Moline, Illinois, January 7, 2020.
Pikes Peak Community College, Colorado Springs, Colorado, January 13, 2020.
Indiana University Bloomington, Indiana, November 7-8, 2019.
Eastern Washington University, Spokane, Washington, November 5, 2019.
DePaul University Fall Forum, Chicago, Illinois, November 1, 2019.
Poverty Among College Students, Cuyahoga Community College, Parma, Ohio, October 25, 2019.
University of Central Oklahoma, Educators Leadership Academy, Edmond, Oklahoma, October 11, 2019.
Cultural Competence Institute, Grand Rapids Community College, Grand Rapids, Michigan, September 27, 2019.
Issaquah School District, Issaquah, Washington, September 17, 2019.
Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, September 6, 2019.
Roosevelt University Faculty Conference, Chicago, Illinois, August 20, 2019.
Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana, August 21, 2019.
Wayne County Community College District, Detroit, Michigan, August 24, 2019.
Middle College National Consortium, Jersey City, New Jersey, June 29, 2019.
James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia, May 8, 2019.
Western Colorado University, Gunnison, Colorado, April 16, 2019.
Mott Community College, Flint, Michigan, April 4, 2019.
Fulton-Montgomery Community College, Johnstown, New York, March 12, 2019.
Fingerlakes Community College, Canandaigua, New York, March 8, 2019
University of Akron, Akron, Pennsylvania, February 22, 2019.
Broward College, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, January 31-February 1, 2019.
Midamerica Nazareen, Olathe, Kansas, January 3, 2019
Harvard Graduate School of Education, Gutman Library, Cambridge, Massachusetts, November 7, 2918.
Mohawk Valley Community College, Utica, New York, October 24, 2018.
Butler County Community College, Butler, Pennsylvania, October 9-10, 2918.
Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, September 27, 2018.
Central Connecticut State University, September 26, 2018.
Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, September 13-14, 2018.
Lorain County Community College, Elyria, Ohio, September 13, 2018.
SUNY Adirondack Community College, Glens Falls, New York, September 4, 2018
Simmons College STAR Scholars, Simmons College, Boston, Massachusetts, August 23, 2018.
Muskego Community College, Muskegon, Michigan, August 22, 2018.
2018 Teaching and Learning Academy, Northeast Lakeview College, San Antonio,Texas, August 18, 2018.
National Collegiate Honors Council, Lincoln, Nebraska, June 21, 2018.
Keynotes, invited talks, & Conference presentations
Wellbeing for Marginalized College Students: Overcoming Microaggressions, Stereotyping and Racism, panel with OneHE, GlobalMindED, Denver, Colorado, June 23, 2022.
IGEA 2022: Supporting Equitable Student Learning: A OneHe Panel Presentation, panel with OneHE, AAC&U Institute on General Education and Assessment, June 9, 2022. (virtual)
Bandwidth Cost of Uncertainty: How Cognitive Resources are Depleted and How We Can Help Students Reclaim Them, AAC&U Institute on General Education and Assessment, June 10, 2021. (virtual)
“The Bandwidth Tax of Uncertainty: Helping Students Recover,” closing plenary AAC&U Annual Meeting, January 22, 2021. (virtual)
“Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Student Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and other ‘Differentisms’,” pre-conference workshop, AAC&U Annual Meetings, 2021 (virtual) & 2022 Washington, DC.
Symposium “African American Students Experiences of Structural Stigma and Its Impact on Their Assessment Performance: How It Works and What Can Be Done About It?” - opening panel, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, New Jersey, April 15, 2019.
“Preventing and Recovering the Loss of Bandwidth Due to Poverty, Racism, and Other Marginalizations,” with Dr. Tina Bhargava, Kent State University, Higher Learning Commission Annual Conference, Chicago, Illinois, April 9, 2019
“Preventing and Recovering the Loss of Bandwidth Due to Poverty, Racism, and Other ‘Differentisms,’” with Dr. Tina Bhargava, Kent State University, Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, January 25, 2019
Recovering Bandwidth Lost to Poverty, Racism, and other “Differentisms.” Phi Theta Kappa Texas Honors Institute, July 27, 2018, Dallas, Texas, July 28, 2018.
Bandwidth Recovery: How Cognitive Resources are Depleted by Poverty, Racism, and other “Differentisms” and How We Can Help Students Reclaim Them. National Summer Institute on Learning Communities. Evergreen State College, Olympia, Washington, July 11, 2018.
“Bandwidth and the Case for Equity.” Strategic Horizon Network,” San Diego, California, June 4, 2018.
“Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Students Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization.” Westchester Community College, Hawthorne, New York, May 16, 2018.
“Pinderhughes Diversity Lecture.” Boston College School of Social Work, Boston, Massachusetts, April 20, 2018.
“Bandwidth Recovery: Working with Low-Income and Non-majority Students.” (faculty/staff seminar) Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, April 19, 2018.
“Striving for Equity in Teaching and Learning.” (keynote) 2018Dream: Achieving the Dream, Nashville, Tennessee, February 22, 2018.
“Limited bandwidth: How poverty and racism deplete the cognitive resources of our students and what we can do to help them recover.” Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand, June, 2016.
“Psycho-sociological underminers that are threatening potential.” Tinker Air Force Base Diversity Day Keynote, Midwest City, Oklahoma, June 12, 2015.
conference presentations
“Creating Learning Environments to Recover Bandwidth Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization.” Multicultural Education Institute, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, Oklahoma, February 24, 2018.
“Bandwidth Recovery: Helping Student Reclaim Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization.” Association of American Colleges and Universities Annual Meeting, Washington, DC, January 26, 2018.
“How optional extra credit assignments (and other common pedagogical practices) perpetuate injustice,” with Tina Bhargava (Kent State University). National Conference on Race and Ethnicity, Ft. Worth, Texas, May 30-June 3, 2017.
“Helping Students Recover Cognitive Resources Lost to Poverty, Racism, and Social Marginalization.” University of Central Oklahoma Multicultural Education Institute, Edmond, Oklahoma, March 3-4, 2017.
“Poverty and racism (& other ‘isms): Creating institutional environments in which all students can succeed,” with Tina Bhargava (Kent State University). Lilly Conference: Evidence-Based Teaching & Learning, Austin, Texas, January 5-7, 2017.
“Poverty & racism are robbing you of mental bandwidth: What you can do to get it back.” Social Justice Symposium, University of Central Oklahoma, April 7, 2016.
“Creating a learning environment that maximizes cognitive resources,” with Tina Bhargava (Kent State University). Lilly Conference – Evidence-Based Teaching and Learning, Austin, Texas, January 7-9, 2016.
“Scarcity: Overcoming the Underminers of TL Potential.” UCO Collegium. University of Central Oklahoma, August 12, 2015.