Institute on Teaching and Mentoring- Diverse Faculty Recruitment Collaborative
In October, EHE sent a delegation of faculty/staff recruiters and graduate students to the Institute on Teaching and Mentoring. Drs. Carlotta Penn and Rhodesia McMillian participated as recruiters and graduate students LaToya Tingle, Alanis De La Cruz Perez, and Ericka Velez participated as student scholars. The SREB hosts the largest gathering for scholars of color during their Institute on Teaching and Mentoring conference. Students’ travel was fully supported by EDGE and the Departments of Educational Studies, Human Sciences, and Teaching and Learning. The College of Education and Human Ecology is a strategic partner with the OSU Diverse Faculty Recruitment Collaborative and the Southern Regional Education Board (SREB). Dr. Penn represents EHE on this committee.
Alanis T. De La Cruz Perez is a third year Ph.D. student from Puerto Rico doing her doctoral work with her advisor Dr. Radliff in the School Psychology program. Previously, Alanis earned her B.A in Psychology at the University of Puerto Rico at Rio Piedras campus and her M.A. in the School Psychology program at tOSU as well. Her research interests are diverse. These include Afrolatinxs and sense of belongingness, reproductive justice, suicide prevention in minoritized youth and mental health topics.
Ericka Velez Bonet is a Ph.D. candidate from Puerto Rico in her fourth year in the Ohio State Nutrition (OSUN) program at OSU doing her doctoral work under the guidance of Dr. Zobeida Cruz-Monserrate. Previously, Ericka earned her B.S. in Chemistry at the University of Puerto Rico at Cayey and M.S. in Pharmaceutical Sciences at the Medical Science Campus at San Juan, Puerto Rico. Her research focuses on studying a protease that is upregulated early in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) and the use of the ketogenic diet (KD) as a therapy for obesity-associated PDAC.
