The 2024 conference featured keynote speakers, panel discussions, interactive workshops, a poster session, and a reception. This year, the conference was held in-person, on Mason’s Fairfax Campus. Some events were live streamed as well, to make the conference accessible to participants across our campuses and beyond Mason.
Monday, March 18, 2024
| 1 p.m. | Registration Opens |
| 2 – 2:15 p.m. | Welcome and Land Acknowledgement |
| 2:15 – 3:30 p.m. | Opening Speaker: Nolan Cabrera |
| 3:45 – 5 p.m. | Lightning Talks and Workshops |
| 5 – 6 p.m. | Poster Session and Reception |
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
| 8 – 9 a.m. | Breakfast/Registration |
| 9 – 9:15 a.m. | Welcome and Keynote Introduction |
| 9:15 – 10:15 a.m. | Keynote and Q&A: Rev. Nontombi Naomi Tutu |
| 10:30 – 11:45 a.m. | Workshops |
| 11:45 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. | Networking Lunch and Panel: Modernize Your Practices to Maximize Your Impact |
| 1:45 – 3:00 p.m. | Workshops |
| 3:15 – 4:00 p.m. | Lightning Talks |
| 4:15 – 5 p.m. | Closing Session and Roundtable Discussion: Action through Research and Practice |
2024 Conference Sessions
Conference attendees had the opportunity to network with a community of change agents; share research, transformative practices, and resources to advance inclusive excellence; and amplify the visibility and impact of the cutting-edge research, scholarship, and creative activities led by the Mason community and other national scholars, researchers, and practitioners.
Continuing Education Unit credits were available for Education, K-12, Social Work, and Health.
Track 1
Empowering Inclusive Innovation and Entrepreneurship
This track aims to highlight research and practices that create opportunities for every student, break down systemic obstacles, and foster involvement in innovation and entrepreneurship for every individual, regardless of their background or identity
A Pilot Study of TIPs OT: A Recruitment Program for The Inclusive PromOTion of Occupational Therapy
Transforming In-School Suspension (ISS): Moving From An Unsupportive, Exclusionary Space to a Wrap-Around Supportive Model in a Title I Urban Middle School
Education, K-12
Healthcare access barriers and facilitators among Chinese independent living facility residents in Fairfax, VA: Perspective of staff and healthcare providers
Health
Empowering Inclusive Innovation: Breaking Down Systemic Barriers in STEM Education
SOARing to New Heights: Entrepreneurial Innovation for Refugees and Immigrants
Track 2
Creating Space Through Collaboration and Community Engagement
This track aims to highlight research and practices that advance collaborative and participatory efforts that empower communities, amplify underrepresented voices, and drive systemic change
A Contemporary Composer Fuels a New Mason Collaboration: "Come Sunday"
How Do We Implement Inclusive Excellence in Our Educational Spaces Using Our Syllabus?
Honoring our Community Fellowship: Student Led Community Engagement
Expanding Access to Gender Affirming Healthcare on Campus
Health
Digital Accessibility - What is it, Why is it Important, and What should we do about it?
Motivations of Military-Connected Adults to Participate in Community-Based Arts Programs Held both In-Person and Virtually
Partnered Actions: Emphasizing Health Access and Equity in a Community-based Clinical Model
Health
Diversity at Work: Inclusive Hiring and Retention of People with Disabilities
For the Youth, by the Youth: Engaging Virginia LGBTQ+ Youth to Inform Vaping Prevention and Policy Initiatives
Education, K12
Measuring the Impact of Investments in Faculty Learning on Impactful and Inclusive Teaching
Constructing Spaces of belonging: Participation of Second-Generation Muslim Immigrants in Mosques and Faith-based organizations
Making Space for New Leaders to Emerge in Group Projects
Education, K12
Track 3
Inclusive, Indigenizing, and Liberatory Practices
This track aims to highlight research and practices that promote inclusive practices, recognition and centering of Indigenous knowledge and perspectives, and attention to the lived experiences of underrepresented communities
Assimilation, Acculturation or Integration: Q-Methodology Study of Racially Minoritized Faculty Understanding of Professional Identity Development in Counselor Education
Counseling
Inclusive Practices for Empowering Undocumented Students in Higher Education
Storytelling as Relational Practice: Critically Engaging Class-Based Inequality in Growing Up Poor
Education, K-12
Accessible and Inclusive Practices in MRI Research
Graduate Students Engaging in Revolutionizing Research Practices
Decentering the Eurocentric Canon: Building an Inclusive Pedagogy for a New Generation of Design Students