Speakers

Keynote Speaker

Dr. Tyrone Howard

Tyrone Howard

Dr. Tyrone Howard is the Pritzker Family Endowed professor in the School of Education & Information Studies at UCLA. Dr. Howard’s research addresses issues tied to race, culture, access and educational opportunity for minoritized student populations, and he is considered one of the premier experts on educational equity and access in the country. He was named the recipient of the 2015 UCLA Distinguished Teaching Award and an American Educational Research Association (AERA) Fellow in 2017 for his exemplary research on race and equity.

A native of Compton, California — where he also served as a classroom teacher — Dr. Howard is a member of the National Academy of Education and has been listed by Education Week as one of the 200 most influential educational scholars in the nation on education practice, policy, and research. He is the inaugural director of the UCLA Pritzker Center for Strengthening Children and Families, the director of the UCLA Center for the Transformation of Schools, the director and founder of the Black Male Institute at UCLA, and the president of the American Education Research Association, which is the nation’s largest organization focused on educational research and policy.

 

Campus Host: UC Irvine

Dr. Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio

Pradeep K. Khosla

Dr. Stephanie Reyes-Tuccio is the Vice Provost for Educational and Community Partnerships at UC Irvine. She leads campus efforts to bring first-generation, low-income and underrepresented students to and through higher education by connecting and advancing educational equity efforts across public education segments, the university and community stakeholders. In this new role, Vice Provost Reyes-Tuccio will enhance the longstanding Center for Educational Partnerships (CFEP) by spearheading new strategic initiatives aimed at fostering community engagement and creating academic pathways across the university through the newly formed Office of Educational and Community Partnerships. 

The Center for Educational Partnerships works with more than 30,000 students and hundreds of schools and organizations across Orange County and the surrounding region. Under her leadership, CFEP has added new programs and partnerships, expanded to the health sciences, established three UCI student support centers and garnered over $75 million in external grants and contracts. In addition to this work, Vice Provost Reyes-Tuccio has established a binational partnership with Centro Fox in Mexico to create new experiential learning opportunities for UC Irvine students and serves as co-chair of the Chicano/Latino Advisory Council to UC President Michael V. Drake. Vice Provost Reyes-Tuccio has received two Woman of the Year awards, from U.S. Congressional Representative Lou Correa (CA-46) and the National Hispanic Business Women Association, highlighting her commitment and service to the community and the university.

Plenary Speakers

  • Angelica Moore, Director of Policy and Communications, Undergraduate Admissions, UC Office of the President 
  • Laura Macchia Amescua, Manager, Policy Implementation and Admissions Evaluation, UC Office of the President 
  • Jamal Cooks, President of the Chabot College
  • Keith Curry, President of the Compton College and CEO of the Compton Community College District
  • Mike Muñoz, Superintendent-President of Long Beach Community College District 
  • Tonya Williams, Dean of the California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office and Cosumnes River College 
  • G. Cristina Mora, Associate Professor of Sociology, Co-Director, Institute of Governmental Studies, UC Berkeley