Scholarship to Practice 11/5/20 - Kristen Renn

Bridget Burns, Executive Director of the University Innovation Alliance, and Derrick Tillman-Kelly, Director of UIA's Fellows Program and Network Engagement, speak with Dr. Kristen Renn, Professor and Associate Dean at Michigan State University's Department of Educational Administration. As a specialist in college student learning, development, and identities, Professor Renn studies how students with minoritized identities – LGBTQ, students of color, low-income, or first-gen students – experience higher education and how that impacts their success. She shares her thoughts on how these students are weathering remote learning during the COVID-19 pandemic. Topics include:

• Navigating the climate of the virtual campus
• How students' personal data can hinder their expression of identity
• How administrators and faculty can view the student experience through students' eyes
• The power of micro and macro affirmations
• Decoding the "alphabet soup" of minoritized identity groups