WINNING THE RACE:
ABILITIES, SOCIAL JUSTICE, AND INCLUSION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2015
NAMRC Board Strategic Planning: 10:00 am - 5:00 pm
Location: Botticelli
Welcome/Registration Center Open
7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
Location: Pre-Function Area
THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2015
Welcome/Registration Center Open
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Pre-Function Area
Opening Ceremony:
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Milan
Lunch On Your Own: 12:30 pm - 2:00 pm
Concurrent Sessions: 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Milan
S.H.A.A.A.M.E. Silent and
Hidden Aspects of African
American Male Exploitation: A
Case Study
Social Inequality & Disability:
Considering Global Trends
Chien-chun Lin, Bilal Urkmez, Jina
Chun, Trenton Landon
Pamela Siobohn Moye,
Sharesa McCray
Location: Florence III
Medicinal Marijuana Use:
Cultural and Vocational
Implications
Millennials and Membership
in Professional Rehabilitation
Associations
Stephanie L. Lusk, Teresia Paul,
Jennifer Krenn
L Robert McConnell,
Tameika Minor, Keisha G. Rogers
Brenda Cartwright
Networking Break: 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Location Pre-function Area
Concurrent Sessions: 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
Clinical Supervision of CrossCultural Counseling
Understanding Stigma
toward People with
Schizophrenia in Chinese
Cultural Context
An Application of the Ecological
Model for Promoting Acceptance of
Disability to the Ethical Practice of
Multicultural Counseling
Mentoring Roundtable
Xi Lisa Zheng
Jerry Brenner
*Ethics
Tiffany Darby
Various Experts
NAMRC Membership Drive (immediately following the round table session)
Location: Florence I
President’s Reception: 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm
Location: Terrace Ballroom
Join us for the 2015 welcoming toast!
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FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2015
Fun Zone For All: 6:30 am – 7:30 am
Location: Meet in Lobby
Dr. Keith Wilson
Welcome/Registration Center Open
7:30 am – 3:00 pm
Location: Pre-Function Area
Vendors/Exhibitors Areas
9:00 am – 4:00 pm
Location: Pre-Function Area
Continental Breakfast: 8:00 am – 9:15 am
Location: Outside General Sessions
Join NAMRCs standing committees co-chairs for breakfast!
General Session-Keynote Address
Dr. Bobbie Atkins
9:30 am – 11:00 am
Location: Milan and Florence
(Please wear your NAMRC T-Shirts – NAMRC pictures immediately following address)
Networking Break: 11:00 am – 11:15 am
Location: Outside General Sessions
Concurrent Sessions: 11:15 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location Florence III
Discourse on Gender Diversity,
Intersecting Identities and
Disability: Trends in
Rehabilitation
From Surviving to
Thriving as a Black
Woman in Academia
The Intersection of Poverty
and the Rehabilitation
Counseling Process: A
Social Justice Model
Who Am I? : Exploring the Psyche of
Young Black Men
Dennis A. Bunton
Julie Smirl
Christiaan Kier
Jenelle S. Pitt
John Sassin
*Ethics
Sonya M. Ware,
Ashton Whyte- Lewis,
Charston Culpepper
Lunch On Your Own: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Student Networking Event: 12:30 pm – 1:45 pm
Location: Michelangelo
All students are invited to have lunch and network with other student attendees and invited NAMRC members and leaders.
Concurrent Sessions: 2:00 pm – 3:15 pm
Location: Milan
Location Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
CRCC Exam Prep I
Narrative Inquiry and
Reflection: Uses in
Research, Practice, and
Teaching
Quintin Boston
Glacia Ethridge
Abigail Akande
Generating an inclusive
and supportive work
environment
Kaylin Moss
Morgan Johnson,
Lawrence Lampkin
Mary-Anne M. Joseph
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“Winning the Race”: Exploring the
Successes and Challenges of
Developing a PhD in Rehabilitation
Counseling Program at a Historically
Black College and University
Tyra Whittaker, Miriam L. Wagner,
L’Tanya Fish, Janique Washington Smalls,
Pamela Siobohn Moye
Networking Break: 3:15 pm – 3:30 pm
Location: Outside General Session
Concurrent Sessions
3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
CRCC Exam Prep II
The Art of Publishing in
Higher Education
R.E.A.L. Leaders:
Responsible, Ethical,
Authentic, Learners
Human Trafficking: International
Trends in Rehabilitation Counseling
Mya Vaughn, Abdoulaye Diallo,
Roy Chen, Keith Wilson,
Alicia D. Brown
Mary-Anne M. Joseph,
DeAnna L. Henderson
Quintin Boston
Glacia Ethridge
Aisha Shamburger Rousseau, Jenelle S. Pitt,
Priscila Matei,
Rebecca Branstetter
*Ethics
Poster Session: 5:00 pm – 6:30 pm
Location: Pre-Function Area
State Chapter Presidents Meeting
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm
Location: Botticelli
SATURDAY, JULY 25, 2015
Fun Zone For All
6:30 am – 7:30 am
Location: Meet in Lobby
Dr. Keith Wilson
Welcome/Registration Center Open
Vendors/Exhibits Areas
9:00 am – 11:00 am
Location: Pre-Function Area
Continental Breakfast: 8:30 am - 9:15 am
Location: Pre-Function Area
Concurrent Sessions: 9:30 am – 10:45 am
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
Invisible Violence: Culture,
Disability, and Intimate
Partner Violence
Recruiting AfricanAmerican Students in
Rehabilitation
Counseling Programs:
An HBCU Perspective
Cultural Competency: The
Pennsylvania OVR’s
Approach to an Inclusive
Workforce
Multicultural Disparity: Inequality in
Education & Work Opportunities for
PWDs
LaKeysha McLaurin
Jinhee Park,
Jina Chun,
Bilal Urkmez,
Chien-chun Lin
Niah White, Courtney Ward, Sharesa
McCray, Shatoi Scott, Myshalae
Jamerson-Euring
Tyra Whittaker, L’Tanya Fish,
Melanie K. Marshall,
Pamela Siobohn Moye,
Janique Washington Smalls
*Ethics
Awards Luncheon: 11:00 am – 12:30 pm
Location: Terrace Ballroom
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NAMRC Business Meeting
(NAMRC Members are strongly encouraged to attend.)
12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
Location: Milan
Concurrent Sessions: 2:00 pm- 3:15 pm
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
Disability, Acceptance, and
Religion: Perceptions of
Disability among Christians
and Buddhists
Reaching The Finish
Line: Current Issues
Impacting Counseling
LGBT People
connect. Bringing Life
Together
Utilizing Content of the CRCC Advisory
Opinion Archive to Inform Future Code
Revisions
Roy K. Chen
Alicia Brown
Christiaan Kier,
Ana Vanessa Serrano-Garcia
Janice L. McGilberry ,
Alyse Bone
Brenda Cartwright,
L’Tanya Fish
*Ethics
Networking Break: 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm
Concurrent Sessions: 3:30 pm – 4:45 pm
Location: Milan
Location: Florence I
Location: Florence II
Location: Florence III
Facilitating Multicultural
Competency through
Multicultural Learning
Environment
Impact of Environments
on the Lives of Children
with Disabilities
Employability Evaluations of
Multicultural Claimants in
Social Security Cases:
Assistance
with Eliminating the Backlog
The Cultural Implications of Informed Choic
It's a Matter of Ethics
Jinhee Park
AMarwa Alsaman Altantawy
Boyang Tong
Roberta Kuchler O’Shea,
Divya Sood
Silvio Reyes
Conference Wrap-Up
4:50 pm – 5:30 pm
Location: Venice I
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Chandra Carey
*Ethics