As of March 2012 there are 557 Members in the Minority Affairs Section (Membership Chart, pg. 3) Minority Affairs Section Program Officers of the Minority Affairs Section would like to invite you to attend the section program symposium titled: The Current Landscape of Underrepresented Minority Leadership in Dental Education, presented on Sunday, March 17, 2013 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm (Program on pg 2). Minority Affairs (MAFF) Section Mission The mission of the Minority Affairs Section is to provide a vital source of leadership in promoting and sustaining optimum diversity of faculty and administrators in dental and dental hygiene education and to develop comprehensive strategies to increase the number of minorities in the oral health care profession. Our goals and objectives are the following: 1. To increase retention of membership by keeping them well informed. 2. To continue to seek collaboration with other organizational groups in sponsoring programs of mutual interest related to increasing minorities in the dental and dental hygiene profession. 3. To seek continual financial support from the National Dental Association (NDA) and the National Dental Association Foundation (NDAF) for the Section on Minority Affairs projects. 4. To invite various presidents of organized dentistry and dental hygiene to define and discuss minority issues and how they impact their organizations, what each organization is doing to address minority issues and other grassroots efforts to promote the profession. American Dental Education Association 90th Annual Conference Minority Affairs Section Newsletter MAFF Newsletter February 1, 2013 Minority Affairs Section 2012-2013 Officers Officer’s Photographs (pg. 3) Councilor Mildred A. McClain, PhD Associate Professor University of Nevada Las Vegas School of Dental Medicine Phone: (702) 774-2642 Fax: (702) 774-2721 Email: [email protected]Co-Editor: MAFF Newsletter Chair John W. Killip, DDS Assistant Dean for Student Programs; Clinical Professor, Restorative Dentistry UMKC School of Dentistry Phone: (816) 235-2094 Fax: (816) 235-2157 Email: [email protected]Chair-elect Sandra Clark Bolivar, JD Assistant Dean Admissions, Minority and Student Life Herman Ostrow School of Dentistry of USC Phone: (213)740-2851 Fax: (213)740-8109 Email: [email protected]Secretary Jennifer B. McCants, DDS, MSD Assistant Professor, General Dentistry and Oral Medicine University of Louisville School of Dentistry Phone: (508) 852-1233 Fax: (508) 852-1220 Email: [email protected]Editor: MAFF Newsletter 2012 Members Forum Minutes (pgs 12-13) SPOT LIGHT MAFF Section Members (pg 6) 2013 Members Forum Meeting Members Forum of the Minority Affairs Section will be held on Monday, March 18, 2013 from 10:30 am to 11:30 am (Agenda pg. 6). ADEA Annual Session & Exhibition Washington State Convention & Trade Center March 16-19, 2013 Sheraton Seattle Hotel 1400 6th Avenue Seattle, WA 98101 888-627-7056 or 206-621-9000
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As of March 2012 there are 557 Members in the Minority Affairs Section (Membership
2. Discuss faculty development opportunities for underrepresented minorities in career
advancement.
3. Explain the qualities of a good mentor.
4. Explain interactive instruction on development of higher level managerial skills.
Moderator:
Dr. John W. Killip, DDS, Assistant Dean for Student Programs; Clinical Professor,
Restorative Dentistry, UMKC School of Dentistry, Chair - ADEA Section of Minority Affairs Panelists:
Dr. Karl Haden, President of the Academy for Academic Leadership
Dr. Lavern J. Holyfield, Director of Faculty Development at Texas A & M Health Science
Center Baylor College of Dentistry
Dr. Leo E. Rouse, Dean Howard University College of Dentistry Dr. Tobias Rodriguez, Vice President for Education at the Academy for Academic
Leadership
Sunday, March 17, 2013 from 4:00 pm to 5:30 pm
The program is cosponsored by the ADEA Section on Minority Affairs and the Special Interest
Group for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTLSIG), the Council of Faculties and
the ADEA Section on Gay-Straight Alliance.
“The Current Landscape of Underrepresented Minority
Leadership in Dental Education”
Save the Date
National Dental Association
Baltimore, MD
July 26-30, 2013
Hispanic Dental Association
Boston, MA
September 26-29, 2013
Society of American Indian Dentists
Washington State
May 31– June 2, 2013
Individuals can nominate themselves or be nominated by someone else. Please pro-vide a short biographical sketch with the nomination form by Monday, March 11, 2013. The election for Secretary will take place during the Member Forum Meeting on Monday, March 18, 2013 at the ADEA Annual Session. Biographical sketches will be distributed immediately prior to the meeting. Nominations from the floor will also be accepted. Please go to page 10 for duties and responsibilities of officer position and page 11 for nomination form.
Nomination of Officers in the Minority Affairs Section
Change will not come if
we wait for some other
person or some other
time. We are the ones
we’ve been waiting for.
We are the change that
we seek.
President Barack
Obama
Email Dr. McClain at [email protected] on how you or the administration promote diversity in your school. By sharing experiences and resources the MAFF Section can achieve its mission and objectives of providing leadership in promoting and sustaining optimum diversity of faculty and administrators in dental and dental hygiene education. Thus, continue to develop comprehensive strategies to increase the number of minorities in the oral healthcare profession.
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TELL US ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SCHOOLS’ MOSAIC ENDEAVORS!
- ADEA Council of Sections Administrative Board Meeting, Saturday, March 16, 8:00 am – noon - ADEA Council of Faculties Administrative Board Meeting, Saturday, March 16, 8:00 am – noon
- ADEA Council of Faculties New Member Orientation, Saturday, March 16, 12:30 – 1:00 pm *************All newly elected officers should attend this orientation*** ***********
- ADEA Council of Sections Members Meeting, Saturday, March 16, 12:30 – 4:00 pm
- ADEA Council of Faculties Meeting, Saturday, March 16, 1:00 – 3:45 pm
- ADEA Council of Deans Business Meeting, Saturday, March 16, 2:00 to 4:00 pm
- Opening Session of ADEA House of Delegates, Saturday, March 16, 4:30 – 5:30 pm
- Welcome Reception, Saturday, March 16, 5:30 – 6:30 pm
- ADEA Opening Ceremony and Plenary Session, Sunday, March 17, 8:30 – 10:00 am - ADEA Presidential Symposium, Monday, March 18, 1:30 – 2:45 pm - ADEA Closing Plenary Session, Tuesday, March 19, 10:00 – 11:15 am - ADEA Council of Sections Officers’ Orientation, Tuesday, March 19, 11:30 am – 12:30 pm - ADEA Council of Sections Caucus, Tuesday, March 19, 12:45 –1:45 pm - Closing Session of ADEA House of Delegates, Tuesday, March 19, 3:30 – 4:30 pm
FOR THE ADEA 2013 CONFERENCE DIVERSITY- FOCUSED SESSIONS (see pgs 7-9)
Of Interest: 2013 ADEA Important Meeting Dates & Times
Chair-Elect Sandra Clark Bolivar, JD
Chair John W. Killip, DDS
Meet your Section Officers
You may be receiving this newsletter for the first time. MAFF Officers extend a warm welcome to everyone! The MAFF section seeks to share our ideas on diversity and the richness of a “mosaic” society. We invite you to participate in this endeavor. Come to the members forum and find out what we’re all about.
Secretary Jennifer Barnes McCants, DDS, MSD Editor, MAFF Newsletter
Councilor Mildred A. McClain, PhD
Co-Editor, MAFF Newsletter
Ballots may be cast on the following dates and times at the ADEA House of Delegates Booth
Sunday, March 17, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Monday, March 18, 7:00 am - 5:00 pm
Tuesday, March 19, 8:00 am - 5:30 pm
Addressing Health Care Disparities and Increasing Workforce
Diversity: The Next Step for the Dental, Medical, and Public
Health Professions Mitchell, DA, Lassiter, SL. 2006(96):12 Amer J Pub Health
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ADEA recently released a position paper that addressed academic dental institutions’ (ADIs’) roles and responsibilities for improving the oral health of all Americans. The projected changes in our nation’s demographic composition and the underrepresentation of several minority groups within the oral health care workforce indicate that oral health professionals will be ill prepared to provide quality culturally competent care to many of their patients. Therefore, this is the opportune time for both dental and non dental oral health stakeholders (including physicians and public health professionals) to review and augment their efforts for actively implementing strategies that will achieve a culturally competent workforce devoted to providing quality oral health care to all patients. The absence of a sound patient–provider relationship is one factor that contributes to disparities in the quality of care received by minority populations, which returns us to the issue of health care workforce diversity. Several publications have shown the importance of a racially diverse workforce for improving underserved populations’ access to care. According to the Sullivan Commission’s report, Black patients are significantly more likely to receive their care from Black dentists (who treat almost 62% of Black patients) than from White dentists (who treat 10.5% of these patients). Similarly, surveys of dentists’ practice trends have shown that dentists who are themselves underrepresented minorities treat significantly higher proportions of urban, less formally educated, and lower income patients compared with their non–underrepresented minority peers. Workforce diversity also has been associated with both greater satisfaction with care received and improved patient–provider communication. Conversely, the lack of a diverse workforce may foster lingual and cultural barriers, bias, and clinical uncertainty within the patient–provider relationship. Despite the clear benefit of increasing workforce diversity, the racial/ethnic composition of the health professions workforce, including the dental workforce, fails miserably to reflect the increasing diversity of the US population.
Early Dentists and dental
assistants. Hubbard Hospital
Circa 1900’s
Vote for the
2013-14 ADEA President-elect
Reference Committee Meetings: These hearings are open to all who wish to attend.
ADEA Reference Committee Hearing on Association Policy Sunday, March 17th 3:30 - 4:30 pm
ADEA Reference Committee Hearing on Administrative Affairs Sunday, March 17th 1:30 - 2:30 pm
MAAF Celebrates Black
History Month!
Dr. Jeanne Sinkford; First Woman
Dean of a Dental School in the US
Robert T. Freeman; First Black
Dental Graduate, Harvard 1869
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Inspiration Corner
January 21, 2013 marked the second inauguration of the nation’s first African American President, Barack H. Obama. President Obama delivered yet another thought riveting, emotion provoking, eloquently presented inauguration speech at the United States Capitol exactly 50 years after Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered his famous “I Have A Dream” speech. In remembrance and commemoration for the honorable Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., President Obama was sworn in amidst two documents, one of which was a bible owned by Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.
Four years ago, President Obama took office with the country in the midst of two wars and the worst economic crisis in more than half a century. His second inauguration arrives with one war over, the other winding down and the economy recovering. President Obama spoke of many issues and touched on several of his platforms during the inaugural speech. Some of which include gays, climate change, and compromise.
You know the saying “ If there is one thing in life that is constant, it is change”. I imagine that just as loud as you could here Dr. King saying “Free at last, Free at last…” you will hear Obama supporters say, “Change you can believe in!”
Editor Commentary
44th President Of The United States Of America
“It is time for parents to teach
young people early on that in
diversity there is beauty and
there is strength. We all
should know that diversity
makes for a rich tapestry, and
we must understand that all
the treads of that tapestry are
equal in value no matter their
color.”
Maya Angelou
No one is born hating another person because of the color of his skin, or
his background, or his religion. If [people] can learn to hate they can be
taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its
opposite. Former President, Nelson Mandela
A Senegalese poet said 'In
the end we will conserve
only what we love. We love
only what we understand,
and we will understand only
what we are taught.' We
must learn about other
cultures in order to
understand, in order to
love, and in order to
preserve our common
world heritage.
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ADEA Fall Meeting in Denver, Colorado was an epic event. For the very first time since the ADEA Fall Meetings began, the MAFF had its own session presentation focusing on equity, diversity and inclusion. Attendance was remarkable and it was a great initiative to a promising future for MAFF accomplishing its goals and mission.
Monday, March 18, 2013 Room: WSCC/617 10:30 am – 11:30 am
1. Call to Order/Greetings Dr. John W. Killip
2. Review and Approval of Orlando, FL Minutes Dr. Sandra Clark Bolivar
3. Greetings from Minority Organizations
- NDA Greeting
- NDA Foundation Greeting
- NDHA Greetings
- HDA Greeting
- SAID Greeting
4. Legislative Update
5. Report of the Access, Diversity, and Inclusion Kim C. D’Abreu
Policy Center 6. Update from the Council of Sections Dr. Mildred A. McClain
7. Election of Officers Dr. John W. Killip
8. Old Business
9. New Business
10. For the Good of the Order
11. Adjournment
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Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate. Our deepest fear is that we are
powerful beyond measure. It is our light not our darkness that most frightens us. We ask ourselves, who am I to be brilliant, gorgeous, talented and fabulous? Actually, who are you not to be? Your playing small does not serve the world. There's nothing enlightened about shrinking so that other people don't feel insecure around you. We were born to make manifest the glory that is within us. It's not just in some of us; it's in everyone. And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others. — Marianne Williamson
SECTION COUNCILOR’S REPORT
Greetings: The historical tripartite meeting of the HDA, NDA and SAID in Boca Raton, Florida was a heartwarming experience. The ability for these three minority organizations to pull resources and come together as a cohesive group makes you stop and think about what a great country we live in and that we have the leadership to make change when we unite in one voice. I especially appreciated the opportunity to interact with members of each of the organizations and the opportunity for members of each of the organizations to share their experiences and concerns in a larger forum. The President’s Symposium provided a medium in which each of the organizations shared and learned more about common issues and concerns, such as multi-cultural oral health challenges and the affects of media and messaging on multicultural issues.
The officers for the MAFF Section extend their congratulations to the American Dental Education Association’s 90th Annual Conference. We also invite all our members to
attend all or some of the very interesting diversity focused sessions. To find out more
about these sessions please turn to pages 7-9. To view the MAFF Section Annual Report, visit the ADEA Website. I look forward to seeing you all in Seattle, Washington. Mildred A. McClain, PhD, MAFF Section Councilor
Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health is the most shocking and the most inhuman.-- Attributed to the Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr.
I can accept failure, everyone fails at something .But I can't accept not trying. ~Oprah Winfrey
Dental Pipeline National
Learning Institute Award
Dr. Frank Jones and Dr. Mildred
McClain, UNLV School of
Dental Medicine faculty, were
one of 10 dental schools
awarded $12,000 by the
National Learning Institute (NLI)
Dental Pipeline. Funded by the
RWJ Foundation, the NLI
provides opportunities for
dental educators and their
community partners to address
the problems of access and
workforce disparities. Projects
will be presented at the 2013
ADEA fall meeting in October.
ADEA 2013 CONFERENCE DIVERSITY- FOCUSED SESSIONS
SATURDAY, March 16, 2013
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Strengthening Diversity and Inclusion: The Power of Alliances
Room: WSCC/613
Presenters: Mark A. López, Ph.D., ADEA
Patricia Nihill, D.D.S., University of Kentucky
The goal of the workshop is to leverage the knowledge, commitment, and passion of ADEA’s internal diversity groups to support more robust and diverse learning environments in ADEA member institutions. The target audience for the workshop is: ADEA Women’s Affairs Advisory Committee (WAAC), ADEA Minority Affairs Advisory Committee (MAAC), ADEA Gay Straight Alliance (GSA), and Minority Affairs Section (MAS). In small working groups, participants will discuss and strategize how they can work together to create inclusive learning environments. Presenters from dental education and higher education will provide a framework for discussion by sharing their perspective on the challenges and successes of creating and maintaining an inclusive learning environment. SUNDAY, March 17, 2013
10:30 a.m. – noon
Diversity Defined: Is Your Institution Ready?
Room: WSCC/602
Presenters: Anthony M. Palatta, D.D.S., ADEA
Michelle R. McQuistan, D.D.S., AEGD, M.S., University of Iowa
Hans Hsu, New York University
Despite the best efforts of dental institutions, achieving diversity in dental education has been challenging. To help institutions meet upcoming diversity requirements in the new standards by the Commission on Dental Accreditation, this engaging seminar will help you devise unique approaches to achieving diversity tailored to your geographic, demographic, and educational needs. Diversity leaders and students from two contrasting institutions, NYU College of Dentistry and University of Iowa College of Dentistry, will discuss how they have approached meeting this essen-tial mandate in creative ways. You will be encouraged to share your own institutional successes and challenges in creating a culture of inclusion as you learn to define diversity, develop strategies to address the dimensions of diver-sity, and assess the climate for diversity, at your institution. Is your institution ready for the new standards? Join us and find out.
2:00 – 3:30 p.m. Fisher V. Texas
Room: WSCC/401
Fisher v. University of Texas is a case before the United States Supreme Court concerning the affirmative action ad-missions policy of the University of Texas at Austin. The case asks that the court either declare the admissions policy of the University inconsistent with, or entirely overrule Grutter v. Bollinger a 2003 case in which the Supreme Court ruled that race could play a limited role in the admissions policies of universities. An overruling of Grutter could end affirmative action policies in admissions at U.S. public universities. We will have an expert discuss the possible impli-cations of this ruling on higher education and dentistry. Open to all attendees.
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2:00 – 3:30 p.m. The Impact of Culture on Underrepresented Minority Health Profession Students
Room: WSCC/602
Presenters: Ann L. McCann, RDH., Ph.D., Baylor College of Dentistry
Barbara H. Miller, M.S., D.D.S., Baylor College of Dentistry
Ernie S. Lacy, D.D.S., M.A., B.S., Baylor College of Dentistry
Underrepresented minority (URM) students have a much better experience in a professional program with a climate of cultural competence. They feel more welcome in a humanistic environment that fosters diversity and respect for all individuals. All students are exposed to more new ideas in this culture and gain new skills in problem solving and the treatment of all patient groups. This presentation will start with a brief explana-tion of the role of culture in improving the experience of URM students in health profession programs. Then, an interprofessional panel of students will describe their school experiences and how cultural climate has affected their enrollment decisions, their learning, social interactions, and practice-employment goals. A question and answer session with the audience will follow this panel discussion. This presentation will end with a summary of the student discussion and how health profession programs can continue to move toward a culturally competent climate.
4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Minority Affairs Section Program The Current Landscape of Underrepresented Minority Leadership in Dental Education
Room: WSCC/401
Presenters: Karl Haden, Ph.D., Academy for Academic Leadership, LaVerne Holyfield, Texas A & M Health Science Center Baylor College of Dentistry (BCD) Leo Rouse, DDS, FACD, Dean Howard University College of Dentistry
Tobias Rodriguez, Ph.D., Academy for Academic Leadership
Dr. Karl Haden, as President of the Academy for Leadership Institute, will give an overview of last years survey on the Leadership Institute and then discuss the results of the 2013 Minority Affairs Advisory Committee (MAAC) survey on leadership.
Dr. Lavern Holyfield, Texas A&M Baylor College of Dentistry, was a Leadership Institute Fellow in 2008, will discuss her experience as a Fellow. She will also discuss her experience as a 2005 graduate of the Institute for Teaching and Learning, which is a pipeline for faculty who are not ready for advancement.
Dr. Leo E. Rouse, will discuss the Dean’s perspective on the Leadership Institute (i.e., how Deans choose minority faculty for the Leadership Institute, how they mentor their faculty, and how they put them in positions were they can advance in their career , etc.).
Dr. Tobius Rodriguez, will present the ADEA/AAL Chairs and Academic Administrators Management Program
(ADEA/AAL CAAMP). Another avenue that minorities can attain leadership and managerial skills.
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5:30 – 6:30 p.m. ADEA Commission on Change and Innovation College President’s Symposium Room: WSCC/401 M. Christopher Brown II, Ph.D., President Alcorn State University Creating change and innovative practices takes visionary leadership at all levels; administration, faculty, and students. Although challenges are always present strategic leadership has proven effective in fostering an environment that sup-ports change and innovation. The results and lessons learned are instructive for all interested in being leaders of change in their own environment. This session will provide participants with an in-depth understanding of the progress and the process used to achieve major changes in dental education curriculum. The session will also provide an exami-nation of fostering change and innovation through the lens of a university leader.
Presenter: Eve Higginbotham, M.D., Visiting Scholar in Health Equity at the Association of American Medical Colleges in Washington, D.C. ADEA is the voice of dental education. It represents all of the US and Canadian dental schools, advanced, hospital and allied dental education programs. Dr. Higginbotham will speak at the ADEA Evening Plenary Session Discourse and Dessert. This evening plenary session has a focus on gender issues but is open to all attendees. It has been a tradition for 20 YEARS to invite prominent women leaders to be the guest speakers. They speak both on major issues and their personal career trajectories. It is considered to be a major opportunity for individuals “outside” of the dental education profession to share their perspectives re the changing roles of men and women in their professional and personal endeavors. Past Speakers have been from: government, medicine, law, and the media e.g., Vivian Pinn- Director ORWH/NIH; Regina Benjamin- US Surgeon General; Marilyn Gaston- Asst. SG/ USPHS; J.C. Haywood- media/philanthropist; Hazel O’Leary- Secretary of Energy; Jocelyn Elder- US Surgeon General; Dushanka Kleinman-Director, NIDCR to name a few. TUESDAY, March 19, 2013 8:00 – 9:00 a.m. Successful Innovations and Challenges in the URM Pipeline for Dentistry & Medicine: The University of Washington SMDEP Program Experience Room: WSCC/604 Presenters: David Acosta, M.D., University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Dentistry Beatrice Gandara, D.D.S., University of Washington Schools of Medicine and Dentistry This interactive session will explore the challenges medicine and dentistry face in increasing the numbers of medical and dental students who come from historically underrepresented groups. The Summer Medical and Dental Education Program (SMDEP) funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and administered jointly by ADEA and the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) has provided funding for 12 program sites across the country to help young people from these groups become more competitive in gaining acceptance into dental and medical schools. One of these SMDEP programs, the University of Washington, will present challenges and innovations that the program has developed to strengthen the URM pipeline. These innovations have been directed towards the American Indian populations. Page 9
AIRS OFFIC
ER INATIONS
MINORITY AFFAIRS SECTION
SECRETARY ADEA SECTION ON MINORITY AFFAIRS OFFICER NOMINATIONS
The ADEA Section on Minority Affairs is seeking nominations for Section Secretary. The position of Section Secretary is a three year commitment, as the secretary serves in subsequent years as Chair-Elect and Chair. Along with the duties listed below, all section officers, are expected to attend the ADEA Annual Session, and all council meetings during the Annual Session.
Nominating Process
A prospective candidate must provide a short biographical sketch with the nomination form by Monday, March 11, 2013 to the Chair, Dr. John Killip at: [email protected] . The biographical sketches will be distributed immediately prior to the Members Forum on Sunday, March 18, 2012. Self nominations and nominations from the floor will also be accepted.
Eligibility
A person must be a member of the Association and a member of the Section to be eligible for office. In the instance of councilor, the person must first have served through the officer positions, including the chair, to be eligible for election to the councilor position.
Duties
The duties of Secretary are to:
Record the minutes of Section meetings and disseminate them to the Section membership;
Submit the minutes and current officer contact information to the Section councilor for submission with the Section annual report; and
Perform any Section-related duties requested by the Chair.
Section officer Nomination Form The nomination form on page 8 must be filled out and emailed to: