ACPA-ASHE Presidential Symposium

The 2025 event will be announced in early Fall 2025

With ACPA currently celebrating its 100th Anniversary and ASHE celebrating its 50th Anniversary in 2025, these milestones provide an opportunity for our scholarship and praxis to re-discover our connections through reflection, action, and inspiration. The 2024 ACPA-ASHE Presidential Symposium will provide an opportunity for participants to engage in discussions about where we’ve been, where we are, and where we’re going as a field and as individuals as it relates to free speech, activism, anti-DEI legislation, and career sustainability. The Symposium will also offer attendees intentional reflection time through discussion questions and resources provided through an attendee workbook.

Join ACPA President, Dr. Rachel Aho, and ASHE President, Dr. Jeni Hart to engage with these critical topics. 

The first ACPA-ASHE Presidential Symposium was held in 2018 under the leadership of Dr. Stephen John Quaye, Dr. Lori Patton Davis, and Dr. Shaun R. Harper. The symposium was held both virtually and in-person at the University of Southern California campus and was titled, ‘Presidential Symposium on Racism, Recovery, and Racial Justice in Higher Education.’ We are grateful for their ideas, labor, and leadership in establishing this event.