2016 Conference Organizers
Conference Director
Stephen Jeanetta, Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Conference Co-Director
Lindsey Saunders, Cambio Center Coordinator, University of Missouri
Content Co-Chairs
Stephen Jeanetta, Rural Sociology, University of Missouri
Corinne Valdivia, Agricultural & Applied Economics, University of Missouri
Thematic Group Chairs
Change and Integration:
Civil Rights and Political Participation:
Education:
Health: Alejandra Gudiño, University of Missouri Extension
Entrepreneurship & Economic Development:
Youth Development: Ricardo Diaz
Planning Committee Members
Change & Integration
Debra Bolton - Kansas State University Research and Extension
Stephen Christ - Truman State University
Gerardo Martinez - UMKC-Institute for Human Development
Kate Olson - University of Missouri-Columbia
Civic Rights and Political Participation
Julia Albarracín - Western Illinois University
Ricardo Diaz - University of Illinois
Mike Hendricks - University of Missouri - Columbia
Gerardo Martinez - UMKC-Institute for Human Development
Byron Sigcho - University of Illinois at Chicago
Sal Valadez – Eastern Missouri Laborers’ District Council
Education / ELL & Dual Language Education
Daisy Collins - Missouri State University
Emily Crawford - College of Education, University of Missouri
Lisa Dorner - Education Leadership and Policy Analysis, University of Missouri
Shelly Fair - Columbia Public Schools
Lisa Flores - University of Missouri - Columbia
Jorge Inzunza - Turtle Creek Elementary School, Delavan-Darien School District
David Cassels Johnson - University of Iowa
Jessica Sierk - University of Nebraska-Lincoln
Becca Stock - Columbia Public Schools
Youth Development
Gustavo Carlo - University of Missouri
Ricardo Diaz - University of Illinois
Alejandra Gudiño - Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri Extension
Angelica Reina - Family and Consumer Sciences Extension Program, University of Kentucky
Katie Zeiders - Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri
Entrepreneurship & Economic Development
Eleazar Gonzalez - University of Missouri
Domingo Martinez - Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Ruben Martinez - Julian Samora Research Institute, Michigan State University
Byron Sigcho - University of Illinois at Chicago
Health
Kay Conklin - University of Missouri - Columbia
Alejandra Gudiño - Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, University of Missouri Extension
Mike Hendricks - Department of Political Sciences, University of Missouri - Columbia
Athena Ramos - Center for Reducing Health Disparities, University of Nebraska Medical Center
Maria Senes - Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Katie Zeiders - Department of Human Development and Family Science, University of Missouri
MU Conference Office - Logistics
Erica Lovercamp, Conference Coordinator
Debbi Haskamp, Administrative Assistant
Student Assistants
Tahely Garcia, Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Young Kwon, Cambio Center, University of Missouri
Colette Rector, Cambio Center, University of Missouri
María Senés, Cambio Center, University of Missouri