2007 Leadership Conference

Location

CALCASA hosted the 2007 Leadership Conference from May 23rd to 25th, 2007 at the Sacramento Doubletree Hotel. For conference details, please see our conference brochure.

Speakers

Opening Keynote:

Luoluo Hong, Ph.D

Luoluo (pronounced “low-low”) received her BA in Psychology from Amherst College in 1990, a Master’s of Public Health from Yale University in 1992, and a PhD in Educational Leadership & Research from LSU in Baton Rouge in 1998. Luoluo also worked for eight years at LSU, most recently as Director of Wellness Education & Outreach Services and as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Kinesiology. Between 2000-2002, Luoluo served as the Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs & Dean of Students at Shepherd University in West Virginia. From 2002-2005, Luoluo fulfilled responsibilities as the Dean of Students at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and was a Senior Faculty Fellow for the Department of Educational Leadership & Policy Analysis. She began her tenure with Arizona State University on August 1st, 2005, as Dean of Student Affairs at the West campus and Associate Clinical Professor in Criminal Justice & Criminology.

In over 1,900 presentations Luoluo has addressed both student and professional audiences on campuses all over the country, and keynoted numerous regional and national conferences. Her dissertation results have been published, and Luoluo has authored a chapter which describes her experiences as a rape survivor in the book Just Sex (2000; Rowman & Littlefield Publishers). A past member of the American College Health Association Board of Directors, Luoluo is a consulting editor for the Journal of American College Health and is best known in the college health field for her innovative work with LSU’s Men Against Violence – the first organization of its kind and scope in the US.

Friday's Keynote:

Sujata Warrier, Ph.D.

Sujata Warrier has trained and provided technical assistance to professionals in various systems such as health care, law enforcement, criminal and civil justice and human and social services on the issue of violence.

Additionally, she provides assistance on legislative and policy issues on battered immigrant women for the state and nationally. She has also trained extensively on the issue of cultural competency for various professionals and has delivered numerous keynotes on the issue of cultural relativism and domestic violence. Sujata received her Ph.D. from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University. She has written and published numerous articles on violence against women in the international context.