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search and Scholarly Advancement and as Director of the
JSU Center for University Scholars.
Along with her administrative experience, Dr. Pizzetta
brings an understanding of the processes involved in re-
search, publication, and grant writing. She is Principal
Investigator on a National Science Foundation grant, Ad-
vancing the Research Profile of Small, Minority-Serving
Institutions through a Virtual Proposal Development Cen-
ter, which works with small and mid-sized HBCUs to train
faculty grant writers. Her most recent publications include
a forthcoming chapter in [Re] Imagining the Liberal Arts,
to be published by the University Press of Mississippi; a
forthcoming article in the Southern Journal of Policy and
Justice on implicit bias in higher education; an article on
Mrs. China Jenkins serves as the Executive Director of the early American feminism in the International Journal of
Teaching, Enrichment, Advising, and Mentoring (TEAM) Language and Literature (2018); an article on Ozark identi- CONFERENCE SPEAKERS
Center for the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ty in in Elder Mountain: A Journal of Ozark Studies (2016);
at Texas Southern University in Houston, TX. She earned and an article on Edgar Allan Poe’s in POMPA (2015). Dr.
her PhD in Educational Human Resource Development Pizzetta is the general editor of the JSU Researcher: An In-
from Texas A&M University. By profession, China is an ed- terdisciplinary Journal and serves as an editorial assistant
ucational developer with experience in managing college for the Gale Group Publishers’ Contemporary Literary
teaching and learning centers, program development and Criticism series.
college instruction. She has certifications in training and
development, faculty development, course review, and fa-
cilitation.
China has taught higher education courses and continues
to provide lectures, workshops and professional develop-
ment to faculty, administrators and students in colleges
and universities across Texas and the United States. Her
research covers topics such as culturally responsive peda-
gogy, faculty development, and cultural value orientations
and adult learning
Louise Vaughn serves as the Program Manager of the Fac-
ulty Development Center. Louise holds a B.S. in Business
Administration (Finance) from Alcorn State University, a
Master’s of Professional Accountancy and a Business Ad-
ministration degree from Jackson State University. She is
currently in the dissertation stages of a Ph.D. in Education-
al Leadership (Higher Education). She has over 14 years
of professional experience in an administrative capacity,
serving as a program manager, administrative assistant,
contract administrator, fiscal officer, transportation coordi-
nator, and business owner. She is well-versed in policies and
Dr. Candis Pizzetta is an Associate Professor and interim procedures relating to the administration and management
chair in the Department of English, Foreign Languages, of grants as well as the procedures and protocol necessary
and Speech, and Coordinator of the Faculty Development to enforce them ethically and without liability. Louise is an
for Student Success Title III activity at Jackson State Uni- analytical problem solver with the ability to take charge in
versity (JSU). Dr. Pizzetta earned her Ph.D. in English from any situation. She possesses the flexibility, focus, and di-
Baylor University, where her dissertation focused on the plomacy required to get the job done in a professional and
development of the feminist mindset in early American fic- timely manner and always with a smile.
tion. She has served JSU as Associate Vice President for Re-
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