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We are pleased to welcome our virtual keynote speaker, Dr. Terrell Strayhorn! Dr. Strayhorn is Provost and Senior Vice President of Academic Affairs and Professor of Urban Education in the Evelyn Reid Syphax School of Education at Virginia Union University, where he also serves as Director of the Center for the Study of Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCUs). An internationally-recognized education equity expert on issues of inclusion and belonging in corporate and education industries, Strayhorn’s research focuses on the social psychological determinants of student success for minoritized and other vulnerable populations. His research on college students’ sense of belonging has informed state policies, transformed campus/school practices, STEM contexts, and academic intervention testing.