Leadership Post 1: Publish or Present

As I am concluding my research at FullSail University, I am looking at the options of publishing or presenting. Because I work at a Salish Kootenai College, a tribal community college in Montana, I am looking at several options. During the last seven years that I have been teaching here, I have been afforded many opportunities to attend professional conferences, trainings, and seminars discussing the pedagogy of higher education, particularly those within technology fields for minority serving institutions.

PRESENT:Conferences that I have attended include, but are not limited to: Association of American Colleges and Universities (AACU).

National Science Foundation Science Engineering Technology and Mathematics (STEM), National Girls Collaborative on STEM.

National Center for Women and Technology (NWIT - LINK).

TCUP Cultural and Curriculum sponsored by Quality Education for Minorities (QEM) in conjunction with NASA and the Lilly West conference of the International Alliance of Teacher Scholars Evidence-based teaching and learning. Here's the link to the Lilly conference.

While attending these conferences, I saw many opportunities to present my experiences of working at a tribal college. The most recent conference that I attended at Evergreen State College in Washington would have been the perfect opportunity to share my research. 

Here's the link to the Native Case studies: Enduring Legacies.

At two of these conferences, I did present. When looking at the research I have conducted, I look forward to fine tuning the presentation and writing in order to present.

PUBLISH: Another option for my research is to publish. There are several publications that I am considering. The first and foremost is the Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education. Here's the link to the Tribal College Journal.



This journal provides voice and vision to the ongoing efforts of primarily the tribal colleges of the United States. I believe my research may contribute to efforts and provide unique insight to that of other tribal college professor and instructors. Here's a link to an article I previously published in the Tribal College Journal.