Race, Diversity & Campus Climate
Keynote Speaker
Keynote Address
Globalism and its Discontents: Old Thoughts for a New Century
Dr. Madrid is the Norine R. and T. Frank Murchison Distinguished Professor of the Humanities at Trinity University. He has an impressive life-long record of service towards advancing the works and contributions of Latina/o students. Dr. Madrid was the founding president of the Tomás Rivera Center, the nation’s first institute for policy studies on Latino issues. In addition to holding academic and administrative appointments at Dartmouth College, The University of California, San Diego, and The University of Minnesota, he has also served as Director of the Fund of the Improvement of Post- Secondary Education (FIPSE), U.S. Department of Education. He also served as National Director of the Ford Foundation’s Graduate Fellowship Program for Mexican Americans, Native Americans, and Puerto Ricans.