AA-006 - Do Black Lives Matter? Black Faculty Experiences and Academic Pathways

Tuesday, March 22, 2022

11:45am – 12:45pm EST

CE: 1 Hr.

Designation: LIAA

Presenter(s)

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Carlos Smith, D.D.S. , M.Div.

Virginia Commonwealth University School of Dentistry

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Eleanor Fleming, PhD, D.D.S., M.P.H., FICD

University of Maryland School of Dentistry
Nicholas Gordon, D.M.D., M.P.H.

Tufts University School of Dental Medicine
Tawana Lee-Ware, D.D.S., M.S.

Indiana University School of Dentistry

Racism as a public health issue has come into an indisputable view. In 2021, the ADA released data showing growth in dental graduate demographics among all historically underrepresented and minoritized groups except African Americans. The profession has not attracted African Americans in academic careers. This session will explore the challenges and opportunities for dental education to rise to its ethical promise of optimal oral healthcare for all. In light of numerous minority faculty development programs, this session offers insight uniquely identified by four African American faculty, the very epitome of decades long dental education efforts.

Learning Objectives:

Explain the effects of systemic racism in oral health and academic dentistry, specifically the challenges to African American dentists.
Identify the barriers that inhibit the recruitment and retention of African American dentists into academic careers as well as explore opportunities to create pathways to academic dental careers.
Define “racial battle fatigue” and identify ways that institutional practices and cultural norms can facilitate the success of Black academicians.
Explain the effects of systemic racism in oral health and academic dentistry, specifically the challenges to African American dentists.