47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference Program Book

47 Annual National Council for Black Studies

Conference

March 22—25, 2023

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center Gainesville, FL

sponsored by

Conference Theme

A MESSAGE FROM PRESIDENT VALERIE GRIM

Dear NCBS Conference Presenters and Attendees:

We are grateful that you chose to attend the National Council for Black Studies’ 47th annual meeting. This year, our conference theme is “Reparations, Resilience, and Restorative Justice: Commemorating the Centennial of the Rosewood Massacre of 1923”. Our theme is timely, especially during a time when great efforts are being forged to erase the encounters and experiences of African Diaspora peoples from the pages and annals of American history. But, there is no eraser broad or strong enough to take away our VALUE nor to disappear Black Studies subject matters from the minds and mouths of those who believe in truth, justice, and freedom for all people.

We have traveled to Florida as planned. A few years ago, the National Council for Black Studies determined that we would join our colleagues on the University of Florida campus to commemorate the history of the Rosewood Massacre of 1923. Our presence is essential to remembering how certain catastrophes and atrocities robbed African Americans of their lives, land, properties, and abilities to be autonomous and self-sufficient. The Rosewood Massacre stands in history as a reminder that justice is undone and unfinished in many parts of America, particularly in areas where Black descendants still recall their communities being burned down and burned out. These descendants, along with present-day survivors, have a right to speak up and to demand their communities be repaired. Our presence here means that we stand together with resilience and commitment to restorative justice. We are pleased that you have come to join this conversation. We invite your voice to engage topics that will help African American and African Diasporic communities better strategize as to how we should move forward to address continuous needs, while, at the same time, organizing for greater activism that exposes why some in African American communities are calling for reparations.

While here in Florida, we are delighted to articulate who the National Council for Black Studies is and for which we stand. We stand for academic excellence and social responsibility. As such, we are here to name ourselves, to identify who we are, and to say loudly and proudly that we are a people dedicated to speaking our truths and to establishing correct and evidenced perspectives aligned with self-determined agency that guards and sustains our internal security, which is our sense of purpose and self that will not be undermined by misrepresentations of the history and contributions of our people. We are empowered by the knowledge of our histories and cultures and the creativity of our epistemological being. We are unapologetic, as we call for a rethinking of the reparation question as a form of justice for African American communities. At this annual conference, we explore many issues and ideas designed to foster greater and even more critical questions regarding liberation struggles as well as Black achievement and strategies for survival throughout the world.

Our conference is food for thought. We have many intellectually stimulating sessions. There is something for each person that will lift your spirit and encourage your heart in the struggle for on-going African American achievement. While we honor achievements and contributions of past and current Black scholars, inventors, teachers, activists, community leaders of many kinds, and others, we hope you will find time to meet seasoned and upcoming scholars, graduate and undergraduate students, community activists and teachers, book exhibitors, and vendors

It is our hope that you will be encouraged by OUR gathering in Florida.

Dr. Valerie Grim, President National Council for Black Studies

Out from the gloomy past, til’ now we STAND AT LAST!

A MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT ALPHONSO SIMPSON

WELCOME FAMILY…I am so glad you’ve made it! I am so pleased that you have intentionally chosen to join us here for what I’m calling “The Reunion”. Yes, this is the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference, but to me, this is a reunion - A family reunion and we are reuniting on multiple levels, enjoying one another, embracing one another, and most of all advancing, encouraging, and affirming one another. At some point during our time here make sure you tell somebody “It is so good to see you” because it truly is good to both see and be seen!

In the written address I shared from our last in -person conference, I stated that 2020 was pivotal for us as we steadily advanced towards a 45-year celebration of excellence in Black Studies notion-wide. Little did I know that pivotal would become the word we would have to embrace as we locked ourselves in and weathered the storm. My brothers and my sisters we weathered the storm indeed and the fact that we are here sharing in this moment as a unified family of whole -hearted believers in the totality of the disciplinary scope and function of Black Studies is but a testament to both the width and depth of its influence and authority.

From beginning to end, this year’s conference is promised to deliver several exciting and insightful sessions that are sure to keep us engaged, uplifted, and encouraged as we continue to relentlessly chart some deep and dark waters regarding the future of our beloved discipline and its socio-political and educational thrust is concerned. Family, do know that even amid the unnecessary attacks launched at the exterior of our disciplinary abode, as always, we have overwhelmingly answered the National Call for Papers that was heralded this past Fall. While here in Gainesville, the NCBS will serve as host of top-notch undergraduate and graduate student panels, roundtable, and discussions. These sessions alongside an impressive number of thought-provoking research presentations from professional scholars of Black Studies spanning the diaspora are sure to vitalize and motivate us to continue the much-needed work to bring acclamation to the discipline.

To that end, our Presidential and National Board plenaries are promised to be awe inspiring as our plenary speakers are indeed stellar. Additionally, the Dr. Terry Kershaw Student Essay contest winners will be recognized on Friday at the Student Awards Luncheon as there were numerous outstanding submissions, wherein the top three undergraduate and graduate essays will be honored. And lastly, as we celebrate scholars to send out into the mission field, an impressive number of new inductees to the Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society at the W.E.B. DuBois Awards Banquet will be presented on Saturday night. Considering the amplified socio-political climate, we are currently experiencing, I believe that we have been both divinely and strategically positioned to aggressively contribute a counter-narrative to the incessant assault against African American Studies throughout various institutions of learning in America. There has been a legacy of great scholars who have all skillfully added to the American ideology of the Black Experience, many of them you hear from this weekend. Family, as we glean from one another over the next few days, I challenge us to remain heedful and perceptive as we continue to move forward without hesitation. We all know that he road ahead of us is long, rugged, and without retreat. So in this season, let us not get weary in our well doing and while we are doing well, let ‘s not forget to check in with ourselves to be well. May peace and favor rest upon you,

Alphonso Simpson, Jr., Ph.D.

NCBS Vice-President & 2023 Conference Chair

Dr. Alphonso Simpson

NCBS Vice President and Conference Chair

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Dr. Alicia Fontnette

NCBS Board Member and Membership Chair

Clark Atlanta University

Dr. Jakia Marie Grand Valley State University

Dr. Danae Powell

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Dr. Kaniqua L. Robinson

Furman University

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz

NCBS Board Member and Treasurer

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Dr. Sharon Austin

Jehila

Andrew-Brown

Dr. Drew Brown

Dr. Courtney Moore Taylor

Chad Munteanu

Dr. David Canton

Desmond Walker

Dwan Courtney

Eric Godet

Mouray Hutchinson

Dr. Julia M. Mollenthiel

Dr. James Stewart

Dr. Jon Rehm

Carol Richardson

Dr. Riche’s J. Daniel Barnes

Dr. Rik L. Stevenson

Kandice Simmons

Samuel Stafford

The National Council for Black Studies (NCBS) was established in 1976 by African American scholars who recognized the need to formalize the study of the African World experience, as well as expand and strengthen academic units and community programs devoted to this endeavor. NCBS was formed out of the substantial need for a national stabilizing force in the developing discipline of Africana/Black Studies. Since the late 1960’s, higher education has been profoundly impacted by the emergence of Africana/Black Studies. Its impact on the broader educational establishment is due to the holistic and multidisciplinary approach taken by Africana Studies. Growing fundamentally out of the Civil Rights Movement of the 1960's, Africana/Black Studies has become the intellectual extension of that movement. The National Council for Black Studies is committed to academic excellence and social responsibility.

NCBS seeks to:

• Facilitate through consultation and other services, the recruitment of Black Scholars for all levels of teaching and research in universities and colleges;

• Assist in the creation and implementation of multicultural education programs and materials for K-12 schools and higher education institutions;

• Promote scholarly African-centered research on all aspects of the African World experience;

• Increase and improve informational resources on Pan-African life and culture to be made available to the general public;

• Provide professional advice to policymakers in education, government and community development;

• Maintain international linkages among Africana Studies scholars;

• Work for the empowerment of people of African descent.

ACTIVITIES INCLUDE:

• Annual Conference

NCBS sponsors an annual conference which provides a forum for the dissemination of scholarship and a venue for mentoring students who wish to pursue a career in Africana Studies.

• International Journal of African Studies (IJAS)

NCBS publishes an annual peer reviewed journal dedicated to scholarship and research about people of African descent.

• Terry Kershaw Student Essay Contest

NCBS sponsors a student (undergraduate and graduate) essay contest for original work that focuses on any aspect of the Africana experience. Winners (1st, 2nd, 3rd) receive a cash prize and a plaque at the student luncheon held during the annual conference.

The essay contest is named in honor of Dr. Terry Kershaw of the University of Cincinnati and former editor of the International Journal of Africana Studies.

• C. Tsehloane Keto Student Leadership Development and Mentorship Program

Participants in the program will be exposed to a variety of settings where they will have the opportunity to observe, participate, examine and exercise leadership skills in a national organization. The program is named in honor of South African-born Dr. C. Tsehloane, a dedicated, committed African-centered scholar and educator who was a powerful force in the fight for liberation and empowerment for all people of African descent.

• NCBS Civic & Community Education and Engagement Grants Program

Under this program, grants are awarded to support projects in which Africana Studies knowledge and skills are made available to local communities. Funding for the program is provided by National Black Federation of Charities (NBFC) and NCBS.

1976-1978

Bertha Maxwell-Roddey University of North Carolina at Charlotte

1978-1980

William King University of Colorado

1980-1982

William E. Nelson, Jr. The Ohio State University

1982-1984

Carlene Young

San Jose State University

1984-1988

Delores P. Aldridge Emory University

1988-1992

Selase (Wayne) Williams

California State University, Dominguez Hills

1992-1994

Charles Henry University of California, Berkeley

1994-1998

William (Bill) A. Little

California State University, Dominguez Hills

1998-2002

James B. Stewart

Pennsylvania State University

2002-2006

Shirley N. Weber

San Diego State University

2006-2010

Charles E. Jones

Georgia State University

2010-2014

Sundiata Cha-Jua

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

2014-2018

Georgene Bess-Montgomery

Clark Atlanta University

2018-2022

Amilcar Shabazz

University of Massachusetts

Amherst, MA

Valerie Grim President

Indiana University

Bloomington, IN

Executive Board

Alphonso Simpson Vice President

University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Oshkosh, WI

Serie McDougal III Secretary

California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA

Amilcar Shabazz President

University of Massachusetts Amherst, MA

Georgene Bess Montgomery

Past President

Clark Atlanta University

Atlanta, GA

Board Members

Melina Abdullah California State University, Los Angeles

Leslie Alexander University of Oregon

Venise T. Berry

University of Iowa

Dexter Blackman

Morgan State University

Kevin Brooks Michigan State University

Greg E. Carr

Howard University

Jeanette Davidson University of Oklahoma

Sarita Davis Georgia State University

Bertis English Alabama State University

Jonathan Fenderson

Washington University

Ifetayo Flannery

Temple University

Alicia Fontnette Clark Atlanta University

Maulana Karenga

California State University, Long Beach

Thekima Mayasa

San Diego Community College

Karin L. Stanford

California State University, Northridge

James (Jim) B. Stewart, Emeritus

Pennsylvania State University

Michael Tillotson

State University of New York at Cortland

Dorothy Tsuruta

San Francisco State University

Akinyele Umoja

Georgia State University

Alfred Young, Emeritus

Georgia Southern University

The following individuals have contributed $1500 in lump or 3-payments to NCBS

Drew D Brown University of Florida

Jeanette Davidson University of Oklahoma

Riché J. Barnes University of Florida

Alice Nicholas California State University, Long Beach

Daniela Gomes San Diego State University

Charmane Perry San Diego State University

Advisor: Dr. Rico Chapman

Advisor: Dr. Amilcar Shabazz

Advisor: Dr. Tonya-Marie Howe

Chelsea Coughlin

California State University, Northridge

Advisor: Dr. Cedric Hackett

Student Committee Members

Dr. Sarita Davis

Dr. Denae Mohammed

California State University, Los Angeles

Advisor: Dr. Serie McDougal III

Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery, Chair

Karl Lyn

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Armani Stewart Georgia State University Advisor: Dr. Sarita Davis

Joshua Cotton Clark Atlanta University

Piérre Ramon Thomas Marymount University

Rachael Adeniran

Institutional Membership year is July 1—June 30

Membership includes:

Unlimited Position Announcement Postings ($150 savings/post)

One Complimentary Professional Membership

50% discount on half or full-page ad in Conference Program Book

Looking for a past issue of the International Journal of Africana Studies?

The following issues can be purchased on the NCBS website.

Darwing Charles, SUNY New Paltz

Lindsay Gary, Temple University

Lyric Hathaway, Georgia State University

Brianna Hicks, SUNY New Paltz

Britney Huston, SUNY New Paltz

Alicia Jenkins, Stockton University

Christopher Newman, Howard University

Victor Sledge, Georgia State University

Armani Stewart, Georgia State University

Kendall Washington, Stockton University

Marcus Smith Indiana University

47 Annual National Council for Black Studies

Opening Remarks

NCBS President

Dr. Valerie Grim

Director and Professor of Undergraduate Studies, African American and African Diaspora Studies

Indiana University Bloomington

Keynote Speaker NCBS Board Member

Dr. Maulana Karenga

Department Chair and Advisor Africana Studies

California State University, Long Beach

Other Speakers:

Dr. Akinyele Umoja: Libations/Mojuba

Dr. Alicia Fontnette: Membership Matters

Dr. Alphonso Simpson: Conference Highlights

Dr. Amilcar Shabazz: Business Meeting Wrap Up

Hot beverage station and AM breakfast enhancements sponsored by:

001. Popular Culture as Sites of Resistance Panel

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

The Transcendent Groove: Hip-hop and its Resonant Space within contemporary Pan-Africanism Shingi Mavima, University of Toledo

Reorienting the field: Understanding sport through the limitations of Liberalism Munene F. Mwaniki, Western Carolina University

The Spook Who Made a Subversive Film David Walton, Western Carolina University

Poetics of Black Foodscapes: An ethnographic study of cultural food knowledge on the food practices of African American women in urban settings Armani Stewart, Georgia State University

Chair:

David Walton, Western Carolina University

002. Realizing Rosewood: Resilience and Representation Paper Session

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Participants:

Rosewood Massacre: Educating Using Narratives of African American Women's Resilience Octavia Clarkson

Rosewood the Movie: Misrepresentation, Manhood, and PHA in the Jim Crow South Derrick Lanois, Norfolk State University

An Examination of Racial Violence in the Sunshine State Kenneth Tinoco, University of Florida

"Reparations, Resilience, and Restorative Justice as Acts of Self-Care: A Sebaitic Inquiry" Anthony Dandridge, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz

Chair:

David Canton, University of Florida

003. Scotland, Slavery and Reparations Panel

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Chair:

Jeanette Davidson, University of Oklahoma

Discussants:

Jeanette Davidson, University of Oklahoma

Graham Campbell, Glasgow City Council

Cassandra Gooptar PhD, Wilberforce Institute, University of Hull

Stephen Mullen PhD, Glasgow University

004. Community, Social Empowerment, and the Progression towards Freedom Paper Session

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

Neighborhood Development, Spatial Imaginaries, and Urban “Souls of Black Folks” R. DREW SMITH, Pittsburgh

Theological Seminary

Political Maroonage in Philadelphia: Is Non-Voting an Option Matthew Ellis Simmons, Cheyney University

Wading in the Water: What Black Lives Matter can tell us about social movement continuity and abeyance? Kevin C Winstead, Georgia Institute of Technology

Dear Tuskegee: Navigating Information in a Jim Crow Country Michelle M Kuhl, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Chair:

Thekima Mayasa, San Diego Mesa College

005. Race, Capitalism, Colonization and Struggle: The Impact of Intersectional Oppressions

Paper Session

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Intersectionality and dependency lenses in neonatal mortality: Evidence of regional, residential, and socioeconomic inequalities from post-colonial Tanzania, 1991-2016 Neema Langa, University of Houston

The Lure of Development Tara Mock, The University of Alabama

Pandemics in New Orleans and Johannesburg: From Jim Crow & Apartheid to COVID-19 Blair Proctor, SUNY New Paltz

Mabo Case Sohail Shehada, University of Oklahoma

Chair:

Uzoma Miller, Ohio University

006. Radical Resistance and Consciousness

Paper Session

10:15 to 11:30 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

The Black Radical Tradition and Zimbabwe’s Armed Struggle, 1965-1985 Toivo Asheeke, Georgia State University

The Converging Streams of Afrikan War and Resistance in the Afrikan World Kimoni (Wilbert) Yaw Ajani (St. Hilaire), Stockton University/Arts Humanities

Transcending Post-epistemic Trauma: Steve Biko’s Black Consciousness and the Restoration of African Humanism

Jeremias Zunguze, University of North Carolina Asheville

Chair:

Alicia Fontnette, Spelman College

007. Health and Freedom: The Continued Journey to Equal Healthcare

Paper Session

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

Addressing Health Disparities in Vulnerable and Underserved Populations by Continuing Dr. King’s Legacy –Lessons Learned from Underprivileged Countries Edward Wallace, University of Cincinnati

The effects of historical antecedents and cultural trauma on the HIV risk of Black women living in Fulton County, Georgia. Sarita K. Davis, Georgia State University

The Way They See Us: The Historical Experiences of Black Women as Patients in Mainstream Healthcare Ene Priscilla Idoko, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Where is the Village?: Restoring Maternal Mental Health Through Community Healing Nkechinyelum Chioneso, Florida A&M University; August Alderman, Florida A&M University

Chair:

Alphonso Simpson, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

008. Womanist Autobiography: An Ethnographic Journey toward Community Wellbeing

Panel

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Participants:

The Black Studies Paradigm in Practice: Creating Communities of Support for Black Girls and Women Kevin Brooks

The Community Wellbeing Series: The Crossroads of Cultural Empowerment, Reclamation, and Community Aaliyah Buell, Michigan State University

008. Womanist Autobiography: An Ethnographic Journey toward Community Wellbeing cont. Good Femininity: A Dialogue on Self-Identity and Self-Actualization among Black Women and Girls Cameo King, Grit Glam And Guts

An Essay on Womanist Autobiography Rondee J. Gaines, University of Alabama, Birmingham

Chair: Kevin Brooks

009. Black Women's Bodies: Performativity as a Reclamation for Restorative Justice Panel

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Participants:

The Queer Tear: Black Women's Performativity in the characters Vera & Sunshine of Harlem Nights Hope Jackson, North Carolina A&T State University

Black Women by Looking and Redefining Self Image Sarah Bataille, North Carolina A&T State University

The Need for Community for Self-Discovery and Healing after Trauma and Los Chalyn Smith, North Carolina A&T State University

Chair:

Hope Jackson, North Carolina A&T State University

010. May I Help You?: Considering Social Skills and Needs on Both Sides of a Graduate Student Mentor-Mentee Relationships

Roundtable Discussion

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Chair:

Ebony Gibson, Georgia Gwinnett College

Discussants:

Jonathan Gayles, Georgia State University

Aliza Leslie, Georgia State University

Tiffany Smith, Louisiana State University

011. Police and Violence: Abolition and Black Resistance

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants: From Police Reform to Police Abolishion james M Thomas, CAL State LA

Resisting History: An Afropessimist Approach to the 1967 Texas Southern University Police Attack David Ponton III, University of South Florida

Un-random Acts: A theory of State Violence Tekla Ali Johnson, USC

Chair: Tekla Ali Johnson, USC

012. Roundtable on Joshua Myers' Of Black Study Roundtable Discussion

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Chair:

Ifetayo Flannery, Temple University

Discussants:

Joshua Myers, Howard University

James Stewart, Penn State

Ifetayo Flannery, San Francisco State University

Christopher Roberts

013. Cultural Warriors: The Relationship between Social Dominance Orientation and Identity Panel

1:15 to 2:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

The Relationship between SDO and regional/national/religious identity: A Review of the Literature Khamil Canty, Valdosta State University

The Relationship between SDO and political/gender/sexual identity: A Review of the Literature Janell Mills, Valdosta State University

The Relationship between SDO and REC/class identity: A Review of the Literature Dr. M. Denise Lovett, Valdosta State University

Chairs:

Marilyn Lovett, Valdosta State University

Louis Walee, Valdosta State University

014.

Rumor Has It: The Mis-Education of AP African American Studies

Roundtable Discussion

2:45 to 4:00 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Discussants:

015. Artistic Expression As A Means of Black Liberation Paper Session

2:45 to 4:00 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Participants:

Come Out Here on the Floor: Popular Dance and the Liberation of the Black Female Spirit in 20th Century America

Patricia Reid-Merritt, Stockton University

Reaching Higher Ground; A Look at Blues and R&B Music Veronica Anita Redden, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Sampling as an Art Form and its Utility as a Tool for Intergenerational & Cross-Genre Black Resistance Uzoma Miller, Ohio University

Chair:

Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University

Cathy Brigham College Board

Latasha Eley Kelly College Board

Teresa L Reed University of Louisville

Darius Young Florida A&M University

016. “1971- Present: Black Solidarity Day at SUNY New Paltz; A day of student led activism and workshops lead by the Black Student Union” Roundtable Discussion

2:45 to 4:00 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Chairs: Blair Proctor, SUNY New Paltz

Cruz Caridad Bueno, SUNY-New Paltz

Discussant: Joel Gooden, SUNY New Paltz

017. The Future Research Trends as Informed by Our Past Paper Session

2:45 to 4:00 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Digital Heritage: The Search for the Black Star Line Jewell Humphrey, UCLA

Examining Black Cultural Resistance to White Supremacist Ideology Antoine K. Stroman, School District of Philadelphia

Through the Lens of Holistic Liberation: An Operationalized African-Centered Orientation to African Art History Aigner Autry, Temple University

Cultural Gentrification of the Civil Rights Movement: Evaluating the Romantic Lyrics over a Blues Beat in Atlanta’s Public Space Rhana Gittens, Oglethorpe University

Chair:

W. Denae Powell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

018. Hidden in Full View: The Case for Racial Justice and Reparations in Salisbury, Maryland Roundtable Discussion

2:45 to 4:00 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Presenters:

Alexander Jones, George Mason University/Mitchell Program

Isaac Jasper, George Mason University/Mitchell Program

Kayiraba Toure, George Mason University/Mitchell Program

Chair:

Charles L Chavis, George Mason University Mitchell Program

019. Protect Ya Neck: Combating Issues of Gentrification and Preserving the History of Black Communities Panel

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

Digitizing Bronzeville: A Digital Project Examining Housing and Urban Community Brandon Stokes

Legislating Action – The Reactionary Changes to State Law Creating Stricter Regulations for Protest and Free Speech

Privileges in Black Communities Marshall Allen, Indiana University-Bloomington

The Visual Aesthetic of Gentrification Ashley Hayes, Indiana University - Bloomington

Hungry, Thirsty and Unhealthy: How Food Deserts and Liquor Stores Dominate Black Neighborhoods Jayden Nicole Flowers, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Chair:

Taylor Duckett, Indiana University Bloomington

020. Capitalism and the Black Experience: Working Towards Economic Freedom Paper Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

020. Capitalism and the Black Experience: Working Towards Economic Freedom cont.

Participants:

"From Greenwood to Rosewood: A Reappraisal in Black and White" Mark C. Grafenreed, Southern Methodist University

Reconceptualizing Ujamaa in the Era of Platform Capitalism: Agency and Economics Savannah Winston, Temple University

Social Inequality: The Pandemic’s Disparate Impact on Food Insecurity among Black Americans Monica Adams, Binghamton University Department of Social Work

Unveiling New Strategies Employed by Real Estate Developers to Utilize Tax Sales for Dispossession of Heirs’ Property Owners Belay Alem, University of Florida

Chair:

Jonathon E. Stone, Howard University

021. Black Women Defining Beauty, Womanhood, and Wellness Paper Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Beautiful Black Futures: Resilient and Resistant Bodily Aesthetic Representations and Futurity in the Diaspora Amanda Smith, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Black Women Artists Creating Art and Art Ecosystems as a means of Wellness Tanisha Jackson, Syracuse University

Embodied Absence: Black Womanhood, Beauty, and Exploring “Body Neutrality” Kristin Rowe, California State University Fullerton

Kinky: African Americans, Gender, Ideal Beauty, & Black Media Derrick Lanois, Norfolk State University

Chair:

Uzoma Miller, Ohio University

022. Black Beaches in America - Our Maroon Societies: The Short Media Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Discussant: Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University

023. There are Multiples Ways to get to Freedom: Where have we been and where are we going? Paper Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants:

African Consciousness through Linguistic Unity: A Juxtapositional Analysis of Terminology from Yurugu and The Island of Menes V Harrison Gaffin, Cheyney University of PA

Is American Descendants of Slavery (ADOS) a Progressive Social Movement or Anti-Black Demagoguery? A Black Studies Pan-African Analysis Kevin Cokley, University of Michigan

Sojourner’s Truth: An Interrogation of America’s History of Misogynoir Victoria Peters, University of Florida Coding While Black Kai Ajala Dupe, The Alhaven Group

Chair:

Tekla Ali Johnson, USC

024. Decolonizing the Colonized: Putting Theory into Practice Paper Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Aspects of the Pan African Response to Regional Crisis: A Case of Mozambique's Triple Threat: Neo Colonial Underdevelopment, Corruption and Islamic Jihad Gwinyai P. Muzorewa, Lincoln University

024. Decolonizing the Colonized: Putting Theory into Practice cont. “Who are you calling an African?” “Who are you calling Black?” Colonial Identities and the Specter of Decolonization. Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

Celestial Governance: An Examination of Kemetic Astronomical Sciences and their Relevance in the Present Era Louis Walee, Valdosta State University

Black Internationalism and Pan-African Solidarity: Black Voices of Protest at the World Tribunal Aaron N Pride, Lafayette College

Chair: Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

025. The Black Athlete and Athleticism in Research on Race and Sports Paper Session

4:15 to 5:30 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

Game Over: The Apathy and Aftermath of Black Athleticism in The Collegiate and Professional Sports Arena Keahsun J Lawrence, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Humble Beginnings: The Depiction of Black Athletes’ Upbringings in Commercials between 2016 and 2019 Drew D. Brown, University of Florida

“When I couldn’t bedazzle them with brilliance, I bamboozled them with bullshit”: Harry Edwards, Black Power, and Countering the Mainstream Media’s Repression of the Revolt of the Black Athlete Dexter Blackman, Morgan State University

Chair:

Aimee Glocke, California State University, Northridge Reception

(refreshments served)

6:00 7:30 pm

Hilton Century Ballroom A

Meet and Greet with Jade Powers

Curator of Contemporary Art

Following the reception the Harn Museum of Art invites NCBS Conference attendees (and any guests) to view the exhibition Posing Beauty in African American Culture, until 9pm. The entire museum will be open for exploration. Free entry.

026. The Process of Law and Justice: Context Matters Paper Session

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

“Fascist, Whatever Name It Takes”: The Murder of Frank Bishop and Anti-Black Pogroms on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, 1931-1938 Charles L Chavis, George Mason University Mitchell Program; Alexander Jones, George Mason University/Mitchell Program

Igbo Jurisprudence Nkuzi Nnam, Dominican University

“Racial Justice and Reparations in Cuba: Afro-Indigeneity, Literature, and Settler Colonialism” Ebenezer Concepcion, Cleveland State University

Resistance Strategies of the Bulsa Against Kidnapping and Enslavement in the 1890s in Northern Ghana Anbegwon Atuire; Dr. Jamal Ratchford, Colorado College

Chair:

Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

027. Black Perception and Identity: How They Sees Us Paper Session

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Participants:

Bill Past Due: What America Owes To Black Folk Samuel Maceno, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

Shopping While Black: A Qualitative Analysis of In-Depth Interviews Michelle R Dunlap, Dr Michelle Teaches

African Immigrants’ perception of contested casting for lead roles in Hollywood-produced continental African history movies Adelaja Oriade, Ohio university

You Won’t Break My Soul: Framing Beyoncé’s Renaissance Album as a Symbol of Liberation and Resistance Tira Jacquelyne Murray, Georgia State University

Chair:

Alexia P. Hammonds, Jackson State University

028. Black Mental Health from the Transatlantic Slave Trade to Today Panel

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants: Modern Mental Issues and their Roots in the Transatlantic Slave Trade Olivia Bowman, East Tennessee State University

Displays of Toxic Masculinity and Femininity: Why Gender Roles are Destructive Naomi Gates, East Tennessee State University

Black Male Mental Health: Challenges and Triumphs Kevin Brooks

Chair:

Kevin Brooks

029. From Trauma to Healing and Catharsis in Literary and Social Reality Paper Session

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

“‘The words can give wings to your feet’”: An Examination of the Body as Black Borderland Consciousness in Breath, Eyes, Memory Fallon Nicole Holmes, North Carolina A&T State University

"Trauma and Cartharsis in Nalo Hopkinson's Midnight Robber Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta

029. From Trauma to Healing and Catharsis in Literary and Social Reality cont. “Adventures as a Runaway Horse:” Dimensions of Black Self-Expression in The Brownies’ Book Sophia Lindner, Yale University

Lòt Bó Dlo: The Other Side of the Water Joyce White, Georgia Southern University

Chair:

Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta

030. Polarization and Party Politics: African Countries and the United States in their battle against Covid-19. Panel

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants:

Climate change impacts on water availability in Zimbabwe: Case study of Hippo Valley Estates in Chiredzi Beatrice Ndlovu, Midlands State University

Keys to the Kingdom: Unlocking the Narrative Brilliance and Cultural Implications of Hal’s Kingdom Kyle R. Fox, The College of Coastal Georgia

Oil, neo-colonization and racial capitalism in Guyana- The long arm of US economic exploits Carolyn Walcott, Clayton State University

COVID-19 and Community Health: Unorthodox Medical and Religious Practices Peter Ukpokodu, University of Kansas

Chair:

Veronica Nmoma Nwankwo, University of North Carolina, Charlotte NC

031. Performing Race, Place, and Space in Africana Research Paper Session

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Beyond the Blackest Landscapes: Placemaking Through Wessyngton Plantation & Africatown’s Descendants Jessica Hanson, Middle Tennessee State University/ Tennessee State University

Black Towns & Settlements: Lessons in Environmental & Racial Justice Atyia Martin, Next Leadership Development

Philly Elmo Rises: Black eccentric performance during the George Floyd Riots/Uprisings, May 2020 Jennifer Williams, Loyola Marymount University

Chair: Jennifer Williams, Loyola Marymount University

032. Reparations, Recovery, and Freedom: 'Give Us Our Money' Paper Session

9:30 to 10:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

Reparations, Resilience and Restorative Justice Jemadari Kamara, University of Massachusetts-Boston

Reparations, resilience, and restorative justice will have a temporary effect for the diaspora without the Sankofa Process Anitra Butler-Ngugi, George Washington University

Stepping Forward into the Payout: A Data Driven Anthropological Approach to Reparations Deneia Y. Fairweather, Ph.D., ESE Consulting, LLC

Chair:

Amilcar Shabazz

033. Self and Community-based Empowerment in Black Culture and Art Panel

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

Adichie and African Womanism Lauren McCormick, SUNY Geneseo

Eradication of the Black Blight in Black Literature Makayla Williams, SUNY Geneseo

033. Self and Community-based Empowerment in Black Culture and Art cont.

The Unspoken Reality of Our Communities: How We Are Conditioned to Build Better Communities for All Those

Except Us Genesis Flores, SUNY Geneseo

Reform, Reframe, and Re-educate: Combatting The Erasure of the African Diaspora in The Dominican Republic

Lidabel Avila, SUNY Geneseo

Senegalese Perspectives: Redefining Progress Through the Lens of Afro-Identities Yarold Bautista Martinez, SUNY Geneseo

Chair:

Olaocha N. Nwabara, Ph.D., SUNY Geneseo

034. Africana Educational Methods for Liberation Roundtable Discussion

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Presenters:

Kamari Andrews, Georgia State University

Toivo Asheeke, Georgia State University

Aminata Umoja, Kilombo Academic & Cultural Institute School

Kofey Lomotey, Western Carolina University

Chair:

Makungu Akinyela, Georgia State University

035. Black Studies Beyond the Classroom: The Current and Future Uses of Black Studies Panel

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Black Like That – Applying Black Studies to My Future Career as a Higher Education Professional Trevon Smith, Northern Illinois University

After School Studies - A Community Program Arianna Ramos, Northern Illinois University

In Therapy We Trust Ashley Peet, Northern Illinois University

Black Studies High School Outreach Program Princess Rogers, Northern Illinois University

Chair: Taylor Duckett, Indiana University Bloomington

036. Wakanda and the Black Imaginary Panel

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

The Mothers of Wakanda: The Real Embedded in the Imaginary Riche JD Barnes, University of Florida

Wakanda’s Lost Tribe: African-Americans in Black Panther and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Jonathan Gayles, Georgia State University

Say Their Names: The Dora Milaje…The Adored Ones and Protectors of Wakanda Grace Gipson, Virginia Commonwealth University

Black Pasts, Black Futures, and Genealogies of Belonging: A Comparison of Ancestors in Black Panther and Traditional African Religions Yolanda Covington-Ward, University of Massachusetts, Amherst

Chair: Riche JD Barnes, University of Florida

037. Student Engagement and Practice in the Struggle for Freedom and Liberation Paper Session

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

037. Student Engagement and Practice in the Struggle for Freedom and Liberation cont.

Participants:

Combating Equity Suppression in Higher Education: Advancing Anti-Racism to Ensure Black Student Success

Marquita Gammage, California State University, Northridge

Engaging Student Voters in Democratic Learning through History, Media, and Service Crystal Harris, PhD, Governors State University

It’s Time to Reopen the Shop: Fusing Cultural Factors, Developmental Research, and Practice at HBCUs Rodney Cunningham, NCCU

Chair:

Kevin Cokley, University of Michigan

038. Africana Studies as a Necessary Pedagogical Practice

Paper Session

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Beyond Institutions: Promoting Afrocentric Education in African/Black Communities Naaja N Rogers, Temple University

The Impact of African Centered Pedagogy in Higher Education Clarence George III, California State University, Sacramento

Through Our Eyes: African American Educators' Perceptions of Culturally Relevant Pedagogical Preparation Katina L Thomas, Prairie View A&M University

Chair:

Tekla Ali Johnson, USC

039. Black Political Thought and Cultural Activism

Paper Session

11:00 to 12:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

Between Pathology and Generativity: 'Black Paranoia,' Black Political Thought, and the Black Radical Tradition Nigel Cambridge, CUNY Graduate Center

Insurgent Social Networks: Social Media as a Mobilizing Force John Quashie, Georgia State University

The Past is Present: The Bellevue Passage Museum and Historic Preservation as Political and Cultural Activism

Marcus Smith, University of Massachusetts Amherst

The Political Edge of African Feminism: Explorations of African Gender Theory Amir Khalif Curry, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania

Chair:

Thekima Mayasa, San Diego Mesa College Terry

(tickets required)

12:30—1:30 pm

Hilton Century Ballroom A

040. Reparative and Restorative Justice in K-12 Education: African-Centered Perspectives

Panel

2:00 to 3:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

African American Studies as Reparative Justice Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University; Deon Martin

Dismantling and Deconstructing Girl Bye: Restoring Black Girls with Restorative Justice Heidi Hill, Community Educators

Dismantling a Culture of Oppression: The Power of African-centered Principals Kishia James, San Francisco State University

Breaking Whiteness: Educator Preparation Programs and Black Racial Identity Development Tiffany Jackson, San Francisco State University

Africana Social Justice Teacher Preparation Jocelyn Smith Gray, Fayetteville State University

Chair:

Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University

041. Africana Studies and Practice: Education for Liberation

Paper Session

2:00 to 3:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Participants:

Applied Africana Studies and the Challenges of Distance Education Deonte Hollowell, Spalding Black Studies in Brown Spaces: The Benefits and Challenges of Teaching Black Studies at a Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI) in Southern California Aimee Glocke, California State University, Northridge

Critical Aesthetic Education: The Status of Black Aesthetics In American Education Van Anthoney Hall, North Carolina A&T State University

Epistemological Reparations: An Afrocentric Approach within Black Studies Ifetayo Flannery, Temple University

Chair: Amilcar Shabazz

042. The Racialization of Higher Learning: Redefining Black Humanism

Paper Session

2:00 to 3:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Archives of Resistance: Methodologies for the “De-construction” of Ableist and Racist norms Kenya Loudd, Yale University

Assata Shakur's Movement Toward a New Black Humanism J.E. Young, Pan-African Studies/ University of Louisville

History and Colonial Imaginations: Sarkozy and the Perpetuation of Historical Darkness in African Historiography Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University

"The Black Abolitionist Vision for Higher learning and a Long History of Black Studies" Michael Jirik, Amherst College

Chair: Jennifer Williams, Loyola Marymount University

Restorative Justice through the Preservation of Black History and Culture Sites

Roundtable Discussion

2:00 to 3:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Discussants:

044. The Black Church and Capitalism: The Role of Black Women and Economically Supporting the Community Paper Session

2:00 to 3:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants:

Black Religion and Reparations: Pragmatic Trajectories and Widening Support

Theological Seminary

R. DREW SMITH, Pittsburgh

Where Do We Go from Here?: Examining Black Americans’ Relationship with Capitalism in the United States

Khadijah Edwards, Pew Research Center - Washington, DC

Black Female Pastors: Superwoman meets God Venise Berry, University of Iowa; Denise Ewing-Aikoriegie, Nashville Rescue Mission

Chair:

Tara Mock, The University of Alabama

Chair: Dr. Jocelyn Imani Trust for Public Land

Lizzie Robinson Jenkins The Real Rosewood Foundation Inc.

JoHanna “J” Thompson, MPA, Florida Restorative Justice Association

Kate Brown Trust for Public Land Florida Office

Staci Bertrand Duke Energy Foundation

NCBS Presidential Plenary

3:30 to 4:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Century Ballroom A

Defeating the Attack on Africana/Black Studies: Building Resilience, Resistance and Reparations

Presenters:

Chairs:

Valerie Grim, Indiana University/Department of American and African Diaspora Studies Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts Amherst

046. DNA-Using Genealogy To Change My Slave Last Name Media Session

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Discussants:

Nware Burge, Kean University

Molefi K. Asante, Temple University

047. Teaching While Black (television pilot) Media Session

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Discussants:

Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University

Aaron Moss, Stockton University

Melina Abdullah California State University, Los Angeles

Dexter Blackman Morgan State University Gregory Carr Howard University/ Association for the Study of Classical African Civilization

Ifetayo Flannery Temple University

048. "Who Yo' People?" Media Session

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Discussants:

Jennifer Gardner, DePaul University

Lindsay Gary, Temple University

049. Overcoming Isolation - Navigating the Transitions from Student, to Candidate, to Doctor Roundtable Discussion

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Chair:

Alicia Fontnette, Spelman College

Discussants:

Taylor Duckett, Indiana University Bloomington

Brea Stevenson, Clark Atlanta University

W. Denae Powell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

050. Cultural War: Focus on Black Youth Media Session

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

051. Riots, Rebellions, Revolutions, and Uprisings of the 20th Century Media Session

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

052. "Making a Way out of No Way” as a Theory and Praxis of Black Women’s World-Making in the Americas Panel

5:00 to 6:15 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

Black Strategic Mothering and the School-Choice Market-Place Riche JD Barnes, University of Florida

"Fight fi Life": Black Motherhood as A Humanitarian Public Jallicia A. Jolly, Amherst College

"Like Our Mothers Taught Us: The Maternal Makings of Black Diaspora in Twenty-First Century America" Channon Miller, University of San Diego

Dr. Dorothy Jenkins Fields: The Mother Who Ignited Black Miami Studies Mysia Anderson, Brown University

Chair:

Riche JD Barnes, University of Florida

Student Reception

(professional DJ and light refreshments served)

7:00—10:00 pm

Hilton Century Ballroom A

"Calling all Poets and Wordsmiths!"

053. Spiritual Agency as Resilience and Reparation: Examples from the Field (Caribbean, Southern US, East Africa, Global Africa) Panel

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participant:

Spiritual Agency as Resilience and Reparation: Examples from the Field (Caribbean, Southern US, East Africa) Marimer Berberena, Lehman College; Tarik Richardson, Xavier University of Louisiana; Lindsay Gary, Temple University

Chair:

Louis Walee, Valdosta State University

054. Global Black Studies of the Decolonial and Post-Colonial Africana World Paper Session

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Participants:

Rethinking Decolonized Universities: A Case for Dika le Diema (Proverbs) and Ubuntu in Humanizing South African Universities Lesiba Tumishang "Tumi" Ledwaba, North West University

“Into the Metaphysics of Africana Studies:” What do we do with the Question of Ufology? Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

Keeper of the Fire: An Igbo Metalsmith From Awka by Teresa R. Kemp Teresa Renee Thomas Kemp, SC Wild's Heritage Center of Plantation Quilts, Inc.

Performing the Third Chimurenga: Popular expressions of nationalism in the context of Zimbabwean land reform Shingi Mavima, University of Toledo

Chair:

Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

055. Remembering Resistance: An Analysis of Progress and Struggle Paper Session

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Participants:

Machinations of Whiteness: Exploring White Fragility As A Precursor To Mob Violence and Identity Development Brian Ragsdale, Visionary Scientists Research Group

Racial Injustices in Emergency Management: Opportunities for Individual & Collective Action Atyia Martin, Next Leadership Development

Resistance, Preservation, and Black Cultural Traditions: Remembering Geechees as Black Warriors in the Three Seminole Wars J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College

A Poetic Study of Afropessimism Zorina Frey, Converse University

Chair:

Uzoma Miller, Ohio University

056. Education and Empowerment: Remembering the Impact of our Youth Paper Session

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants: MDG 3, The role of education in Girlchild empowerment, case of George Emmanuel High School Mitch Chakanetsa, Sedibeng School

056.Education and Empowerment: Remembering the Impact of our Youth cnnt. "Pipeline to Power" A Creative Exploration of My Journey to Black Youth Empowerment Junichi Bomani Lockett, University of Texas at Austin

Voices of a Generation: The Political Lives of Black Young Adults in Los Angeles Karl Lyn, University of Massachusetts

Amherst

Chair:

Mitch Chakanetsa, Sedibeng School

057.Criminalization and the Black Body: The Cost of the Black Body and Mind Paper Session

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

A Historical Overview of Mass Incarceration and Its Connections to Black Family Structures Paris Jordan McKnight, University of Florida

"Badge of Slavery:" Clothing and Enslaved Teenage Girls' Identify Formation Courtney Taylor, University of Florida

Bars and Bookings: The Criminalization of Black People in the United States Makaylee Catherine Stewart, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

Black Pregnant and Incarcerated LEILLA BELONY, University of Florida

Chair:

Alphonso Simpson, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh

058.Are you sure you want to major in that?

Roundtable Discussion

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Chair:

Patricia Reid-Merritt, Stockton University

Discussants:

Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University

Kimoni (Wilbert) Yaw Ajani (St. Hilaire), Stockton University/Arts Humanities

Olutoyosi Aboderin, Temple University

Patricia Reid-Merritt, Stockton University

Lillian Nickens, Stockton University

Alicia Jenkins, Stockton University

059.Educational Systems and the Black Body's Place Paper Session

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Educational Justice for Black Girls: A Call for Radical Transformational Pedagogy Dr. Shemariah J. Arki

Higher Education in Africa: Mis-Education or Nation Building? Gaidi Faraj, Grambling State University

Hip Hopcentricity: A theoretical shift from Culturally Relevant to Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy Ife Akinyela, 1982

What Happens to a Dream Deferred?: Black Studies and the Promises and Perils of Institutionalization AJ Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara; Olaocha N. Nwabara, Ph.D., SUNY Geneseo

Chair:

Jonathon E. Stone, Howard University

060.Black Artistic Imaginaries as Critical Sankofa Praxis

Roundtable Discussion

9:00 to 10:15 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Presenters:

Imani Wallace, University of Massachusetts Amherst

Chanel Prince, University of Massachusetts Amherst

060. Black Artistic Imaginaries as Critical Sankofa Praxis cont.

Chair:

Justin Coles, University of Massachusetts Amherst

061. Rosewood and Florida: The Long Road to Truth and Reconciliation

Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

Critical Race Theory: Rejection and Racial Politics: The White Idealization of Florida Historical Education Madison Grace Stauffer, University of Florida

Resounding Resistance: Historical and Mediated Resistance in John Singleton’s Rosewood (1997) W. Denae Powell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Rosewood: Were the Reparations Enough? Selora Langston, University of Florida

Rosewood: Anticipated and Realized Pat Young, Western Illinois University-Dept of English

Chair:

Anthony Dandridge, S.U.N.Y. New Paltz

062. Global Black Studies at Western Carolina University

Roundtable Discussion

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Birch

Presenters:

David Walton, Western Carolina University

Asha Asha, Western Carolina University

Khadija Davis, Western Carolina University

Jordan Copper, Western Carolina University

Chair:

David Walton, Western Carolina University

063. Race Still Matters: The Black Experience and Mobilization Towards Freedom

Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Participants:

Black Assimilationism Paul Mocombe, West Virginia State University/The Mocombeian Foundation, Inc.

Cultural Genocide as a Framework for Unpacking the US Black Experience and Mobilizing Towards Liberation Eletha Thompson, na

Debunking the Myth of a Post-racial Society in Latin America John Tovar-Cortes, University of Houston

Jim Crow and The Third Reich What American Race Law taught Nazi Germany Ari McCaskill, Albion College-School of Public Purpose

Chair:

Uzoma Miller, Ohio University

064. Being Black, Africana, and Resilient in Higher Education Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Cultural Taxation: An Occupational Hazard for Black women at PWIs Shedia Regina Laguer, Stockton University

Horace Mann Bond and Pan-African Education in American Universities, 1945-1972 Emmanuella Amoh, Purdue University

Privileging Harassment in the City by the Bay, and State: Dorothy Tsuruta, San Francisco State University

Chair:

Marquita Gammage, California State University, Northridge

065. Africana Feminism, Africana Womanism in Cultural, Literary and Political Studies

Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

Becoming, Writing Home: Culturally Determined Freedom in the Writings of Nigerian Diaspora Women Olaocha N. Nwabara, Ph.D., SUNY Geneseo

Call Me a Devil, Call Me an Angel: Claudia and Shuri’s Maturation in Black Girlhood Maya Singleton, California State University, Northridge

Black Feminist Movements in Latin America: The case of Puerto Rico, Mexico, and Costa Rica Luz E Rodriguez, Clark Atlanta University

Pote’m Sekou: Imagining Haitian Women and Community Beyond the “Poto Mitan” Joashilia Jeanmarie, University of Florida

Chair:

Jordon R Crawford, UMASS AMHERST

066. African/Black Mental Health: Collectivism, Spirituality, and Afrocentricity

Panel

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants:

The Potential Effects of a Psychology Project-Based Learning Program in High School on Afrikan Students Amere Wofford, California State University, Los Angeles

The Impact of Religion and Spirituality on African American Mental Health and Identity Rachael Adeniran, California State University Los Angeles

Collectivistic Cultures, Prosocial Behaviors, and Mental Health Heather Ford, The Pan African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles

Chair:

Dr. Serie McDougal, CSU Los Angeles

067. Violence and the Black Body: The Power of Images Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

A Model for Black Adolescents' Media Use and Sexual Behavior Magaela C. Bethune, Loyola Marymount University

An analysis of the contributing factors to offending behavior and the perpetrator-victim power dynamics in sexual offences- A South African perspective. Khomotjo Lekgau, University of Limpopo; Leandre Christina Geoffrey, University of Limpopo

Gender Violence In the Dominican Republic: Racialized Bodies & Sexual Violence Cruz Caridad Bueno, SUNY-New Paltz

Lights! Camera! Oppression!: How Black People are offensively Portrayed in Hollywood Jaiah Q Jones, Grand Valley State University

Chair:

Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University

068. Centering Blackness in the Ivory Academy Paper Session

10:30 to 11:45 am

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Participants:

Read it, Write it, Talk about it: The impact of African Centered Education in Higher Learning Amongst Diverse Student Body Populations Clarence George III, California State University, Sacramento

Traditional Leadership Theories Reframed: Moving African American Women Experiences From“Margin” To “Center” Ronicka Harrison Briscoe, University of Holy Cross - Department of Education

068. Centering Blackness in the Ivory Academy cont. Effective Teaching Skills Kofi Baruti, Year

Chair:

Paulo Polanah, Virginia Tech - AFST

069. Black Creativity in Theory, Thought, Performance, and Ideology Paper Session

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Azalea

Participants:

Black Studies and the Power of Creative Thought Donja Thomas, Gahanna Jefferson Schools

Ideological Subject Formation of African American Students: African-Centered Education and Afrocentric Counter Narratives Prince Terence Gumbi, California State University Los Angeles

The Production of Power in the Black Creative Imagination: Discourse and the Performative Rodney Fitzgerald

Hughes, Louisiana State University - Baton Rouge, LA

Africana Studies and Sport: Memory, Resilience, and Theory Christel N Temple, University of Pittsburgh

Chair:

Kevin Cokley, University of Michigan

070. Against the Current: Considerations for Developing a Program of Black Studies in the American South Roundtable Discussion

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Cedar

Presenters:

Abul Pitre, San Francisco State University

Crystal Edwards, San Francisco State University

Chairs:

Felicia Harris, University of Houston - Downtown

Vida A. Robertson, University of Houston-Downtown

071. Africana Studies, Resistance, Resilience and Reparations: Marking Off the Fields of Our Continuing and Evolving Concerns Panel

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Dogwood

Participants:

Resilience and Resistance in the Spiritual Activism and Philosophical Thought of Howard Thurman Eva Bohler, California State University, Long Beac

Internal Reparations and the Task of Africana Studies M. Keith Claybrook, CSU, Long Beach

Rising from the Ashes: An Exploration of Resilience and the Struggle for Reparations Alice Nicholas, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach

Resistance Scholarship and Africana Studies: Revisiting and Reaffirming Its Roots in Liberatory Struggle Maulana Karenga, California State University, Long Beach

Chair:

Maulana Karenga, California State University, Long Beach

072. Counterpoints and Cataclysms in Global Black Studies Research Paper Session

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hawthorne

Participants:

An Intimate Cataclysm: AfroAsian Literary Explorations in the Black Pacific Alex Brickler, Florida A&M University

The Struggle For an Afro-Indigenous Identity: the Cherokee Freedmen controversy Jacob Klanke, Grand Valley State University

072. Counterpoints and Cataclysms in Global Black Studies Research cont. The Western Indian Ocean African Diaspora and #BlackLivesMatter: Situating Siddi, Sheedi, and Ceylon African Struggles and Politics Sureshi Jayawardene, San Diego State University

Chair:

Bertis English, Alabama State University

073. The Rosewood Massacre: Dismantling the Racial Ladder Panel

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Hickory

Participants:

Rosewood as a Metaphor for White Racial Thinking: Being Human Being as an AntidoteMolefi Kete Asante, Temple University

The Limits of Race Thinking: Revolutionary Keys to Cultural Encounter Nah Dove, Temple University

Chair:

Dr. Serie McDougal, CSU Los Angeles

074. Black Identity, Sexuality, and Family: Conversations We Need to Have Paper Session

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Live Oak

Participants:

Black Male Youth and The Constant Impact of Oppression Imagine Rose Manders, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

Experiences of caregivers amongst Children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder. A Case study of Leonard Cheshire Disability Trust in Harare Caroline Zvikomborero Manhopi, Africa University

Symbolic Racism and Perceptions and Misperceptions of a Black Family among Social Service Providers Michelle R Dunlap, DrMichelleTeaches

"Nah Play Numba Two": An Analysis of Queer Citizenship in Jamaica Jordon R Crawford, UMASS AMHERST

Chair:

W. Denae Powell, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh

075. SAAADHI to Decolonize Representations in the Curriculum and Evoke the Complexity of Black Lives in Florida with Eastside High School Students Roundtable Discussion

1:30 to 2:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Magnolia

Presenters:

Dr. Amanda Concha-Holmes, University of Florida, Center of Arts, Migration and Entrepreneurship (CAME)

Kiara Thompson, Sankofa African American Arts and Digital Humanities Initiative

Dr. Alana Jackson, University of Florida, CAME

Chair:

Amanda Concha-Holmes, University of Florida, CAME

NCBS Sponsor Plenary

4:30 to 5:45 pm

Hilton University of Florida Conference Center: Floor 1st - Century Ballroom A

Teaching Black While Living In The Red: African American Studies at the University of Florida

Participants from the University of Florida African American Studies Program (l to r):

Riche’ Barnes, "Wake Up! Black Strategic Mothering, Public Education, and the Florida Stop W.O.K.E. Act"

Drew Brown, Africana Studies Methodology in the Study of Black Sporting Culture.

Alyssa Cole, "Organizing for Medical Equity: Black Newspapers in the West, 1900-1940"

Julia Mollenthiel, "Candyman and the Afterlives of Slavery."

Rik Stevenson, Jumping Overboard: Suicide By Drowning as a Form Resistance During The Middle Passage

Chairs: David Canton, University of Florida

W.E.B Du Bois Awards

Abdullah, Melina, 045

Aboderin, Olutoyosi, 058

Adams, Monica, 020

Adeniran, Rachael, 066

Ajani (St. Hilaire), Kimoni (Wilbert) Yaw, 006, 058

Akinyela, Ife, 059

Akinyela, Makungu, 034

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