Presentations
Herbalism and Decolonization with Taylor Jackson
Taylor Jackson's workshop will focus on the everyday uses of kitchen herbs and connecting it to historical uses for African Americans. We will also explore the ways in which everyday…
Black Womanist Theory, Method, and Praxis for Revolutionary-Revelation Writing with Dr. Menah Pratt-Clarke
This presentation offers a new conceptual tool for Black women’s revolutionary-revelation writing. Integrating theory, method, and praxis, and drawing from Black feminist thought, Black girlhood studies, critical race feminism, womanist…
Beyond Perpetrators: Black Men Against Sexual Violence and the Genealogy of Prison Abolition with Dr. Terrance Wooten
"In September 1973, William Fuller and Larry Cannon founded Prisoners Against Rape, an organization comprised of individuals who committed rape, feminist anti-sexual violence workers and organizations, and individuals invested in…
#CryptoCrochet: A Tactile Introduction to Mathematics and Computing with Dr. Bryant York & Dr. Portia York
"Black girls and women are currently underrepresented in mathematics and the computing disciplines. In this work we explore a novel approach to the development in middle school Black girls of…
Mending a Broken Biology: Human Diversity, Disinformation, and a New Way Forward with Dr. C. Brandon Ogbunu
In this presentation, Dr. Ogbunu integrates concepts from population genetics with ideas grounded in the social sciences to reimagine a biology that is reflective, more technically sound, less reliant on…
Augmented Intelligence in the Global Age: Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Learning and Work with Dr. Daniel Araya
"Since its inception some 60 years ago, artificial intelligence (AI) has evolved from an arcane academic field into a powerful driver of social transformation. Like the invention of electricity, AI…
Towards a Black Epistemological Literacy Education with Dr. Alice Lee
"White epistemologies have long narrated the literacy practices taught in teacher education programs and enacted in classrooms. Literacy education has siloed issues of literacy and equity, and mutually excluding them…
SpacesBetween on Feeling, Trauma, and Embodied Knowledge with Dr. Stephanie Batiste
In her presentation, Professor Batiste takes a critical creative approach to the relationship between performance, violence, and death in Black Los Angeles. Her investigations of the ways performance served Black…
Between Languages: The Modular Typography of Dardja on Social Media with Dr. Iman Djouini
"In 2020 French president Emmanuel Macron eased access to national archives relating to colonial Algeria. A review of these new public domain records reveal insights into colonial pedagogical practices which…
Unravelling the Hegemony of Neocolonialism in the Global South: The Significance of African Epistemologies in Knowledge Production with Dr. Bekisizwe Ndimande
"Colonial conquests around the world were not only focused on the usurping of Indigenous lands, but also on the colonization of the minds of the Indigenous inhabitants. Colonial education and…
Righting the Historical Record: Highlighting the Significant Contributions of Black Psychologists in American Schools with Dr. Sharon Tettegah, Dr. Alison Cerezo, Dr. Terrance Wooten, & Dr. DeLeon Gray
"The field of educational psychology, while closely aligned with several adjacent branches of psychology, focuses on teaching and learning processes in support of the development of students within K-12 schools…