Thursday, April 21st
Welcome (12:00 - 12:30 p.m.)
Cheryl A. Wall at Rutgers (12:30 - 12:45 p.m.)
Cheryl Clarke (Rutgers University)
The Future of Black Feminist Futures: Rutgers English Diversity Institute (REDI) Alumni (12:45 - 2:15 p.m.)
Anna Hinton (University of North Texas), Moderator
Brandon Callender (Brandeis University)
Dionte Harris (University of Virginia)
Lauren Jackson (Northwestern University)
Coffee Break (2:15 - 2:30 p.m.)
Changing Our Own Words: Then and Now (2:30 - 4:00 p.m.)
Dana Williams (Howard University), Moderator
Abena Busia (Rutgers University)
Paula Giddings (Smith College)
Beverly Guy-Sheftall (Spelman College)
Deborah McDowell (University of Virginia)
Coffee Break (4:00 - 4:30 p.m.)
Keynote (4:30 - 5:45 p.m.)
Farah Jasmine Griffin (Columbia University)
Performance (6:00 - 6:30 p.m.)
Melanie R. Hill (Rutgers University, Newark)
Friday, April 22nd
Continental Breakfast (8:45 - 9:15 a.m.)
Black Feminist Futures: Gender and Sexuality (9:30 - 11:00 a.m.)
Shaun Myers (University of Pittsburgh), Moderator
GerShun Avilez (University of Maryland)
LaMonda Horton-Stallings (Georgetown University)
Coffee Break (11:00 - 11:15 a.m.)
Black Feminist Futures and the University (11:15 a.m. - 12:45 p.m.)
Michelle Stephens (Rutgers University), Moderator
Ifeoma Nwankwo (Sarah Lawrence College)
Valerie Smith (Swarthmore College)
Deborah Gray White (Rutgers University)
Lunch (1:00 - 2:00 p.m.)
The Future of Black Feminist Theory (2:15 - 3:45 p.m.)
Brittney Cooper (Rutgers University), Moderator
Mecca Sullivan (Georgetown University)
Margo Crawford (University of Pennsylvania)
Coffee Break (3:45 - 4:00 p.m.)
Worrying the Line of Black Feminist Scholarship (4:00 - 5:30 p.m.)
Soyica Diggs Colbert (Georgetown University), Moderator
Thadious Davis (University of Pennsylvania)
Brent Hayes Edwards (Columbia University)
Mary Helen Washington (University of Maryland)
Closing Remarks
