Friday, May 13
Welcome – 9am to 9:15am – Zoom
Welcome remarks by Melina Pappademos (University of Connecticut), director of the Faculty of Color Working Group
First Block – 9:15am to 10:30am – Zoom
Inside/Out: The Imperative for Engagement Beyond the University by Melody C. Barnes
Second Block – 10:45am to 12pm – Zoom
Contingent faculty session by Dr. Laura Sachiko Fugikawa and Dr. jesús hernández
Mid-Career Make-Over: It’s not the Make-up, It’s the Music! by Dr. Sarah Willie-Lebreton
Tenure-track faculty session: Ever Renewing Values and Purpose by Dr. Jamila Michener
Lunch break – 12pm to 12:45pm
Asynchronous / on your own
Social hour – 12:45pm to 1:30pm
Hosted on Remo
Third Block – 1:30pm to 2:45pm – Zoom
Against Renewal by Dr. Christina Sharpe
Fourth Block – 3pm to 4:15pm – Zoom
Being IN but not OF the Institution: Advancing in the Academy without Either Losing Your Soul or Forgetting Your People by Dr. Nitasha Sharma
Stretch Break – 4:25pm to 4:50pm – Zoom
Movement Workshop with Meiver De la Cruz
Fifth Block – 5pm to 6:15pm – Zoom
#HistoricalWellness: Applying Black Women’s Traditions of Health and Wellness in the Academy and Beyond by Dr. Stephanie Y. Evans
Cocktail Hour – 6:15pm to 7pm
Hosted on Remo
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