AfroFuture Our AfroFuture in the Crosshairs: in the Crosshairs: SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA, MARCH 6-9, 2024
SAN JOSE STATE UNIVERSITY
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Black Studies in the Age of Black Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and the Cultural Wars the Cultural Wars The
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Welcome Letters ............................................................................................................... ...... 4 Conference Committee Recognition ................................................................................ 12 NCBS Organizational Overview.........................................................................................14 NCBS Organizational Activities .......................................................................................... 15 Past Presidents ............................................................................................................... ........ 16 NCBS Leadership...................................................................................................................19 NCBS Lifetime Members .....................................................................................................20 Terry Kershaw Student Essay Contest Winners..............................................................23 Institutional Members.........................................................................................................24 Dr. Tsehloane C. Keto Fellows............................................................................................26 Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society Inductees...............................................................26 Conference Schedule...........................................................................................................28 Thursday.........................................................................................................................29 Friday..............................................................................................................................42 Saturday.........................................................................................................................56 Participant Index ..................................................................................................................67 T C
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’s 48th annual meeting. This year, our conference theme is “Our AfroFuture in the Crosshairs: Black Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Big Tech, and the Cultural Wars.” Our theme is timely, especially now, as we live during a time when great efforts and very successful strides are being made to erase the horrific encounters and experiences of Blacks in America and Africans in the African Diaspora from the pages and annals of colonial, imperial, and capitalist histories of dominating and oppressive nations that have often placed greed above humanity. No matter how great the power to forge disingenuous curriculums, dehumanizing legislations, and criminalizing actions against those seen as the other, WE WHO BELIEVE IN FREEDOM, EQUITY, DIVERSITY, and INCLUSION WILL NOT REST. WE WILL NOT QUIT STANDING UP FOR HUMANITY. Equally as important, there is no eraser broad or strong enough to take away our value nor to disappear Black/Africana Studies from the minds and mouths of those who believe in truth and justice for all peoples. This is why NCBS holds an annual conference. We must talk to each other and speak to the world uncomprisingly about our abilities to determine for ourselves what we need, and how we will bring about change for ourselves. We have traveled to San Jose, California to partner with the Department of African American Studies at San Jose State University to foster forward paths pertaining to our Afrofuture. Recognizing that struggles and conflicts exist in nearly every co rner of the world where there is a respectable percentage of Blacks and Africans working to achieve their dreams, we keep at the forefront of our efforts cultural wars dealing with human rights, civil rights, women ’s rights, and the rights of children. NCBS cares about such issues as sex trafficking, poverty, militarism, police brutality, hunger, economic devastation, immigration, oppression of gender identities, inequitable existences in employment, unequal education, the criminalization of the poor, and many others that have been turned into cultural wars.
Yes, there are MANY ISSUES and DEGRADING SITUATIONS. However, we are not without help and the freedom to stand. At this 48th conference of the National Council for Black Studies, we will develop approaches, frameworks, and practical strategies that will help us understand, even more, the power of collective agencies. Our dialogues will include conversations concerning useful theoretical, methodological, and practical perspectives to achieve self-agency and empowerment as well as ideas that lead to appropriate actions. We are moving beyond the “this is what happened” narrative to “the now is the time for action ” narrative, so we can understand how to best lay bare our own resources and define TODAY how we must use them to build a humane AfroFuture, one that especially engages utilizing BIG TECH and understanding what parts of its components are negative and positive for our peoples.
At the National Council for Black Studies, we want you to know what we stand for. We stand for academic excellence and social responsibility. We name ourselves so we are the ones identifying who we are, and we say loudly and proudly that we are dedicated to speaking our truths and to establishing correct and evidenced perspectives (untwisted) aligned with self-determined agency that guards and sustains our internal security. Neither our sense of purpose or self, whether real or
imagined, will be undermined by continuous misrepresentations of our ancestors ’ histories and the contributions they have made to help make a better world. Let us converse together (begin again) concerning what should be the work of Black Studies in the current moment, and how we can reimagine attacks on our cultural values as the opportunity to empower ourselves to move beyond “JUST SURVIVING TO THRIVING.”
Dr. Valerie Grim
President, National Council for Black Studies
Professor, African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University
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A MESSAGE FROM VICE PRESIDENT
ALPHONSO SIMPSON
Welcome to the 48th Annual National Council for Black Studies in Conference, San Jose, California. I am delighted that you are here to celebrate this amazing leap into our Afro-future with us in the heart of the Silicon Valley! We are so excited not only to be back into the swing of meeting in person, but more than ever to be together in Sunny California!
This year marks a pivotal time for us as Black Studies scholars. As we set our sights on moving towards the swiftly approaching semi-centennial anniversary of NCBS we continue the trend of brandishing our conference theme lifting our heads and hearts while constantly remembering and revisiting the struggle. Moreover, as we venture in this moment of multi-faceted intelligence we must intentionally and strategically survey our position in the world of academe. Therefore, let us look ahead with certainty as we employ the transformative practices that will contour our lives thereby affecting the lives of our brothers and sisters whom we reach out to every day in a most affirming manner.
There are so many good things to anticipate in this year ’s conference. Our line-up for both the National Board and Presidential Plenaries are not only inspiring and impressive but distinguished. We received an overwhelming response to the National Call for Papers that was launched this past Fall. The Dr. Terry Kershaw Student Essay contest received numerous outstanding submissions, of which the top three undergraduate and graduate essays will be recognized on Friday at the Student Awards Luncheon. Furthermore, there will be several new inductees to the Ankh Maat Wedjau Honor Society at the W.E.B. DuBois Awards Banquet on Saturday night. The Local Host Committee spearheaded by Dr. Travis D. Boyce has organized a very warm and inviting spaces for us to enjoy throughout the conference, as well as a thought-provoking closing presentation that will set us on a path to embrace Black studies in the epoch of technological and cultural challenge. This, in addition to a host of top-notch undergraduate and graduate student panels, roundtables and discussions alongside a notable number of vibrant presentations from professional scholars of Black Studies is all set to enlighten and embolden us to become our best selves while we collectively move the discipline onward and upward into the future.
As the 2024 conference chair, I owe a tremendous amount of sincere gratitude to all of those who have worked so diligently to assist in bringing this conference into fruition. To my 2024 Conference Committee – Kaniqua Robinson, Alicia Fontnette, Amilcar Shabazz, Dorothy Tsuruta, Venise Berry, Travis Boyce, and Marcus Smith – “Thank you!” Thank You to Venus Kent our National Office Administrator, who has worked tirelessly to “leave no stone unturned.” Thank you to Dr. Valerie Grim whose leadership and collegiality has been golden. Kaniqua Robinson, thank you for being readily available and willing to dive in headfirst to pull this conference program together by doing whatever it took to see the frontline of #NCBS2024 take shape. Again, THANK YOU ALL!
As we stand in the dawning shadows of another semi-centennial, I challenge us to stay as concerned and connected as we will be this week for the remainder of the year until we convene again in 2025. Family, it will take a concerted effort from our strong village to bolster our beloved organization to the next level of creation, implementation, empowerment, accountability, accessibility, and resourcefulness. We have not only been called to the challenge, but we have been equipped!
WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES. Each and every one of us are integral to the furtherance of the great mission that those who have gone before us lived and even died for. Let us hold fast to that which we know to be true by keeping the spirit of Black Studies and NCBS alive in our hearts as we consider our past, celebrate our present, and create our future as broad as the shoulders of the giants upon which we stand.
Embrace and enjoy the fellowship of Family!
Alphonso Simpson, Jr., Ph.D. Vice-President, NCBS Chair, 2024 Conference Committee
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The California State University:
March 6, 2024
Chancellor’s Office
Bakersfield
Channel Islands
Chico
Dominguez Hills
East Bay
Fresno
Fullerton
Humboldt
Long Beach
Los Angeles
Maritime Academy
Monterey Bay
Northridge
Pomona
Sacramento
San Bernardino
San Diego
San Francisco
San José
San Luis Obispo
San Marcos
Sonoma Stanislaus
Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson President
San José State University One Washington Square San José, CA 95192-0002
TEL: 408-924-1177
sjsupres@sjsu.edu
Welcome to San José, and to the 48th annual National Council for Black Studies conference. We are honored to have you in our city and near our campus, which holds a deep commitment to, and rich history in, diversity, equity and social justice.
Once known as the Valley of Heart’s Delight, San José sits today in the heart of Silicon Valley, a transposition that makes us the ideal setting for a conference themed around how AI and big tech will shape the next chapter of Black Studies. I have continually referred to our university as being the epicenter of the future, largely because of its position amid the hub of global innovation, and trust that you will not only see, but also feel, the intersection of technology and culture throughout the week.
Seated in the middle of downtown in the Bay Area’s largest city, San José State University is home to a thriving community of Black Spartans. Our African American Studies department is not only teaching students about Black history and culture, but also preparing them to carry that legacy into the San José community and beyond once they graduate and can join our Black Alumni Network. This year, the SJSU Black Leadership and Opportunity Center (BLOC) is celebrating its sixth anniversary of supporting our Black and African American students, alongside programs like the New Black Spartan Initiative, Black Engineer Week and Black Graduation.
In addition to our robust resources and offerings for African Americans, we are also a place of African diaspora, which is among the topics on the agenda this week. For the past 15 years, San José has hosted the Silicon Valley African Film Festival, and our campus is home to both a Nigerian Student Association and Habesha Student Association. These events and organizations serve not only as a home away from home for many in our community, but also provide a firsthand opportunity to learn about different cultures to students who might not otherwise have the chance.
As a federally designated Minority Serving Institution, we enjoy thought partnerships with major corporations like Adobe, whose headquarters are just up the street from this week’s conference. Together, we are working to ensure that racial biases are being eliminated from the next generation of technology, another topic that will surely make for fruitful discussion this week.
Our campus library, named after Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., is uniquely co-operated by SJSU and the City of San José, an arrangement that is a living exercise of Dr. King’s message of unity and equal access for all. It is in this spirit of hospitality and collaboration that I welcome you to our home, and wish you a week of spirited conversation and new connections.
Sincerely,
Dr. Cynthia Teniente-Matson President
February 14, 2024
Welcome to attendees of the National Council of Black Studies!
On behalf of the College of Social Sciences at San José State University, it is my honor to welcome you to San José for your 48th annual conference.
The location could not be more fitting for the conference theme focused on Artificial Intelligence and Big Tech: we are in the heart of Silicon Valley where the technosocial future is being imagined and created. Moreover, San José State’s legacy of civil rights activism offers historical context for the ongoing movement for an equitable and just society
I hope you’ll have an opportunity to visit our campus, just a few blocks from the conference hotel. The Victory Salute (Olympic Black Power) statue at the center of campus depicts Tommie Smith and John Carlos, SJSU student-athletes and Olympians, who raised their fists in silent protest during the medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. The second place podium spot is empty, inviting everyone to take a stand against intolerance and bigotry The statue serves as a symbol to the SJSU community of our responsibility to take action towards eradicating anti-Black racism and bias.
I want to acknowledge the work of Dr. Travis D. Boyce to bring the NCBS to San José and SJSU. You likely know his scholarship and service to numerous professional organizations; it will not surprise you to learn that at SJSU, he is a transformative leader. The African American Studies department at SJSU is thriving under his stewardship with a revitalized curriculum, increased enrollments, and scholarly engagement Dr Boyce serves the campus in a number of broader capacities including as the Faculty Athletics Representative, where he supports our student athletes and the academic mission of the university. It is my honor to be Dr. Boyce’s colleague.
We are thrilled that you are here and offer our best wishes for an inspiring, productive conference.
Anne Marie Todd, Ph.D. Dean, College of Social Sciences
Dr. Alphonso Simpson
NCBS Vice President and Conference Chair
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Dr. Venise T. Berry
University of Iowa
Dr. Alicia Fontnette NCBS Executive Director, Conference Co-Chair and Membership Chair
University of Delaware
Dr. Kaniqua L. Robinson
Furman University
Dr. Amilcar Shabazz
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Mr. Marcus Smith
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta
San Francisco State University
Dr. Travis D. Boyce
Chair—Department of African American Studies
Naliah Smith
Department of African American Studies Coordinator
Dr. Wendy Thompson
Assistant Professor
Department of African American Studies
Paloma Hubbard
Erlinda Yanez
Chicana and Chicano Studies Administrative Analyst
Department of African American Studies Coordinator Student Assistant
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OThe 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.
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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.
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1976-1978
Dr. Bertha Maxwell-Roddey
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
1978-1980
Dr. William King University of Colorado
1980-1982
Dr. William E. Nelson, Jr. The Ohio State University
1982-1984
Dr. Carlene Young San Jose State University
1984-1988
Dr. Delores P. Aldridge Emory University
1988-1992
Dr. Selase (Wayne) Williams
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1992-1994
Dr. Charles Henry
University of California, Berkeley
1994-1998
Dr. William (Bill) A. Little
California State University, Dominguez Hills
1998-2002
Dr. James B. Stewart
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. 2002-2006
Shirley N. Weber San Diego State University
2006-2010
Dr. Charles E. Jones Georgia State University
2010-2014
Dr. Sundiata Cha-Jua
University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
2014-2018
Dr. Georgene Bess-Montgomery Clark Atlanta University
2018-2022
Dr. Amilcar Shabazz
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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Dr. Valerie Grim
President
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN
Dr. Serie McDougal III
Secretary
California State University, Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA
Executive Board
Dr. Alphonso Simpson
Vice President
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
Dr. Georgene Bess Montgomery
Past President
Clark Atlanta University Atlanta, GA
Board Members
Dr. Melina Abdullah
California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. Leslie Alexander
Rutgers University
Dr. Venise T. Berry
University of Iowa
Dr. Georgene Bess-Montgomery
Clark Atlanta University
Dr. Dexter Blackman
Morgan State University
Dr. Kevin Brooks
East Tennessee State University
Dr. Greg E. Carr
Howard University
Dr. Jeanette Davidson
University of Texas at Austin
Dr. Sarita Davis
Georgia State University
Dr. Bertis English
Alabama State University
Dr. Ifetayo Flannery
Temple University
Dr. Alicia Fontnette
University of Delaware
Dr. Amilcar Shabazz Treasurer
University of Massachusetts, Amherst Amherst, MA
Dr. Alicia Fontnette Executive Director
University of Delaware Newark, DE
Dr. Valerie Grim
Indiana University
Dr. Maulana Karenga
California State University, Long Beach
Dr. Thekima Mayasa
San Diego Community College
Dr. Serie McDougal III
California State University, Los Angeles
Dr. Alphonso Simpson
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Dr. Amilcar Shabazz
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dr. James (Jim) B. Stewart, Emeritus
Pennsylvania State University
Dr. Michael Tillotson
State University of New York at Cortland
Dr. Dorothy Tsuruta
San Francisco State University
Dr. Akinyele Umoja
Georgia State University
Dr. Alfred Young, Emeritus
Georgia Southern University
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WHATYOUDON’T WANTTOMISS
UNIVERSALWRITE PUBLICATIONSIS PROUDTOJOIN
#NCBS2024
TOGETHER WE WILL “SHUT ‘EM DOWN“: THE BLACK POWER OF SCHOLARS & PUBLISHERS
Chair: Courtney Wilkerson, PhD
Panelists: Ayo Sekai, Phd Serie McDougal III, PhD
Maya Matthews Minter
www.uwpbooks.com
NANO AND ChatGPT: WHOSE WORD IS MAGIC?
Chair: Reynaldo Anderson, PhD Panelists: Courtney Carr, PhD
Christina Hudson, PhD
Candidate
Respondent: Jabali Ade, PhD
AFROFUTURISM: THE DISCIPLINE’S LEADING EDGE
Chair: Ayo Sekai, PhD
Panelists: Reynaldo Anderson, PhD
Aaron Smith, PhD
Wade Nobles, PhD
Respondent: Molefi Kete Asante, PhD
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010. Race, Youth, and Relationships in the Age of Social Media cont.
Participants:
Damaged Goods: The Negative Effects of Social Media on Black Male/Female Relationships
Alexyiah Simpson, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Black Youth Futures: A Mediated Media Model of Black Youth Sexual Development
Magaela Bethune, Loyola Marymount University
How Do Online Commenters Discuss and UnderstandRace?
Chris Wiley, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign
Chair:
Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University
011. The Five Demands: The Little-Known Story of the 1969 Student Strike that Changed the Face of Higher Education. Film screening and discussion. Humanities & Cultural Research
Media Session
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Discussants:
Andrea Weiss, Jezebel Productions
Jervette Ward, The City College of New York
Francee Covington, The City College of New York
012. The University and College Pathways
Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
The Idea of a Black University and Its Implications Today
Michael Jirik, University of Missouri
Importance of MDpas at CSULA
Tiani H. Hutchins, California State University, Los Angeles
Leyonah M. Jones, California State University, Los Angeles
Parsing Apart Pathways to College: a Comparative Analysis of Black students with and without dis/ abilities Cymone Mack, University of California, Los Angeles
The Continued Search for Faculty: Disciplinary Training and the Future of Africana Studies
Charmane Perry, San Diego State University
Chair:
Sarita K. Davis, Georgia State University
013. VeVe Clark Scholars from University of California, Berkeley Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
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013. VeVe Clark Scholars from University of California, Berkeley cont.
Participants:
All My Life I Had To Fight: The Color Purple & Fictional Realities of Incarcerated Black Women
Zoe Blunt, University of California, Berkeley
Black Temporal Ties: Connecting Past and Present to Land Matriation and Black Mothering Praxis
Jessica Yvette Allen, University of California, Berkeley
Listening to the Spatial Temporality of Oakland Blackness Through Radio: Exploring the Sound of Blackness
Amber Yvette Griffin-Royal, University of California, Berkeley
Chair:
Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California, Berkeley
014. Re-Envisioning Baldwin and Octavia in the Age of Digital Praxis Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
"It's All About Love for James Baldwin
Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta
Black Poetics as Technology: Anagrammatical Digital Praxis
Vincente Perez, UC Berkeley
Octavia Butler and Farming as Resistance
Cassandra L. Jones, University of Cincinnati
Chair:
Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta University
015. Africana Studies and African American Health Research Social & Behavioral Science Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Silent Struggles: Understanding Mental Health Consequences of Online Racism and Microaggressions in the Digital Age
Temiloluwa Kayode Ojo, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Racial Disparities in Hypertension: Understanding the Role of Neighborhood Characteristics and Air Pollution
Cordelia Martin-Ikpe, Binghamton University
Understanding Black Women’s HIV risk through the lens of Africana Womanism
Sarita K. Davis, Georgia State University
Chair:
Jeanette Davidson, University of Texas at Austin
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016. Conference Workshop: Applying for Higher Education Positions in Black/Africana Studies
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Market 1
Discussants:
Melina Abdullah, California State University, Los Angeles
Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
017. A.I. & the Black Experience: Coding Content While Black Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Market 2
Participants:
At the Crossroads: The Impact of African American Content Creators on AI and Black Studies
Toniesha Taylor, Texas Southern University
“You Don’t Know Us Negroes”: Zora Neale Hurston, Confronting, Challenging and Changing Perspectives
Alice Nicholas, Ph.D., California State University, Long Beach
Coding While Black
Kai Dupe, Skagit Valley College
Chair: Kai Dupe, Skagit Valley College
018. Hello Black World
Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd - Plaza
Discussants:
Cesa Salaam, Howard University
Lauryn Allotey, Howard University
Amy Yeboah, Howard University
Chair:
Amy Yeboah, Howard University
019. Being Colorful, Comedic, and Casted: Blackness, Gender, and Entertainment Conformity Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd - Santa Clara
Participants:
Abdulrazak Gurnah 2021 Nobel Prize winner for literature: A Kuntuic Inquiry of Paradise V Nzingha Gaffin, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
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019. Being Colorful, Comedic, and Casted: Blackness, Gender, and Entertainment Conformity cont.
Black Casting: African Immigrants’ Views on African American actors in Historical African Roles
Adelaja Oriade, Ohio University
I Am A (Funny)Man: Black Comic Genius and the Struggle for Freedom
Malcolm Frierson, San Bernardino Valley College
We Found God in Ourselves and We Loved Her Fiercely
Chinganji Chinganji, Georgia State University
Chair:
Jacynda Ammons, National Park College
020. Black Education in the Crosshairs of Local Struggles Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Africana Studies for Students Who Are Not of the African Diaspora: Navigating Race and Caste and Growing Consciousness in Silicon Valley
Carmen Kennedy-Saleh, San Jose State University
Case Study of School Closures in Oakland and Philadelphia: African Centered Practices as a Remedy
Sonya Nzingha Dugas, Claremont Graduate University & Contra Costa Community College
Gary Pierson, Claremont Graduate University
Ethnocultural Leadership: An Emerging Framework for School & District Leaders Courtney Wilkerson, Howard University
Ready for Revolution: Examining the contributions of Pan-African activists in the San Francisco Bay Area to the global Pan-African movement 1980-2000
Mjiba Frehiwot, University of Ghana
Ashley Gillard, Lincoln University, PA
Chair:
W. Denae Powell, University of Houston
021. What Happens to a Dream Deferred?: Black Studies and the Promises and Perils of Departmentalization and Michigan State University Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Discussants:
AJ Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara
Olaocha Nwadiuto Nwabara, SUNY Geneseo
Clarence George III, California State University, Sacramento
David Walton, Western Carolina University
Kamahra Ewing, University of Kentucky
Chair:
AJ Rice, University of California, Santa Barbara
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022. The State of Africana Studies at HBCUs, PBIs, and HSIs: Origins, Institutionalization and New Directions Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
"Black Mood": The Emergence of Africana Studies at Trinity Washington University
Kimberly Monroe, Trinity Washington University
“Repairers of the Breach”: Revitalizing Africana Studies at a HBCU in the 21st Century
Andre E. Brooks-Key, Claflin University
“Black Studies in Brown Spaces: The Benefits and Challenges of Teaching Black Studies at a Hispanic Serving Institution in Southern California”
Aimee Glocke, California State University, Northridge
“(Re)establishing the Bachelor of Science Degree in Africana Studies at Tennessee State University”
Sekhmet Maat, Tennessee State University
Chair:
Sekhmet Maat, Tennessee State University
023. Black Studies in the Classroom Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Blacks in America: American Mythology and Miseducation
Luke Tripp, St. Cloud State University
The Haunting of Black Studies: Student-Centered Classrooms in the Era of History Erasure Britany Young, Mississippi State University
Of Pedagogy and the Spirit: The Criteria for a Pan-Afrikan Pedagogy
Amiri Mahnzili, Claremont Graduate University
Chair:
Thekima Mayasa, San Diego Mesa College
024. The African Body and the Esoteric: A Bridge to Afrofutures Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Participants:
Nommo and ChatGPT: Whose Word Magic?
Courtney Carr, Temple University
Seeking Analogue Freedom in the Era of Artificial Appropriation
Jabali Ade, Temple University
Chair:
Reynaldo Anderson, Temple University
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025. Within the Empire: Black Liberation, Community, and Cultural Foundation Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
The United States vs. Black Liberation: Watts, Zimbabwe, andthe Counterrevolution of Empire
Navid Farnia, Wayne State University
Blackness and Time: Race, Anachronism, and Conspiracy
Bo Chamberlin, Temple University
A Case for Abolition: The Afterlives of Social Movements
Kimani Francois, Claremont Graduate University
John West, University of Illinois, Chicago
Chair:
Dorothy Tsuruta, San Francisco State University
026. The Lyrical Navigation of Black Imagination Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Participants:
Hip Hop's Influence Throughout the Spanish-speaking Diaspora
Euphemia Shelton, Bethune-Cookman University
Nothing Personal About Personalization: Discrimination Practices within Music Streaming Service’ s Personalization
Solomon Cochren, University of Memphis
A Look Back to Look Forward: The Musical Genius of Historical Black Composers
Jayden Flowers, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Navigating the Black Fantastic: Afrofuturism and Afro-Surrealism in the Works of Black Women Artists
Tanisha Jackson, Syracuse University
Chair:
Jazmyne Baylor, Western Carolina University
027. Intersections of Blackness and Black Womanhood in Science, Technology, and Media Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Barbie and the Lack of Cultural Diversity and Representation in Schools and Society
Olivia Bowman, East Tennessee State University
Navigating the Intersection of Being a Black Woman in Tech at a Predominantly White Institution
Naomi Gates, East Tennessee State University-Multicultural Center
Prenatal and Maternal Mortality among African American and Hispanic Women in the United States
Kennedy Averhart, East Tennessee State University
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027. Intersections
of Blackness and Black Womanhood in Science, Technology, and Media cont.
The Explosion of Social Media and Its Effect on Students’ Personal and Career Development
Jade Barfield, East Tennessee State University
Chair:
Kevin L. Brooks, East Tennessee State University-Multicultural Center
028. We are the Future: African American Studies through the Student Perspective Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Participants:
Black Mental Health: Assessing Our Needs as an African American Future
Chloe Hightower, University of Houston
Where the Past Meets the Future: A Library Internship Experience
Andrea Tribble, University of Houston
SHAPE(ing) the Children of the Race: An Internship Experience
Shaunelia Reid, University of Houston
SHAPE(ing) the Community: Experiential Learning in Houston's Third Ward
Tre' Blakes, III, University of Houston
Chair:
Tara T. Green, University of Houston
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NCBS General Body Meeting 5:30 to 6:30 pm Hilton San Jose: Floor LobbyAlmaden Ballroom Your opportunity to let your VOICE be heard.
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030.
Evening Reception:
NCBS Talks College AP and African American Studies
(hors d’oeuvres, beer, wine, soft drinks provided)
7:00 to 9:00 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Almaden Ballroom
Hosts:
Jakobi Williams, Indiana University
David Canton, University of Florida
Darius Young, Florida A&M University
Sponsored by
031. Sleepwalking through Academia: The Impact of Anti-Woke Legislation on Higher Education Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Discussants:
W. Denae Powell, University of Houston
Ashley Peet, Northern Illinois University
Trevon Smith, Northern Illinois University
Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University
Chair:
Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University
032. Undergraduate Research in Black Studies at Western Carolina University Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Participants:
Traditional Black Masculinity, Mental Health, and Intersectionality
Asha Asha, Western Carolina University
The current patterns segregation in the schools in Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools (CMS) district of North Carolina
Kaley Buckman, Western Carolina University
How does intimate partner violence (IPV) affect LGBTQ+ia African American women in their relationships with others?
Khadija Davis, Western Carolina University
Chair:
David Walton, Western Carolina University
033. Diasporic Dystopian Futures in Comparative Perspective Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
The threat and future of democracy in West Africa: Mali, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Niger. Veronica Robinson, University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Convalescing Afrofuture in the Crosshairs of Media and Gender in South Africa
Mpho Motseki, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit
Christopher Babatunde Ogunyemi, PhD, University of Mpumalanga, Nelspruit
Towards an Equitable Future: the Strange Story of "The Search for Anno Domini MMXXI-I-VI"
Peter Ukpokodu, University of Kansas
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033. Diasporic Dystopian Futures in Comparative Perspective cont.
Implementing Black Studies in America’s Public School Systems: A Focus on Delaware’s HB-198 Bill Alicia Fontnette, University of Delaware; Dr. Brandon Stanford, University of Delaware
Chair:
Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
034. New Directions in African Diaspora Studies
Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
Black Visuality in Media and Popular Culture
Zana Sanders, University of California, Berkeley
“With Their Own Weapons” Towards the Eschatological Reversal in the Gospel According to Nat Turner Michael Myers II, University of California, Berkeley
Discussant:
Travis D. Boyce, San José State University
Chairs:
Ula Yvette Taylor, University of California, Berkeley
035. How can Black Studies Drive the Future of Digital Technologies and Digital Technologies Reignite the Future of Black Studies?
Humanities & Cultural Research Roundtable Discussion
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Presenters:
Nishani Frazier, North Carolina State University
Walter Greason, Macalester College
Adam Banks, Stanford University
Christy Hyman, Cornell University
Chair:
Nishani Frazier, North Carolina State University
036. Narratives of Self-Representation as Exposure and Celebration of Black/African Resilience, Strength, and Art Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Mothering in the Patriarchy: Defining and Constructing Motherhood for African Decedent Women
Griffin Lyons, SUNY Geneseo
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036. Narratives of Self-Representation as Exposure and Celebration of Black/African Resilience, Strength, and Art cont.
What The Movies can mean: the representation of Black and African women in film
Lauren McCormick, SUNY Geneseo
Paper Title: The Implications of Incarceration on Black women and families
Abigail George, SUNY Geneseo
Contraceptive Testing, Sterilization, and Puerto Rican Women: Unveiling the Impact, Spirituality, and Contemporary Perspectives
Madison Centeno, SUNY Geneseo
“You’ve Got to Be Modernistic”: How Futuristic is Afro-Futurism?
Genesis Flores, SUNY Geneseo
Chair:
Olaocha Nwadiuto Nwabara, SUNY Geneseo
037. Recognizing and Refortifying Black Girlhood and Black Womanhood Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Participants:
Curating the Joy of Black Girlhood
Cameo King, Grit Glam And Guts
I Am Able-Bodied: Shirley Chisholm’s Womanist Embodiment as a Reconstitution and Black Womanhood
Rondee Gaines, University of Alabama, Birmingham
The Work of African-Centered Womanism in Higher Education
Kevin L. Brooks, East Tennessee State University-Multicultural Center
Chair:
Kevin L. Brooks, East Tennessee State University-Multicultural Center
038. Imagining New Realities: Applying Black Studies to Our Communities Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Afrocentric Illustration
Frances Davis, Northern Illinois University
Black Studies and Its Implications in the Legal Profession
Iliana Williams, Northern Illinois University
Nkyinkyim -Youth Community Project
Lil Tree Tendaji, Northern Illinois University
Beyond the Cosmos
Winter Justice, Northern Illinois University
Chair:
Ajewole Duckett, Northern Illinois University
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039. Scholarship on the Edge: Black Women Historians and the Archive in the Age of Big Data Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Participants:
Afro-Futures and Understudied Archives: Slave-for-Sale Advertisements in New England Newspapers
Felicia Thomas, Morgan State University
Black Amusements: Digitized Tools and Navigating the Past and Future of Black Theater Performance
Michelle Scott, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Reimagining Marcus Garvey in the Age of A. I.
Natanya Duncan, Queens College, CUNY
Chair:
Navid Farnia, Wayne State University
040. Envisioning the Future: Black Studies and the Graduate Student Experience' Community Dialogue for Current and Prospective Black Studies Students Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Discussants:
National Council for Black StudiesKetoFellows
Indiana University African American and African Diaspora Studies Graduate Society
041. Centering Africana Studies in A New Galaxy: African Centered Education and Digital Technologies Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
Africana Studies Archive: Building a Student-Centered Social Justice Memory at San Francisco State University using Digital Technologies Sydney Jackson, San Francisco State University; Tiffany Caesar, San Francisco State University
The Cosmic Voice: UnEarthing AstroBlack Possibility in Fugitive Astropedagogy Theron Wilkerson, Auburn University; Brianna Ervin, JSU
Forgotten Visionary, A Digital Library on Herman Hudson and the Black Studies Movement at Indiana University, Bloomington;
Dhakir Abdullah, Indiana University
Chair:
Tiffany Caesar, San Francisco State University
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042. Africana Studies Student Retention: Building a Cohort Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Discussants:
Lillian Nickens, Stockton University
Keisha Richards, Stockton University
Krisandra Bagaloo, Stockton University
Rachel Dunlap, Stockton University
Chair:
Donnetrice Allison, Stockton University
043. Gender Matters in our AfroFutures Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Undisciplining the Margins: Black Feminist Pedagogies and the Futures of Black Study
Jalylah Burrell, Loyola Marymount University
Africana Womanism Studies; A New Tool to Fight the Power
Tomiko Shine, Cultural Anthropologist
#GENDERFAILS: My Gender is Black, My Gender is Love
K. Marshall Green, University of Delaware
(Quaring) Black Political Thought: Bringing the Quare from the Periphery to the Center Where We Belong
Matthew Simmons, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Chair:
Melina Abdullah, California State University, Los Angeles
044. Afrofuturism: The Discipline’s Leading Edge Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Discussants:
Reynaldo Anderson, Temple University
Aaron Smith, Temple University
Molefi K. Asante, Temple University
Wade Nobles, Temple University
Chair:
Ayo Sekai, Universal Write Publications (UWPBooks)
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045.
Terry Kershaw Student
Essay Awards Luncheon
(tickets required)
12:30—1:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor LobbyAlmaden Ballroom
046. Big Tech and Cultural Wars Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Decolonizing Information Technology: The Black Pursuit of a New Humanistic Code
Jeremias Zunguze, California State University Monterey Bay
The Ethical Dilemmas of Experiencing Black Culture Through a Screen in the Digital Age Nkenna Onwuzuruoha, California State University, Fresno
Chair:
Georgene Bess Montgomery, Clark Atlanta University
047. C W : Academic Publishing
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Discussants:
Bertis English, Alabama State University
James Stewart, New School
The 48th Annual NCBS Conference is co-sponsored by:
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048. “Mother Nature:” Black Womanhood and Perception Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
The Brown Feminine Psyche: Burnout and the Narrative of Resilience
Chalisa Budhai, University of Florida
Mothership: Afrofuturists’ Call Back to Nature
Victoria Moten, University of Maryland
Prom-ing in Excess: Black Girlhood, Adornment, and Pop Culture
Kristin Rowe, California State University Fullerton
The Critical White Voice & The Media Continuum
Aliza Leslie, Georgia State University
Chair:
Alphonso Simpson, University of Wisconsin -Oshkosh
049. Global Blackness: Memory and Mapping: Present Realities and Forging Futures
Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
Story Stitching: TSU Hears and Celebrates the International Student’s Stories
Elizabeth Johnson, Tennessee State University
Chica da Silva: The Slave who Became a Queen
Euphemia Shelton, Bethune-Cookman University
Black Lives in Scotland: Looking to the Future
Jeanette Davidson, University of Texas
Heritage Tourism in Northern Ghana: A Dehistoricization of Memory, Pain, and Trauma
Anbegwon Atuire, Colorado College
Chair:
Jeanette Davidson, University of Texas at Austin
050. Black Health Realities, Resilience, and Healing Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Participants:
Cultural Wars: Using Community based research to address Health Disparities
Edward Wallace, University of Cincinnati
Soap and Savagery: Covid-19, African Migrants and China.
Tara Mock, The University of Alabama
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050. Black Health Realities, Resilience, and Healing cont.
More Than R.E.S.I.L.I.E.N.T: Acknowledging the Complexities of Generational Perseverance in Black People and Highlighting the Importance of Self-Care
Kianna Graves, Northern Illinois University
Chair:
Edward Wallace, University of Cincinnati
051. Democracy, Equity, and Justice in Artificial Intelligence: Perspectives from the Social Sciences
Social & Behavioral Science Research
Roundtable Discussion
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Discussants:
Paul Lombardi, San José State University
Yolanda Wiggins, San José State University
Roxana Marachi, San José State University
Bo Yang, San José State University
Ahoura Zandiatashbar, San José State University
Chair:
Anne Marie Todd, San José State University
052. Warfare, Prison, and Resistance: A Historical Analysis of Pain and the Black Body Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Participants:
Domestic Warfare and the Carceral State: Prison Repression Through the Ideas of George Jackson Damion Scott, Georgia State University
If We Don’t Get It: Black Youth Rebellion in Ferguson, USA Stefan Bradley, Amherst College
Dirty Hands Make for Dirty Data: How AI and Predictive Policing Make Way for Racial Bias and Discrimination
Makaylee Stewart, University of Wisconsin - Oshkosh
The Western Indian Ocean African Diaspora and #BlackLivesMatter: Situating Siddi, Sheedi, and Ceylon African Struggles and Politics
Sureshi Jayawardene, San Diego State University
Chair:
Stefan Bradley, Amherst College
The 48th Annual NCBS Conference is co-sponsored by:
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NCBS Presidential Plenary
3:30 to 4:45 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Almaden Ballroom
Africana Studies in America’s Public School Systems, Higher Education, and the African American and African Diaspora Communities
Moderator: Alicia Fontnette University of Delaware
054. Africana Research in Psychology and Mental Health Issues Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
Articulating the Disarticulate: A Psychoanalytical Examination of Black (Un)palatability in Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing
Justin Foster, University of California, Los Angeles
Jumpjng Overboard: Suicide by Drowning as a Form of Resistance
Robert L. Stevenson, Jr., University of Florida
Reclaiming Frantz Fanon: Imagining a Revolutionary Psychotherapy for Liberation
Makungu Akinyela, Georgia State University
Trauma in the People, Trauma in the Temple
Solomon Cochren, University of Memphis
Chair:
Jeanette Davidson, University of Texas of Austin
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Valerie Grim Indiana University
Maulana Karenga California State University, Long Beach
Shirley N. Weber California Secretary of State
055.Africana Studies and African American Education Research
Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Winning Despite the Affirmative Action Decision: How HBCUs Can Help Fill the Prescription
Rodney Cunningham, NCCU and Ashburton Press, LLC
The Lost Cause Revisited: The War Against African American History in the era of Trumpism
Ingrid Whitaker, Old Dominion University
Mark Whitaker, New Bethel Baptist Church
The Role of School Racial Composition and Student-Faculty Interactions in Promoting Black Students' Academic Identity
Kevin Cokley, University of Michigan
Chair:
Dexter Blackman, Morgan State University
056.Culture Wars in the Black Educational Landscape: An Exploration of Afrofuturism and Freedom Dreaming through a Social Justice Lens
Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Participants:
Sankofa: The Reclamation and Reconstruction of Black Memory Work Methods for Black Teachers in the South
Olivia McNeill, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Distant Relatives: A Generational Examination of Black Girls' Experiences in Providence Public Schools
Princess E. Garrett, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Dreaming in COLOR and in RHYME: Poetry as Artistic Activism and Liberatory Praxis
Imani Wallace, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Discussant:
Justin Coles, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Chair:
Shannon Laribo, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
057.The Politics of Food, Education, and Recreation
Social & Behavioral Science Research
Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
Underdeveloped Sport: Recreation Programs, Neoliberalism, and Internal Colonialism in Black America
Malik Pitchford, Eastern Michigan University
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057. The Politics of Food, Education, and Recreation cont.
Examining Food Insecurity in the Context of Intersecting Marginalized Social Identities
Monica Adams, Binghamton University Department of Social Work
Sarah R. Young, Binghamton University
Jacqueline McGinley, Binghamton University
Katie Kuhl, Binghamton University
Abimaelle Belizaire, Binghamton University
Kiana Little, Binghamton University
What’s in your Hand?: African Centered Education as Community Cultural Wealth
Natacha Robert, Teachers College, Columbia University
Those Chiming Slot Machines!!
Sandra Adell, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Chair:
Rasheed El Shabazz, University of California
058. Where Black History Meets Afrofuturism: Shaping Authentic Cultural Innovations Through Artistic Legacy Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
Integrating Art History and Black Studies: Cyborgs, Afrofuturism, and the Role of Black Women in Shaping Speculative Tech Futures
Tiffany Barber, University of California, Los Angeles
The Astro Egalitarian Virtual Network (AEVN): Crafting a Pluriverse of Possibilities
Lonny Avi Brooks, California State University East Bay Toward a Black Vernacular AI
Philip Butler, Iliff School of Theology
An Afrofuturism Dream Tank in VR and Applied Afrofuturism
LaWana Richmond, University of California San Diego
Discussant:
Reynaldo Anderson, Temple University
Chair:
Audrey Williams, Ancestral Futures
059. Cultural War: Focus on Black Youth Humanities & Cultural Research Media Session
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Discussant:
Kmt Shockley, University of Houston
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060.Ancient Models of Womanhood: The Breast, Divine Motherhood and Midwife in the Early Nile Valley
Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd - University
Participants:
The Knowing Woman’in the Ancient Hapi [Nile] Valley.
Kimani Nehusi, Temple University
Nah Dove: Divine Mother as Protector of the State Nah Dove, Temple University
Decolonizing the Breast Hope Dove, Temple University
Chair:
Patricia Reid-Merritt, Stockton University
061.gOD-Talk: A Black Millennials and Faith Conversation Humanities & Cultural Research Media Session
5:00 to 6:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd - San Pedro
Chair:
Erika Gault, National Museum of African American History and Culture
062. Fundamentally Hip-Hop: The Pedagogical Function of the Lyrical Art Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
Don’t Stop Mappin’: Too Short and the Cartography of Oakland Rap Rasheed El Shabazz, University of California
“And it Don’t Stop”: Hip Hop Studies in Higher Education
Tabia Shawel, UCLA
What is Thug Life?: The Cultural and Political Ideologies of Tupac Shakur David Walton, Western Carolina University
The B (Blues)-Side of Rap Solomon Cochren, University of Memphis
Chair:
Georgene Bess Montgomery , Clark Atlanta University
063. Will the Real Marcus Garvey Stand Up?: Using Large Language Models to Digitally Map a Black Nationalist Mind
Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
The Cyber Soul of Marcus Garvey: Digital Ethics and Theory in the Garvey LLM Nishani Frazier, North Carolina State University
How to Chat with Marcus Garvey: Understanding the Tech Behind Marcus Garvey LLM Walter Greason, Macalester College
Virtual Harlem: Building the World of Marcus Garvey Bryan Carter, University of Arizona
Chair:
Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
064. Our Reimagined Afro-futures: Reflections on Workbooks of Africana Life and Expression Humanities & Cultural Research Roundtable Discussion
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Presenters:
Olivia Anderson, University of Delaware
Solyana Bekele, University of Delaware
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064. Our Reimagined Afro-futures: Reflections on Workbooks of Africana Life and Expression cont.
Olorunfemi Dada, University of Delaware
Marie Pinkney, University of Delaware
Dominique X, University of Delaware
Chair:
Durell Callier, University of Delaware
065. The Global Experience of Matter: Remembering and Living #BLM Movements Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
The Standard: A Case Study Approach to Framing Black Lives Matter in African Journalism
Tira Murray, Georgia State University
Visualizing the Anglo-Ashanti Female Warrior, Yaa Asantewaa, looping Nina Simone and Billie Holiday for the Civil Rights Movements.
Nana Amoah-Ramey, Indiana University Bloomington
Black Studies in the Heart of the Empire
Navid Farnia, Wayne State University
Legislating Black Bodies: How Delaware’s Judicial Punishment Extended the Violence of Enslavement, 1865-77
Sarah Lacour, University of Delaware
Chair:
Jeanette Davidson, University of Texas at Austin
066. Afrofuturism: The Beginning, The Journey, and The End Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
Centering the Black Narrative through Afrofuturism: Black Panther and Nathaniel J. Whitaker’s Black Willy Wonka Adaptation
Nathaniel Whitaker, Morehouse College
Envisioning a Black Utopia
Brailey Harris, Colorado College
The End is the Beginning: Afrofuturism and Black Militant Millennialism in Black Protest in the Early Twentieth Century
Aaron Pride, Lafayette College
On Method: Afrofuturism and AstroBlack Theory
Amiri Mahnzili, Claremont Graduate University
Chair:
Nkenna Onwuzuruoha, California State University, Fresno
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067. Blackness, Beauty, Body Imaging, and Becoming Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Participants:
From Colonial Injustice to Contemporary Challenges: Unraveling the Complex Narratives of Beauty, Body Image, and Anti-Blackness among African American Women
Sophia Williams, University of Florida
Kinky and Knotless: The History of African American Hair Discrimination in America
W. Denae Powell, University of Houston
Stay Inside the Lines: The Effects of European Paradigm Domination on Black Women in Social Media
Phyllip Mcknight, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh
Things I Imagined: "Paradise" and the Political
Yasmine Grier, Howard University
Chair:
Toniesha Taylor, Texas Southern University
068. Identity and Community in Africa and the African Diaspora Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Exploring Diversity in "Black or African American" Cultures
Kevin Johnson, Texas A&M University
Coming Home: African American Migration to Ghana, Identity, and Community Building
Jakia Marie, Grand Valley State University
The Postnatal Care Utilization among Periphery Women: The Case of Tanzania (2010-2016).
Neema Langa, University of Houston
Who Am I? A Consideration of Africana Womanism and other Ideologies
Veronica Redden, Cheyney University of Pennsylvania
Chair:
Serie McDougal, California State University, Los Angeles
069. Black Masculinity: Claiming Manhood and Fighting the Power Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
9:30 to 10:45 am
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Participants:
Black Masculinities in Caribbean Carnival Fetes
Dan Castilow, Cal Poly
Examining the Effects of White Supremacy's Influence on Black Masculinity: A Baby Boy Story
Brielle Seth, University of Delaware
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069. Black Masculinity: Claiming Manhood and Fighting the Power cont.
Do the Right Thing Fights the Power with Black Masculinity
Ntare Ali Gault, University of Maryland, Global Campus
Gen Z on Gender: Black Masculinity and Black Feminism Terrence Joseph, University of Florida
Chair:
Alicia Fontnette, University of Delaware
070. The Legacy of Dr. Mutulu Shakur and the Vision of a New Afrikan Future Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
Straight Ahead: A Political History of Dr. Mutulu Shakur
Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
Mutulu Shakur and Hip Hop Ife Akinyela, 1982
Mutulu Shakur and the Biomythography of a New Afrikan College Student Activist, 1977-1987
Amilcar Shabazz, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
Chair:
Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
071. African Womanism: Rising from the Race Paradigm: A theory of Afrocentric Futurism Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
Following the Kushite heritage of Activist Mothers
Melina Abdullah, California State University, Los Angeles
Revolutionary Blueprint: Discovering Ma’aticity in the Combahee Women’s Collective statement
Michelle Taylor, Temple University
NGO-ization and its Cultural Impact on “Saving” in Africa: A Case of “cutting.”
Courtney Carr, Temple University
The Changing Status of Mothers, Connecting Ancient and Future possibilities
Nah Dove, Temple University
Chair:
Molefi K. Asante, Temple University
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072. Re-Educating the Mis-Educated: Taking Back Our Schools Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Participants:
Self-Perception in Text: How Black Youths’ Identity Is Shaped by White Classrooms and Literature
Janiya Meekins, University of Delaware
The NAACP's Committee of Textbook and Current Literature Campaign to Ban Racist Textbooks
David Canton, University of Florida
What Was and Could Be: A Call for Black Intellectual Thought in Education in the Contemporary Struggle for Black Studies
Robert Robinson, John Jay College, CUNY
Systematic Death in America and Middle East
Razan Abdullah, University of Delaware
Chair:
David Canton, University of Florida
073. Black Folk, Black Art, and Social Movements
Social & Behavioral Science Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
The Pre-UNIA Travels of Henritta Vinton Davis
Evan Wade, San Joaquin Delta College
Intellectual Midwifery in the Poiesis of Black Studies: Some Works and Texts of Toni Cade Bambara
James Alexander Robinson, 4th, Metropolitan State University
African American Strip Quilts and Their West African Textile Roots: The Case of Quilting in the African American Quilters Guild of Oakland
Bamidele Agbasegbe-Demerson, African American Museum and Library Oakland (AAMLO)
The Black Arts Movement: The Forgotten Contributions of Black Panthers Bobby Seale, George Mason
Murray, and Emory Douglas
J. Vern Cromartie, Contra Costa College
Chair:
Stephanie L. White, Contra Costa College
074. Knowledge is Power: Fighting the Cultur al Wars with Grassroots and Global History Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
African American History as Global History
Jacynda L Ammons, National Park College
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074.Knowledge is Power: Fighting the Cultural Wars with Grassroots and Global History cont.
The Clara Luper Freedom Center Archives: How A Civil Rights Pioneer’s Archives Unearth Oklahoma History
Tuesdae Pelt-Willis, University of Oklahoma
The Black 14 and Athletic Civil Rights Movement at San Jose State University
Jamal Ratchford, Colorado College
Chair:
Jamal Ratchford, Colorado College
075.The Continued Struggle for a Strong Black Studies Future Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Participants:
How Can We Improve STEM Programs to Increase Black Participation?
Amere Wofford, California State University, Los Angeles Freedom Libraries are the future
Jazmyne Baylor, Western Carolina University
Munene Mwaniki, Western Carolina University
Expanding Leadership and Promotion through Professional Development
Robin Brooks, University of Pittsburgh
Chair:
Alphonso Simpson, University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
076.Black Educational Experiences in the Crosshairs Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Participants:
Le Voile De La Folie : To Assimilate or To Be Assimilated Dulcine Stephens, University of Delaware
Methods of Teaching African-American Studies to Young people: 9-12 Grade
Arthur Amaker, Southland College Prep Charter High School
"Baldwin in the Crosshairs"
Shawn Salvant, University of Connecticut
Black Representation In The Professoriate
Darrell White, California State University of Long Beach
Chair:
Bertis English, Alabama State University
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077. Black Studies in the Contemporary Moment
Social & Behavioral Science Research
Panel
11:00 to 12:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -San Pedro
Participants:
Black Studies in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
William King, University of Colorado
Decolonizing Digital Education: Analyzing the Intersection of Blackness and Educational Technology
Mouray Hutchinson, University of Florida
“We’re actually making history”: Examining the Impact of AP African American Studies on Student Perceptions of Blackness and Black identity
Taylor Hall, Stanford University
Jessica Stovall, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Farzana Saleem, Stanford University
“The Plain Naked Truth”: Unearthing the Roots and Routes of American Social Contractarianism Through the Works of Ida B. Wells
Mariah Thompson, Cornell University
Chair:
Erika Gault, National Museum of African American History and Culture
078. Africana Sporting Diaspora Studies and History
Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Almaden Ballroom
Participants:
“
I Don’t Have to be What You Want Me To Be”: An Africana Studies Reading of Muhammad Ali
Drew D. Brown, University of Florida; Dexter Blackman, Morgan State University
Black Athletes and the Problematic of Integration in Sport
Jamal Ratchford, Colorado College
The Image of Baller Culture: A Textual Analysis of the SLAM magazine cover “Soul on Ice”
Drew D. Brown, University of Florida
Chair:
Dexter Blackman, Morgan State University
The 48th Annual NCBS Conference is co-sponsored by:
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079. Dr. Nathan Hare: Germane to Black Studies Everywhere
Humanities & Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Winchester
Participants:
1968 to Now, 2024, And all Along It’s Nathan Hare
Sharon Jones, San Francisco State University
The Nathan Hare Thrust
Oba T'Shaka, San Francisco State University
The real McCoy Mutuality of Trust: Nathan Hare and Marvin X
Dorothy Tsuruta, San Francisco State University
Chair:
Dorothy Tsuruta, San Francisco State University
080. C W : Promotion and Tenure Preparation
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 1
Discussants:
Valerie Grim, Indiana University
Akinyele Umoja, Georgia State University
081. Reimagining the Culture in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Humanities
& Cultural Research
Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby -Market 2
Participants:
Fear of a Black Internet? -Are changes at X (formerly Twitter) and the recent de-platforming of Internet activists a harbinger of what will come with Web 3.0?
Robert Baker, University of Wisconsin -Milwaukee
Reimagining African Studies in the Age of Technological Innovation and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Fatuma Guyo, University of Tennessee
The Cultural Significance of Artificial Intelligence: Applications of AI and Implications for Black People
Maurice Robinson, Temple University
Afrofuturism unveiled: illuminating the path to cultural resurgence and stem excellence
Devin White, Johns Hopkins University;
Ebony McGee, Johns Hopkins University
Chair:
Sarita Davis, Georgia State University
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082. Analyzing Economic Disparities, Financial Distress, and the Value of Labor Theory, Practice & Struggle Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Plaza
Participants:
The Liberation of Labor: Labor Theory Value and It’s Importance to Oppressed Communities
Stephen Graves, Oklahoma State University
An Analysis of the Impact of Financial Distress on Bank Performance:ACase of Zimbabwe Commercial Banks, 2009 to 2019 Rachel
Tracy Machanja, Solten Financial Services
"Exploring the Nexus: Economic Disparities, Institutional Void, and Socio-Economic Equality in Black America"
Josiah Benjamin, University Of Wisconsin -Oshkosh
Cooperatives Over Capitalism, Ending the Machine
Shannon Yarnall, University of Delaware
Chair:
James Stewart, New School
083. Afrocentricity and Black Women ’s Research and Teaching Experiences Throughout the Diaspora. Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -Santa Clara
Presenters:
Marci Bounds Littlefield, Borough of Manhattan Community College, CUNY
Kim Cameron-Dominguez, Lewis & Clark College
Natanya Duncan, Queens College, CUNY
Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo, San Francisco State University
Chair:
Deidre Butler, Union College
084. Global Black Studies and Student Organization at Western Carolina University Theory, Practice & Struggle Roundtable Discussion
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd -University
Presenters:
Jordan Copper, Western Carolina University
Jemiah Davidson, Western Carolina University
Emma McGeady, Western Carolina University
Jasmine Burgess, Western Carolina University
Chair:
David Walton, Western Carolina University
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085. The African Ideology of Re-Imagination, Liberation, and Becoming Man Humanities & Cultural Research Panel
2:00 to 3:15 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor 2nd - San Pedro
Participants:
Diopian Epistemology, Africology, and the Necessity of Establishing a Paradigmatic Shift from Race Ideology to a Cultural Model
Louis Walee, Valdosta State University
An Afrocentric Futuristic Source Code for Liberation
Aaron Smith, Temple University
A Re-Study and Re-Imagination of Clan Names to Map the Footprints of Coloniality in Post-1994 South Africa
Mbali Kgame, University of South Africa
“The African Man Has Not Fully Entered History”: Confronting the Ideology of Historical Darkness in African Historiography
Adebayo Oyebade, Tennessee State University
Chair:
Louis Walee, Valdosta State University
086.
Local Host Plenary
3:30 to 4:30 pm
Hilton San Jose: Floor Lobby - Almaden Ballroom
Do it for the Afrofuture: Embracing Black Studies in an Epoch of Technological and Cultural Challenge
Speaker:
Shamika Klassen
Technowomanist
Ph.D. Candidate
University of Colorado at Boulder
Discussant:
Travis D. Boyce
San Jose State University
