Research, Scholarship, Innovation and Creativity on Display at Spelman
Date
Sunday, Oct 15, 2023
Time
01:00 PM to 05:00 PM
Location
Living Learning Center ll auditorium
This highly anticipated event featured oral and poster presentations, lightning talks and a display of books by faculty authors.
Agenda for Faculty Showcase
Welcome & Greetings
1 p.m. - 1:10 p.m. | Provost Sharon Davies
Interdisciplinary Panel
1:10 p.m. - 1:40 p.m. | Moderator: Dr. Cynthia Neal Spence
Note: Panelists (Robert Brown, Ines Cordeiro da Silva Dias, Dalila de Sousa, Lana Lockhart, Erin Washington) have been asked to discuss their scholarship and artistic production as it relates to social justice and activism.
TRRC Interlude
1:45 p.m. - 1:50 p.m. | Dr. Aditi Pai
"Dancing Embodied Memory: The Georgia Incarceration Performance Project"
1:55 p.m. - 2:25 p.m.
Dr. Julie Johnson & Dr. Kathleen Wessel
Panel of Federal Grant Awardees
2:30 p.m. - 3 p.m. | Dr. Tasha Inniss
Dr. Gloria Wade Gayles
"What's AGE Got to Do with It? Everything! (NEH)"
Dr. Michelle Robinson
"PhotoVoices in Historic Hobson City, AL (NEA, Our Town and Public Art)"
Dr. Yonas Tekle
"Exploring Diversity and Sexual Behavior of Amoeboid Microbes using Genomics and Cytology (NIH, NIGMS)"
Dr. Danielle Dickens
"A Social Psychological Perspective to Assessing Identity Shifting Among Black Women in STEM Education (NSF HBCU-UP EiR)"
Dr. Peter Chen
"Building a Sustainable Research Program in Laser Spectroscopy through a series of NSF Research Grants"
ORIC Interlude
3:05 p.m. - 3:10 p.m. | Ms. Margaret Farrow
Lightning Talks
3:15 p.m. - 4 p.m.
Dr. Wandeka Gayle
3:15 p.m. - 3:20 p.m.
Dr. Celeste Lee - "Disrupting Post-Racial Discourse: Black Students at PWIs and the Continued Significance of Race"
3:20 p.m. - 3:25 p.m.
Dr. Bernida Webb-Binder - "In Search of …Black Pacific Art?"
3:25 p.m. - 3:30 p.m.
Dr. Christopher Oakley
3:30 p.m. - 3:35 p.m.
Q&A
Dr. Rosetta Ross - "Archival Research on Religion and Black Women in U.S. Civil Rights"
3:40 p.m. - 3:45 p.m.
Dr. Saira Mehmood - "I’m Not Racist, but…”: Reflections on What Researcher Positionalities Tell Us about Whiteness"
3:45 p.m. - 3:50 p.m.
Dr. NaTaki Osborne Jelks - "Taking Science to the Streets: Community Science and Participatory Approaches to Improve Environmental Health and Quality of Life in Urban Areas"
3:50 p.m. - 3:55 p.m.
"Dessert & Dialogue" (Posters, Publications, & Creative Works Showcase)
4 p.m. - 4:50 p.m.
Publications and Creative Works Display: Johnnella Butler, Karen Brakke, Hyunjung Rachel Chung, Kimberly Jackson, Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Stephen Knadler, Kai McCormack, Pushpa Parekh, Shanina Sanders, Sharan Strange, Natalie Watson, Erica Williams, Leyte Winfield
Poster Presenters: Nirajan Dhakal, Jeffrey Ehme, Michelle Gaines, Maira Goytia, Lisa Hibbard, Guanyu Huang, Jennifer Kovacs, Shanina Sanders, Bhikari Tharu, Natalie Watson
Idea Generator Sandbox Sessions (Breakout Rooms)
Goal: To facilitate interdisciplinary collaborations.
If you are considering a new avenue for your research and creative scholarship, these sessions were designed for you to share and discuss your ideas!
Closing & Moving Forward
4:55 p.m. - 5 p.m. | Dr. Tasha Innis