February 10, 2023

10-10:20 (Auditorium)- Welcome – Dr. Jonathan Gayles

10:20-10:30 (Auditorium)- Introduction of Edvige Jean-François, – Dr. Elizabeth West

10:30-11:30 (Auditorium)- “Through the Lens: Haiti, Mass Media, and the Arts,” Edvige Jean-François,

11:40- 12:50 -BEYOND THE MOVING IMAGE: TV, POP CULTURE AND BLACK LIFE (Auditorium)

Two Percent: The Role of Popular Culture in Highlighting Social Justice

Alexandria Johnson and Jovel Warrican, Georgia State University

The Politics of Representing the President of United Earth: Post-Race, Paratexts, and Stacey Abrams’s Cameo on Star Trek: Discovery  

Dan Avant Blachman, Old Dominion University

Black Athlete Activism in Contemporary Popular Culture: (Re)Conceptualizing Inscription and White-Dominant Spaces for Usage as Tactical Tools for Combatting Inscriptive Practices          

Alicia K. Hatcher, The University of Scranton

1-2pm Lunch on Your Own

 2:10- 3:30 pm BEYOND THE BORDERS: CRITICAL PERSPECTIVES ON WAKANDA (Auditorium)

The Indiscernibility Between Wakandans and Namor in Their Fight Against White Supremacy

Michael Lindsay, Clayton State University

Wakanda Forever, Ever, Forever, Ever? The Cyclical Fantasy of the “Strong Black Woman” in Black Panther and The Woman King        

Jazmine Hudson, Georgia State University

Are you gonna be noble?”: Negotiating Fantasies of Vengeance and Power in Black Panther         

Ebony Gibson, Georgia Gwinett College and Aliza Leslie, Georgia State University

3:40- 4:40 pm  NAVIGATING THE BLACK SPECULATIVE (Auditorium)

Teaching Mainstream Black Superheroes and Villains in the College Classroom

Darius Robinson, Florida State University

Imagination, Inheritance, and Interpolation : The Trickster Tradition and the Soundtracks of Black Panther and Wakanda Forever   

Courtney Terry, Portland State University

5:00-7:00 PM Closing Reception (Art Gallery)