Calls & Responses: Teaching, Writing & Community

press release: All events are free and open to the public.

Thursday, April 25

9:30-10:45 am —Afro-American Studies 156: A  Retrospective:  Craig Werner, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Alexander Shashko, University of Wisconsin-Madison;  Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Streaming Media Magazine ( NOTE: session in 145 Birge Hall)

Friday, April 26

All Friday and Saturday sessions are in the Vandeberg Auditorium at the Pyle Center.

1-3 pm —Afro-American Studies and the Legacy of Nellie McKay: John  Gruesser (moderator), Sam Houston State University, with Malin Pereira, University of North Carolina-    Charlotte; Eli Goldblatt, Temple University; P. Jane Splawn, Livingston College (in absentia); Tessa Lowinske Desmond, Princeton University; Keisha Watson, Community College of Philadelphia; Shanna Benjamin, Grinnell College; Howard Moore, University of Wisconsin-Madison

3-5 pm —Communities:  A Keynote Conversation: Steve Kantrowitz (moderator), UW-Madison; Tim Tyson, Duke University; David Ikard, Vanderbilt University;Leah Mirakhor, Yale University

5 – 7 pm – Dinner on your own

7 pm —Blues, Gospel, Jazz: Music and/as Community: C.J. Janovy (moderator), Kansas City Public Radio; Dave Marsh, Sirius Radio; Lauren Onkey, Music Director, National Public Radio; Charles Hughes, Rhodes College; Yorel Lashley, Drum Power; Dave Gilbert, Mars Hill College

Saturday, April 27

8:30-10:15 am —We Gotta Get Out of This Place: Veteran Voices: Heather Stur (moderator), University of Southern Mississippi; Tom Deits, Vietnam veteran; Anthony Black, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Doug Bradley, Vietnam veteran; William Schuth, Iraq veteran

10:30—12:15 pm —Beyond the Classroom; Kevin Mullen (moderator), UW-Madison Odyssey Project; Sagashus Levingston, Infamous Mothers Project; Craig McConnell, California State-Fullerton; Kim Miller, Wheaton College; Bianca Martin, Producer 1-A

12:15 – 1:45 pm —Lunch on your own

1:45—Calls, Responses, Reflections: Remarks by Craig Werner, University of Wisconsin-Madison

2-3:30 pm —Writing and/as Collaboration: Danielle McGuire (moderator), Wayne State University; Eric Pritchard, SUNY-Buffalo;  Chris Teuton, University of Washington

3:30- 4 pm – Refreshments

4 pm —Calls and Responses: A Closing Conversation: Alexander Shashko (moderator), UW-Madison; Roberto Rivera, Chief Empowerment Officer, 7 Mindsets; Ed Pavlic, University of Georgia; Rhea Lathan, Florida State University