8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Coffee

Location: West Bay

9:00 AM - 10:45 AM

Plenary Panel: Indigenous Discussion on Social Justice

Location: Studio Theatre

11:00 AM - 12:30 PM

1. Art, Activism, and Cultural Politics:

1) Justin Jalea, MA; 2) Mr. Erik Mortensen, MA; 3) David Harris, BA

Location: Loft 2

2. Creating Empathy in the Classroom:

1) Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, PhD, Briauna Johnson, MA, Jonathan Rich, MA, Earl Houston MA; 2) Marsha Barrett, MA; 3) Saima Hussain, MA; 4) Jaspreet Bal, PhD, and Juanita Stephen, CYC-P

Location: Main Loft

3. Bodies Behind Bars:

1) Navneet Kumar, PhD; 2) Mary Morrissey, MA; 3) Carol Jacobsen

Location: Studio Theatre

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

Location: Lakeside Terrace

1:30 PM - 3:00 PM

4. Mental Health and Colonization:

1) Desmond Doulatram; 2) Sara Liden; 3) Kelly Minerva, PhD

Location: Loft 2

5. Language, Power, and Appropriation:

1) Roberta Lexier, PhD; 2) Charlotte Lake; 3) Worokya Duncan

Location: Main Loft

6. Erasure, Atrocity, and Reclamation:

1) Dr. Carla Ionescu, Doctorate; 2) Michael Gesin, PhD; 3) Sheheryar Sheikh

Location: Studio Theatre

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

Keynote Lecture

Location: Fleck Dance Theatre

Susan N. Herman, President of the ACLU,
A Republic If You Can Keep It

5:15-6:30pm

Reception

Location: The Pearl Harbourfront, Queen’s Quay 2^nd floor

8:00 AM - 9:00 AM

Registration and Coffee

Location: West Bay

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM

7. Social Justice Backlash:

1) Duru Gungor, PhD; 2) Caleigh Windolf, MA; 3) Laura Fasick, PhD

Location: Loft 2

8. Gender and Sex in the Classroom:

1) Hubert Brard; 2) Anthony Mathieu, MA

Location: Main Loft

9. Social Justice in Sexual Politics:

1) Desmond O'Doherty, MA; 2) Jenna O'Connor, MA

Location: Studio Theatre

10:45 AM - 12:15 PM

10. Activism in Trump's America:

1) Katrina Lacher, PhD, Joseph Tohill, PhD; 2) Nicholas Napolio

Location: Loft 2

11. Gender and Economic Inequality:

1) Collin Constantine, MA; 2) Barnabas Chemachukwu Okere, MA; 3) Roger McCoy, MA

Location: Main Loft

12. Abuses of State Power:

1) David Mongor-Lizarrabengoa, MA; 2) Praveen Sewgobind, MA; 3) Nicholas Abrams

Location: Studio Theatre

12:30 PM - 1:30 PM

Lunch

Location: Lakeside Terrace

1:45 PM - 3:15 PM

13. Capitalism and Commodification:

1) Mindy Peden, PhD, Wendy Wiedenhoft Murphy, PhD; 2) Salma Hussain, MA

Location: Loft 2

14. Authentic Selves:

1) Sonia Mae Brown, PhD; 2) Miriam Novick, PhD; 3) Mirella Aparecida dos Santos Maria, MA

Location: Main Loft

15. Racial Inequality and White Supremacy:

1) Mary K. Ryan, MA; 2) Ronada Hewitt, BA; 3) Anthony Mathieu, MA; 4) Nehal El-Hadi, MA

Location: Studio Theatre

3:30 PM - 5:00 PM

16. Literature, Ethics, and the Construction of Race:

1) Hannah Nahm; 2) Dr. Bill Scalia, PhD

Location: Loft 2

17. Identity Politics and Class:

1) Geoffrey Morrow; 2) Moshoula Capous-Desyllas, PhD

Location: Main Loft

18. Education and Decolonization:

1) Gloria Holwerda-Williams, MA; 2) Connie Kendall Theado, PhD; 3) Marzia Milazzo, PhD

Location: Studio Theatre