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5th HBCU Symposium on Rhetoric and Composition

October 5-6, 2023
Hosted by: Jackson State University
Sponsored by: Bedford/St. Martin’s (Macmillan)

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Keynotes

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Workshops

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Panel Sessions

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Agenda

Thursday, October 5

Toward a New Theory of African American Language
Faye Spencer Maor
North Carolina A&T
10:00 a.m. - 11:00 a.m. - JSU Student Center
Depicting the Marginalized People and Places of Los Angeles: A Photovoice Project
Fatema Baldiwala
Los Angeles Valley College
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - JSU Student Center

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Dr. Wonderful (Dr. Wonderful Faison)
Symposium Chair and Director of the Richard Wright Center for Writing, Rhetoric, and Research at Jackson State University
12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. - JSU Student Center

COFO Tour (Council of Federated Organizations)
1017 John R. Lynch Street, Jackson
Arami Harris, Education and PR Manager
12:45 p.m. - 1:45 p.m.
Additional Session - The Tensions of Mothering, Teaching, and Advocacy: Black Males and their Mother
Candace Lynch Wilkerson
EdD, Independent
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - Library Instruction Room

Rarely Seen, Barely Heard: White Proximity, Misplaced Antiracism, and Rurality
LaWanda Dickens, Wonderful (Faison), Laura Miller
Jackson State University
2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. - JSU Student Center 

Cancelled - Preparing our Guardians of History and Speakers of Truth: Rhetoric and Public Speaking at Historically Black Colleges and Universities
Monica Flippin Wynn
Jackson State University
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - JSU Student Center
TBD - Rhetorical Stance and HBCUs: Our Superhero Origin Stories
Lincoln Johnson
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
3:15 p.m. - 4:15 p.m. - Library Instruction Room

Friday, October 6

Continental Breakfast
Jackson State University Student Center
9:00 a.m.

Legacy Roundtable (Past Symposium Chairs)
Fay Spencer Maor, North Carolina A&T
David Green, Howard University
Leah Creque, Morehouse College
Kendra Mitchell, Florida A&M University
9:30 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. - JSU Student Center

"The Resurrection and Representation of Emmett Till” as a First-Year Writing Course
Shanna Smith
Jackson State University
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - JSU Student Center

Silencing Black Voices in Africa and the African Diaspora, Part 1
William Ndi (Convener) Tuskegee University
Panelists:
Achirri Ismael, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Benjamin Hart Fishkin, Tuskegee University; Elizabeth Ayuk-Etang, Xavier University; Godfrey Vincent, Tuskegee University; Hassan Mbiydzenyuy, Langaa Research and Publishing; Jennifer Dukes, Independent Scholar and Chaplain; and Yvette N. Essounga, Tuskegee University
11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. - H.T. Sampson Library Auditorium
Lunch, Southern Buffet
Jackson State University Student Center
Ballroom A - 12:30 p.m.

Keynote

Dr. Staci Maree Perryman-Clark
Professor of English, Director, Institute for Intercultural and Anthropological Studies, Western Michigan University

The Work of Writing Never Ends: Using Students’ Right to Their Own Language to Bridge Writing Across the Curriculum and Diversity and Inclusion Professional Development Opportunities.
1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. - JSU Student Center

Are PWI-centric Approaches to Addressing Racism Within ‘Artificially Intelligent’ Writing Programs Doing Any Good?
Tristan Abbott
Morgan State University
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - JSU Student Center

Silencing Black Voices in Africa and the African Diaspora: A Literary Perspective, Part 2
William Ndi (Convener) Tuskegee University
Panelists:
Achirri Ismael, Worcester Polytechnic Institute; Benjamin Hart Fishkin, Tuskegee University; Elizabeth Ayuk-Etang, Xavier University; Godfrey Vincent, Tuskegee University; Hassan Mbiydzenyuy, Langaa Research and Publishing; Jennifer Dukes, Independent Scholar and Chaplain; and Yvette N. Essounga, Tuskegee University
2:30 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. - H.T. Sampson Library Auditorium

Social Issues in Eng 101 (Workshop)
Tamara Miles
Orangeburg - Calhoun Technical College
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - JSU Student Center

Cancelled - Language and Social Justice in First-Year Composition at Morehouse College
Ondra Dismukes
Morehouse College
3:45 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. - Library Auditorium

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