Friday April 6, 2012
Reception —5:30pm
John Hope Franklin Center Gallery Space
Keynote Address— 7:00 pm
S. Craig Watkins (University of Texas at Austin, author The Young & the Digital ) **Books will be sold. Cash or check only.**
Introduced by Wahneema Lubiano (Associate Chair of African & African American Studies, Duke University)
Saturday, April 7, 2012
Panel #1 9-10:15 am
The Chocolate Supa Highway: Precursors to Black Social Media
Abdul Alkalimat (University of Illinois)
Michelle Ferrier (Elon University)
Lynne d Johnson (Director of Strategy & Engagement at Whisprgroup)
Lee D. Baker (Moderator, Duke University)
Panel #2 10:30-11:45
On the Grid: Teaching and Researching in the Digital Age
Allison Clark (Founder AMedia1/HASTAC)
Kim Pearson (College of New Jersey)
Simone Browne (University of Texas at Austin)
Howard Rambsy II (Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville)
Thomas F. DeFrantz (Moderator, Duke University)
Noon-1:15 | Working Lunch—Social Media Demonstration (**Food trucks will be on site. Please bring cash**)
Panel #3 1:30-2:45 pm
From Jena Louisiana to Tahrir Square: Activism in the Age of Social Media
Jasiri X (Pittsburg based artist & activist)
Alexis Pauline Gumbs (Broken Beautiful Press/Mobile Homecoming Project)
Moya Bailey (Emory University/Crunk Feminist Collective)
Kimberly Ellis aka Dr. Goddess (artist, activist, historian)
Salamishah Tillett (University of Pennsylvania)
Treva Lindsey (Moderator, University of Missouri)
Panel #4 3:00-4:30
The Twitterati and Twitter-gentsia: Social Media and Public Intellectuals
Marc Lamont Hill (Columbia University/ Our World with Black Enterprise )
Jay Smooth ( Editor of Ill Doctrine )
Blair LM Kelley (North Carolina State University)
Latoya Peterson (Editor of Racialicious)
Imani Perry (Princeton University)
Mark Anthony Neal (Moderator, Duke University)
