Wednesday, March 17th

10:10-10:15

  • Dr. Andrew R. Johnston (North Carolina State University): Symposium Welcome and Acknowledgments

10:15 to 11:15

  • Dr. Armond Towns (University of Richmond): “The Medium is the Message, Revisited: Media and Black Epistemologies”

11:30 to 12:30

  • CRDM Graduate Student Panel
    • Margaret Baker: “Reframing the Remains: An Infrastructural Remediation of North Carolina Plantations”
    • Gayas Eapen: “Measuring All Parts: From Colonial Classification To Contemporary Biometrics”
    • Alex Sutter: “Dear IRB: Refusal & Recovery in CITI Program Training Modules”

12:30 to 1:30

  • Lunch / Break

1:30 to 2:30

  • Alt-Ac Career Alumni Panel
    • Dr. Brent Simoneaux (Red Hat)
    • Dr. Keon Pettiway (Celigo)
    • Dr. Abigail Browning (Applied Research Associates)

3:00 to 4:00

  • Dr. Rianka Singh (University of Toronto): “Platforms and the Politics of Elevation”

 

Thursday, March 18th

10:15 to 11:15

  • Dr. André Brock Jr. (Georgia Tech): “On Race and Technocultures”

11:30 to 12:30

  • CRDM Graduate Student Work-In-Progress Workshop
    • Katreena Alder
    • Aaron Dial

12:30 to 1:30

  • Lunch / Break

1:30 to 2:30

  • Dr. Sarah Evans & Dr. Nick Taylor: “Making Space: LEGOfied” LEGO-side Chat
    • Register for this event through the library, here!

3:00 to 4:00

  • Dr. Soraya Murray (University of California, Santa Cruz): “No Country For Old Tropes: Representation and Political Affect in Red Dead Redemption 2”