Find out about research conducted by National Council for Black Studies members as four emerging scholars give an overview of their research area in 10 minutes, followed by a Q&A session.
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Top left,
La’Neice
Littleton
, top right,
Courtney
Terry
, bottom left,
Ifetayo M. Flannery
, middle,
Jeanette R. Davidson
, bottom right,
Grace D. Gipson
.
Panel members:
Ifetayo M. Flannery PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University. (Doctorate: Temple University)Topic: Understanding the Spiritual Wisdom of African Ancestors to Advance Our Psychological Wellbeing.
La’Neice Littleton PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Digital Humanities and Public History, Clemson University. (Doctorate: Clark Atlanta University) Topic: African American Literacy and Slave Rebellion.
Courtney Terry, Doctoral Candidate, Humanities with Concentrations in African American Studies and English Literature. (Clark Atlanta University) Topic: Contemporary Rap Studies and the Expressions of Traditional West African Tricksters.
Grace D. Gipson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University. (Doctorate: University of California, Berkeley) Topic: Behind the Mask: Imagining Black Futures in Comic Books.
Program presented and introduced by: Jeanette R. (Carlisle) Davidson PhD ACSW, Professor, The Clara Luper Department of African & African American Studies, University of Oklahoma. (Doctorate: University of Texas, Arlington)
Jeanette R. Davidson has two books forthcoming from Edinburgh University Press: African American Studies (Second Edition), March 2021, and later, Black Lives in Scotland: Telling Our Stories.