Please join us on Friday, June 2, 2023 for the DEFCon Virtual Annual Meeting. We will begin at 12pm Eastern/9am Pacific with a keynote from Dr. Shearon Roberts (Xavier University of New Orleans). Dr. Roberts’ talk will be followed by presentations from DEFCon community members and a roundtable with DEFCon fellows and mentors.
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Program
12:00pm-1:00pm Eastern: Keynote
- “Digital Humanities and the Bridge between Community and the Academy,” Shearon Roberts, Xavier University of New Orleans
- Moderator: Jamila Moore-Pewu, California State University Fullerton
1:00pm-2:30pm Eastern: Presentations
- “Mapeando mi universidad: Digital Humanities Projects in the Spanish for Heritage Language Learners Classroom,” Elena Foulis, DEFCon Teaching Fellow, Texas A&M University, San Antonio
- “DEFCon Capacity Building at CSU Stanislaus: Digital Humanities Workshops with Ethnic Studies Faculty, Lessons Learned and Future Opportunities,” Christina Acosta, Former DEFCon Teaching Fellow & Current DEFCon Capacity-Building Fellow, California State University Stanislaus
- “‘HU You Know!’: Centering Cultural Self-Expression through Digital Renewable Assignments,” Marina del Sol, DEFCon Mentor, Howard University and Eliseo Jacob, DEFCon Mentor, Howard University
- “City, Space and Identity Snapshots: Los Angeles and Beyond,” Ester Hernandez, Professor of Anthropology, California State University Los Angeles
- Moderator: Jennifer Musial, New Jersey City University
2:45pm-3:30pm Eastern: DEFCon Fellow and Mentor Roundtable
- Katherine D. Harris, DEFCon Mentor & Capacity-Building Fellow, San Jose State University
- Melanie Hernandez, DEFCon Fellow, California State University Fresno
- Aniruddha Mukhopadhyay, Former DEFCon Teaching Fellow & Current DEFCon Capacity-Building Fellow, Texas A&M University, Kingsville
- Nabeel Siddiqui, DEFCon Mentor, Susquehanna University
- Moderator: Roopika Risam, Dartmouth College
3:45pm-5:30pm Eastern: Presentations
- “Creating New Archives of Knowledge: Engaging New Stories through Transformative Research and Digital Technologies,” Marbella Valeriano, Diana Chang, Sally Hy, and Dominic Guerrero, California State University Fullerton
- “Reimagining ‘Home:’ Black Digital Futures and Extended Realities in California and Beyond,” Jamila Moore Pewu, DEFCon Co-PI and LaWana Richmond, University of California, San Diego
