WSU Interdisciplinary Graduate Social Justice Conference
About the event
This year’s inaugural Interdisciplinary Graduate Conference on Social Justice presents:“Doing Social Justice: Reclaiming Space and Place,” on Friday & Saturday, *March 6–7 at the Neill Public Library and the Chinook Student Center. Space plays an important role in social justice work, both as a site of power and struggle. This year’s conference is an opportunity for us to question the geographies of the academy and the partitioning that often occurs between and within disciplines. Panel presenters will discuss the ways that space interacts and intersects with social justice action and activism.
*Friday, March 6, will be a community event at the Neill Public Library in downtown Pullman at 3-6 p.m. only, featuring Dr. Anna Plemons. Saturday, March 7, will be at the Chinook Student Center and consist of student presentations, a keynote address from Dr. Elizabeth Sybil Durand, a workshop led by Dr. Ashley Boyd, and a fireside chat with Dr. Plemons, Dr. Durand, and Dr. Boyd. We are extremely grateful to this year’s sponsors: WSU College of Education, Departments of English, Sociology, and Women’s, Gender and Sexuality Studies, The Center for Arts and Humanities, GPSA, and the Graduate School.
Keynotes:
Dr. Anna Plemons, a clinical professor of DTC and English at Washington State University and Assistant Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs at WSU Tri-Cities designated 2019 WSU Woman of the Year, will be our Friday community keynote. We are also thrilled to announce that Dr. Elizabeth Sybil Durand, a professor of English Education at Arizona State University, will be our inaugural Saturday conference keynote.
Both Dr. Plemons’ and Dr. Durand’s work embody this year’s theme on Doing Social Justice. Dr. Plemons holds a teaching position in the California Arts in Corrections Program and previously directed the Critical Literacies Achievement and Success Program (CLASP) at WSU. Dr. Durand’s work focuses on literature, post-colonialism, and education, and she is currently examining middle school students’ engagement with young adult literature in a Youth Participatory Action Research after- school program.
If you plan to attend, please register (for free) through the following link: https://forms.gle/vZVPCS8HX6No2Qn79
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