Session Details

Sunday, 28 December

354. Confronting Issues of Race in the Academy: African American Professors Examine Literary Responses to Racism

3:30–4:45 p.m., Union Square 18, Hilton

Program arranged by the College English Association

Presiding: Laura Barrio-Vilar, Univ. of Kentucky

1. “Racism 101: Social Justice Perspectives and Classroom Responses to Race in Literature,” Joy Myree-Mainor, Morgan State Univ.

2. “Racial Intersections: When Race and Literature Meet,” Shelia Collins, Univ. of Arkansas, Fayetteville

3. “Race and Rhetoric: Mapping Out Literary Responses to Racism,” Coretta Pittman, Baylor Univ.

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