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Please join us for the university’s second annual event celebrating Juneteenth with three panels exploring ideas and questions central to the holiday.
| Intro/Session | Time | Speaker(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction and Occasion | 8:45–9 a.m. | Reginald DesRoches Howard R. Hughes Provost, Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and Professor of Mechanical Engineering |
| Session 1: Engineering for Black Lives | 9–10 a.m. |
Chair: Fay Yarbrough “Becoming and Producing the Resilient, Tenured, Black, R1 Engineering Professor in the 21st Century” |
| Session 2: On Blackness and Future Freedoms | 10:15–11:15 a.m. | Chair: Alexander X. Byrd Vice Provost for Access and Institutional Excellence and Associate Professor of History “Black Culture for Sale in the French Atlantic: Negrophilia Flirting With Negrophobia” Jacqueline Couti Laurence H. Favrot Professor of French Studies and Affiliated Faculty with the Center for African and African American Studies “The Racial Wealth Gap: Understanding Driving Factors and the Limits of Current Policy Responses” Brielle Bryan Assistant Professor of Sociology “Equity in Entrepreneurship and Inclusiveness in Innovative Industries” Constance Elise Porter Senior Associate Dean of Access and Institutional Excellence and Clinical Associate Professor of Marketing |
| Session 3: Update From the Task Force on Slavery, Segregation and Racial Injustice | 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. | Chair: Adrienne Rooney Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Art and Art History and Co-Organizer of the Racial Geography Project Alexander X. Byrd Vice Provost for Access and Institutional Excellence and Associate Professor of History W. Caleb McDaniel Mary Gibbs Jones Professor of Humanities and Chair of the Department of History |