Please note that room numbers for each presentation are still being determined. Check back for more details.
Registration 11:00-11:30 a.m. | ||
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Poster Session in the Atrium (All Day) | ||
Session One: 12:00-1:00 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Taharra Battle-Taylor | Using Affirmations to Empower Black Youth | 2120 A |
Clianda Florence | The Rebirth: The Harlem Renaissance and the Impact of Minister Franklin Florence's F.I.G.H.T. Organization on America | 2120 B |
Joelle C. Rozier | Reclaiming Black Joy Through Special Education | 2213 B |
Ashanti Haynes | Impacting Black Boy Joy and Black Girl Magic by Cultivating a Culturally Responsive Paradigm | 2220 A |
Emilye Crosby | Toolkit Workshop on SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) and Freedom Teaching | 2220 B |
Anthony White III, PhD | Too Edgy and Advanced Frameworks for Approaching Black U.S> History Curriculum | 6128 |
Willie J. Montague, PhD | The Role of Family, Mentorship and Community in Transforming the Lives of At-Risk Young Men | 6201 |
Florence’s F.I.G.H.T. Organization on America | 2213 A | |
Session Two: 1:15-2:15 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Nneka Gigi-Patton, PhD | Crowning Glory: Braiding Culture, Literacy and Liberation in Black Childhoods | 2120 A |
Cheney Brockington | "Because I Said So!": The ‘Why’ Behind Harsh Parenting Towards Black and Brown Youth | 2120 B |
Laura Gore | A Year of Black History Infusion in a Fourth-Grade Classroom | 2213 A |
Averill Kelley, PhD | Re-Imagining Black Teacher Education Preparation | 2213 B |
Anthony M. Pierce | Wakandaverse: Black Panther’s Most Creative Fans | 2220 A |
Darius Phelps | Poetic Inquiry and the Black Imagination: Teaching Liberation Through Black Poets | 2220 B |
Leonard Webb | Being a Bridge for Black and Brown Girls | 6128 |
Session Three: 2:30-3:30 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
TaLoria Wilson | Liberatory Literacy: Rethinking Reading and Writing Instruction Through a Black Educational Lens | 2120 A |
Deana Forbes | Forward to Freedom: Centering Afro-Futurism and Honoring Black Humanity in the Social Studies | 2120 B |
Hakeem McFarlane | Beyond Struggle: Honoring the Joy and Power of Black Childhood | 2213 A |
Emilye Crosby | Toolkit Workshop on Women and Gender in SNCC (Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee) | 2213 B |
Monica Reed | How to Integrate African American History into Your Daily Curriculum | 2220 A |
Asia Bingaman | Pathways to Teaching African American Studies | 2220 B |
Jermaine Carl Robinson | Remember Why We Started: Using the History of Black Public Education to Re-Engage and Restore the Identity of the Black and Brown Student Populace and Schoolhouse Community | 6128 |
Session Four: 3:45-4:45 p.m. | ||
Speaker | Presentation Title | Room |
Ewura-Abena N. Adoma | The Power of Joyful, Black-centered Education: An Educator's Vision for Racial Diversity and Representation in Learning | 2120 B |
Christine Woyshner, Ismael Jimenez, Karim Brown, Keziah Ridgeway and Aquil Dantzler | Teaching About Black Networks and Associations in the 20th Century | 2213 A |
Torrence Brown-Smith | Learning Liberation Through Literacy in a Middle School Classroom | 2213 B |
Joy Barnes-Johnson | Unearthing Black Boy Joy and Black Girl Magic—Becoming Sustainability SUPER Heroes | 2220 A |
Gamze Ar | Joyful Journeys: Celebrating Identity in African American Children's Literature | 6128 |
Keynote Speaker and Reception 4:30-6:30 p.m. | ||
Keynote Presentation and Reception Room: 2120 A&B Jevon D. Hunter, PhD, Buffalo State University To Be Young, Literate and Black: The Unflinching Literacy Brilliance of Buffalo’s Black Youth |
Registration 8:00-8:30 a.m. | ||
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Poster Session in the Atrium (All Day) | ||
Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker 8:30-8:40 a.m. | ||
Keynote Presentation 8:40-9:40 a.m. Room: 2120 A&B Lora Smothers, Founder and Director of Joy Village Schools in the Key of Joy: Designing a School for Black Thriving | ||
Session One: 10:00-11:00 a.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Panel Discussion | Micro-Credential | 2120 A&B |
Session Two: 11:15 a.m.-12:15 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Lisa Wilson | Black Boy Joy and Black Girl Magic: Evidence-Based Practices for Affirming Early Learning Spaces | 2120 A |
Kai Dupe, PhD | Coding While Black | 2213 A |
Renee O'Connor | Magic in the Margins: Teaching African American History to Middle and High School Students Through Black Children’s Books | 2213 B |
Mike Brown, PhD | Teaching Beyond the Textbook: Resurrecting Marginalized Cultures in Educational Curriculum | 2220 B |
Damion V. Bolton | The Power of a High Emotional Bank Account | 6128 |
Njemeke Anderson | Black Joy in Pursuit of Social Justice | 2120 A |
Keith Benson | Fatherhood: A Retrospective of a Young, Unprepared Father | 6201 |
Session Three: 12:30-1:30 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Samantha Green | Centering Black Perspectives and Voices Through Literature | 2120 B |
Danielle Saint Hilaire | The Power of the Sociological Imagination | 2213 A |
Eva Jean-Charles | Liberated Learning: Centering Black Student Voice to Build Joyful, Rigorous and Liberating Classrooms | 2213 B |
Gariel Pierce | Stamped (For Kids): A Resource for Elementary Classrooms and Teacher Preparation | 2220 B |
Ezenwanne, Dorothy, Nkem | The Influence of Family in Supporting Growth, Identity Formation and Black Childhood Development Through Home Management | 2220 B |
Oran Singleton Jones | Milestones of Moments: This is Our Fight Song- Celebrating Black Joy in the Struggle for Freedom | 6128 |
Akil Parker | The Academic Childhoods of John Henrik Clarke, Kwame Ture and Henry Highland Garnet | 6201 |
Lunch Break 1:30-2:30 p.m. | ||
LaGarrett King | Graduate Student Informational Session | 2220 A |
Session Four: 2:30-3:30 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Nykia Greene Young and Carlynn Wooten-Scott | Celebrating Black Girlhood | 2120 A |
Mike Brown, PhD | The Revolution Will Not Be Standardized | 2213 A |
Montayha Adams | Creating Black Joy: The Impact of CDF Freedom Schools on Black Childhoods | 2213 B |
Denisha Jones and Erika Strauss Chavarria | Beyond the Struggle: Celebrating Joy and Agency in Black Childhoods | 2220 A |
Brittany Billups | Sankofa Dreams: Rediscovering the Black Arts Movement and Unlocking Joyful Expression Through the Performing Arts | 2220 B |
Cedric A. Washington | The Cultural Foundations of Black Childhood: Hip-Hop as a Historical Narrative | 6128 |
Brianna Ross | Unearthing Joy: Counter-Stories of the Colored School Experience | 6201 |
Session Five: 3:45-4:45 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Chuck Marable | The Magic from Roots to STEMM: 150 Years of Black STEMista History in America | 2120 A |
Dan Tulino and Dawnavyn James | "This Is My Song" (Siffre, 1972): Curating Text Bundles for Counterstorytelling Narratives | 2120 B |
Jamie Tomczuk | Creative Assessments for Black History Classrooms | 2213 A |
Milan Drake | The mixTAPE x maniFESTO: The Role of Black Thought, Music and Design Thinking in the Teaching of Black Childhood Identity | 2213 B |
Jessie Gillooly and Tandria Elliott | Cross-Curricular and Multimodal Explorations of Black Joy in Elementary Art, ELA and History | 2220 A |
Letisha Malcolm, PhD | Global Legacies: Black Childhood, Cultural Identity and Leadership Development | 2220 B |
Shereen Holmes, PhD | Crafting Historical Narratives in Lessons that are Culturally Connected to Students | 6128 |
Lashonda Bradberry and Nneka Gigi-Patton, PhD | Legacy in Motion: From Student Vision to Lasting Impact | 6201 |
Session Six: 5:00-6:00 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Jerrod K. Grant | Black History is in Everything You Teach | 2120 A |
Crystalyn Thomas-Davis | The Power of Storytelling: How Community Histories and Family Narratives Enrich Black Historical Learning | 2213 A |
Baba Amin Ojuok | Black History In STEM: Utilizing Our Past to Propel Our Children Into the Future of STEM | 2213 B |
Jada Bradley | Educators will (Re)Consider Literary Origins when Using Public Domain Texts in their Classrooms | 2220 A |
Leroy Smith | Unveiling the Hidden Potential: Understanding Black Boys with Learning Differences | 2220 B |
Craig Aarons-Martin | Renaissance Leadership: Creating Brave Spaces for Black LGBTQIA Youth and Adults in Schools | 6128 |
Registration and Breakfast 8:30-9:00 a.m. | ||
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Poster Session in the Atrium (All Day) | ||
Session One: 9:00-10:00 a.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Panel Session | Micro-Credential Panel | 2120 A |
Session Two: 10:15-11:15 a.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Jerrod K. Grant | Black History is in Everything You Teach | 2120 A |
Crystalyn Thomas-Davis | The Power of Storytelling: How Community Histories and Family Narratives Enrich Black Historical Learning | 2213 A |
Baba Amin Ojuok | Black History In STEM: Utilizing Our Past to Propel Our Children Into the Future of STEM | 2213 B |
Jada Bradley | Educators will (Re)Consider Literary Origins when Using Public Domain Texts in their Classrooms | 2220 A |
Leroy Smith | Unveiling The Hidden Potential: Understanding Black Boys with Learning Differences | 2220 B |
Craig Aarons-Martin | Renaissance Leadership: Creating Brave Spaces for Black LGBTQIA Youth and Adults in Schools | 6128 |
Presentation 3 on Blooms Taxonony | 6201 | |
Session Three: 11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Jamie Tomczuk | Jane Johnson: Examining Sources, Stories and Storytellers | 2120 A |
Jennifer Howard | Using Black Historical Picture Books in Grades K-2 | 2120 B |
Esheonn Conner | We are Black History: Storytelling | 2220 B |
Ayanna Cooper | Young, Bilingual and Black in the United States | 6128 |
Lunch Break 12:30-1:30 p.m. | ||
1:00-1:30 pm | ||
LaGarrett King | Graduate Student Informational Session | 2220 A |
Session Four: 1:30-2:30 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Kyle Randolph Bacon, PhD | The Power of Black Childhood Narratives: A Case Study of Academic Resilience | 2120 A |
Anitra Butler-Ngugi | Reflections of Identity: Celebrating Black Childhood with Vocabulary Ladders and African American Children's Literature | 2120 B |
M. Lena Barbee | From Harlem to Hip-Hop | 2213 A |
Suad Lawrence Islam, PhD | The ABCs of Genealogical Research, the Me of Me: Understanding Who You Are as a Path to Empower, Inform and Impact Your Instructional and Professional Practices | 2213 B |
Collin Perryman | Towards a Post-Brown v. Board of Education Life Course Framework | 2220 A |
Mr. Karsten Barnes | Teaching Black Joy in a Digital Classroom: How AP African American Studies Uplifts Black Youth | 2220 B |
Session Five: 2:45-3:45 p.m. | ||
Speaker(s) | Presentation Title | Room |
Gloria Rosario Wallace | Powerful Partnerships: Families and the District | 2120 A |
Regina Banks | Teaching Panafricanism to Multicultural Children: The Importance of All Students Understanding They Are African | 2120 B |
Michelle Yang-Kaczmarek and Keisha Smith-Carrington | Read Alouds that Celebrate Learners and Teach Racial, Historical and Critical Literacies | 2213 A |
Ella Alexandra and Michelle Williams | Black Childhood During the Black Arts Movement: Representations, Realities and Legacies | 2213 B |
Keith Benson | About Those "Failing Schools": Conventional Wisdom and (Mis)Understanding "Failing Schools" | 2220 A |
Kenyatta Funderburk | Black History and Artificial Intelligence: Empowering Educators with Teacher PAI and Community Change Pedagogy | 2220 B |
John Gass | Creating Joy and Community for Black Teens | 6128 |