The African American Studies Program is proud to introduce five of our majors who presented their research at the 47th Annual National Council for Black Studies Conference (NCBS) held at the Hilton Conference Hotel on March 22-25, 2023. Each student was challenged to collect data on a subject of their choice, compose an abstract, submit an outline, and give their presentation in class. After the projects were completed they submitted their abstracts to NCBS and presented their research at the conference. The following are the names of the students and the titles of their presentations.
- Joashilia Jeanmarie, ”Pote’m Sekou: Imagining Haitian Women and Community Beyond the Poto Mitan”
- Selora Langston, “Rosewood: Were the Reparations Enough?”
- Paris McKnight, “A Historical Overview of Mass incarceration and Its Connections to Black Family Structures”
- Victoria Peters, “Sojourner’s Truth: An Interrogation of American’s History of Misogynoir”
- Madison Stauffer, “Critical Race Theory: Rejection and Racial Politics: The White Idealization of Florida Historical Education”
- Ken Tinoco, “An Examination of Racial Violence in the Sunshine State”
- Leilla Belony, “Black, Pregnant and Incarcerated”
What is most exciting about this cadre of scholars is they range from a first year student to a recent graduate from the African American Studies Program. We are so proud of their accomplishments.