Schedule

Registration 

light refreshments

Minor Hall Lobby

Panel 1: Grounded in Care and Critique: 

Deborah McDowell’s Scholarship, Leadership, and Writing

Minor Hall Auditorium

Sandy Alexandre, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Derrick Alridge, University of Virginia

James Perla, University of Virginia

Alexandria Smith, University of Virginia

Moderator: Robert Trent Vinson, University of Virginia

Break

Keynote Conversation

Minor Hall Auditorium

Deborah E. McDowell, University of Virginia

Nicole Burrowes, Rutgers University

LaTaSha Levy, Howard University

Opening reception

catered heavy hors d'oeuvres and dessert

5:30 PM - Musical Performance

6:00 PM - Toast

6:15 PM - 7:00 PM - Reception

Shuttle pick-up

Registration and breakfast

catered breakfast and coffee

Minor Hall Lobby

Panel 2: Memory, Mourning, and Moral Commitment:

the Pioneering Scholarship of Deborah McDowell

Minor Hall Auditorium

Lindsey Beutin, McMaster University

Laura Helton, University of Delaware

Robert O’Meally, Columbia University

Tony Perry, National Museum of American History

Bryan Wagner, University of California, Berkeley

Moderator: Tera Hunter, Princeton University

Break

Panel 3: “Doing the Work:” 

Deborah McDowell’s Institution Building, Leadership and Legacy

Minor Hall Auditorium

Nicole Burrowes, Rutgers University

Cynthia Hoehler-Fatton, University of Virginia

Régine Jean-Charles, Northeastern University

LaTaSha Levy, Howard University

Moderator: Sandhya Shukla, University of Virginia

Lunch

Minor Hall Lobby

Panel 4: In Class with Deborah McDowell:

Reflections on McDowell’s Transformative Teaching

Minor Hall Auditorium

Joy Asekun, FBI Academy

Daylanne English, Macalester College

Mike Furlough, Hathi Trust

Alwin Jones, Ethical Culture Fieldston School (ECFS)

Luke Williams, University of Texas, Austin

Moderator: Benjamin Fagan, Auburn University

Break

Panel 5: Lessons, Ethics, and Transnational Crossings:

Mentorship as a Practice of Freedom

Minor Hall Auditorium

Deirdre Cooper Owens, University of Connecticut

Susan V. Donaldson, College of William and Mary

M. Giulia Fabi, University of Ferrara, Italy

H. Timothy Lovelace, Jr., Duke University

Caroline Rody, University of Virginia

Moderator: Rosemary Millar, University of North Carolina School of the Arts

Shuttle pick-up

McCormick Road

Registration and breakfast

catered breakfast and coffee

Panel 6: Deborah McDowell as Editor: Getting Black Women into Print

Thadious Davis, University of Pennsylvania

M. Giulia Fabi, University of Ferrara, Italy

Ianna Owen, University of California, Berkeley

Beth Colón, University of Virginia

Moderator: Susan Fraiman, University of Virginia

Break

Panel 7: Deborah McDowell’s Activism in Every-Day Life

Minor Hall Auditorium

Dionne Bailey, Colgate University

Janée Moses, City University of New York

Brian Smithson, St. Mary’s College of Maryland

Halimat Somotan, Georgetown University

Moderator: Mary Ellen Curtin, American University

Lunch

Minor Hall Lobby

Panel 8: In Good Times and Bad Times:

Deborah McDowell’s Friendship as Treasured Gift

Minor Hall Auditorium

Gertrude Fraser, University of Virginia

Delali Kumavie, Syracuse University

Hermine Pinson, College of William and Mary

Francille Rusan Wilson, University of Southern California

Moderator: Lisa Woolfork, University of Virginia

Break

Panel 9: Deborah McDowell as Local Community Member: A Roundtable

Minor Hall Auditorium

Laura Baker, University of Virginia

Franklin E. Dukes, University of Virginia

Tracey Stewart, Swarthmore College

Moderator: Mrinalini Chakravorty, University of Virginia

Closing reception

catered hors d'oeuvres and dessert

Minor Hall Lobby

Shuttle pick-up

McCormick Road

10:00 AM - 11:00 AM

Reception

Boar's Head Inn, Pavilion 1

Lunch

catered buffet

Open Mic - Tributes and Toasts

Lunch (cont’d)