Dr. Carter Wilson will share his personal journey through two major schools of thought--critical theory and critical race theory. These schools of thought provided the intellectual foundation for his (Gustavus Myer) award winning book, Racism from Slavery to Advanced Capitalism. Dr. Wilson will explain why there is a right-wing, racist political assault on these two schools of thought
M. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) says that “our stories explain us, justify us, sustain us, humble us, and forgive us. And sometimes they injure and destroy us” (169). The stories that others tell about us can do the same: sustain and humble us, but also injure and destroy us. This presentation will examine the ways that common (usually fictional) anti-fat stories circulate within and through our classroom discourses—sometimes even without our knowledge. In response, I’ll provide a framework for a fat pedagogy designed to help address anti-fat bias in the classroom.
M. Scott Momaday (Kiowa) says that “our stories explain us, justify us, sustain us, humble us, and forgive us. And sometimes they injure and destroy us” (169). The stories that others tell about us can do the same: sustain and humble us, but also injure and destroy us. This presentation will examine the ways that common (usually fictional) anti-fat stories circulate within and through our classroom discourses—sometimes even without our knowledge. In response, I’ll provide a framework for a fat pedagogy designed to help address anti-fat bias in the classroom.
Join us for the Diversity Common Reader 2023 Keynote! Elsa Sjunneson is an award winning Deafblind author and editor living in Seattle, Washington. Her fiction and nonfiction writing has been praised as “eloquence and activism in lockstep” and has been published in dozens of venues around the world. In 2022 her book, Being Seen won the Washington State Book Award for biography and memoir. She has been a Hugo Award finalist nine times, and has won three Hugo awards, an Aurora Award, and and a BFA award for her editorial work.
When she isn't writing, Sjunneson works to dismantle structural ableism and rebuild community support for disabled people everywhere. Her work includes her debut memoir Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism, her Assassin’s Creed: Valhalla novel Sword of the White Horse, and her episode for Radiolab “The Helen Keller Exorcism.”
Nyshell dreamed of building a creative safe space where Black women can feel seen and celebrated.
Out of that dream came Socialight Society in Lansing, Michigan. Socialight Society is a local independent bookshop, celebrating Black women and Black literature where you can find classic, contemporary, and children’s titles predominately authored by Women of Color, who often lack representation in traditional bookstores.
Join us as Nyshell shares her journey to becoming an entrepreneur and activist and how she centers her work and her life on celebrating of Black Womanhood and inspiring the next generation of community builders, leaders, and activists.
Dr. Abby Knoblauch presents a lecture on Fat language, rhetorics, and power in this session hosted by the Student Equity & Engagement Center, Feminism for All, and Diversity in Disability. Dr. Knoblauch specializes in feminist rhetorical theories and feminist pedagogies, embodied rhetorics, fat rhetorics, teacher development, and writing pedagogies and teaches at Kansas State University. This session delves into the world of fat studies giving participants a base level of understanding on the topic with time for dialogue and questions.
Beyond Body Positivity and Towards Body Liberation. Join us for a lecture that introduces concepts of fat liberation and explores the history of fat liberation and body positivity movements, the intersection of fat identities with other marginalized identities, and how fatphobia works in our society.
This session, with a focus for educators, explores the use of arts-based self-study to understand identity construction in the effort to dismantle racism and other systemic barriers in education. Two key moments are presented from the author's self-study research to examine the role of memory and emotion in the development of complex, nuanced antiracist identity.
This session is led by a white queer abolitionist educator who currently works in the School of Education at Northern Michigan University.
This session, with a focus for educators, explores the use of arts-based self-study to understand identity construction in the effort to dismantle racism and other systemic barriers in education. Two key moments are presented from the author's self-study research to examine the role of memory and emotion in the development of complex, nuanced antiracist identity.
Imposter syndrome is the inability to internalize a sense of accomplishment, often leaving people feeling like a fraud, unworthy, incompetent, or undeserving which can become. The workshop will take the form of small group discussions exploring anonymous personal narratives surrounding experiencing, upholding, and disrupting imposter syndrome. We will explore the difference between internal feelings of validation and the feelings that come with being marginalized within an organization.
