Session Highlights

Friday, November 10th

Session 3: Applying for the 2018 NEH Institute on Slavery and the Constitution

Paul Benson, Dallas County Community College, TX          

Session 5: Academic Engagement At The Library Of Congress

Jarvis Slacks, Montgomery College, MD; Barrie Howard, Project Management Specialist, Library of Congress

Session 23American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS):
Funding Opportunities from ACLS: Fellowships, Grants, and Advice

Rachel Bernard and Matthew Goldfeder, ACLS

Session 35Biographers International: Bridging Disciplines

Brian Jay Jones, biographer of Jim Henson, George Lucas, and Washington Irving; Kate Buford, biographer of Jim Thorpe and Burt Lancaster; Dean King, author of The Feud and Skeletons on the Sahara; Heath Lee, biographer of Winnie Davis (and curator of an exhibit on Vietnam POW/MIA wives with Senator Bob Dole)

Session 38The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program And Community Colleges

David Dry, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, NC; Emily Grigg, Spartanburg Community College, NC

Session 39Humanities for All: Community College and University Partnerships Student Panel         

Monica Walker, Dean of Developmental Education, Community College of Baltimore County, MD; Nicole Daniels, Honors Program Coordinator, Community College of Baltimore County, MD; Students, Johns Hopkins University Residents

Session 52You Wrote the Paper, Now What? A Conversation about Publishing in Community College Humanities Review

Sydney Elliot, Director of Publications for CCHA, Tillamook Bay Community College, WA

Session 58: Humanities In Action In Cleveland: The Mandel Scholars Academy

Lauren Onkey, Director of the Mandel Humanities Center, Cuyahoga Community College, OH

Saturday, November 10th

Session 69Liaison Officers Workshop — All Welcome

Dan Lewis, Membership Director, CCHA, Community College of Baltimore County; Jeffrey Clausen, Coordinator of the Liaison Program, CCHA, Green River College, WA

Session 84The Book As The Foundation For Humanities Education
American Academy in Rome/CCHA Affiliated Fellowship (AAR-CCHA) Workshop

Laura Migliore, Recipient of the 2016 Award, Anoka-Ramsey Community College Minnesota Professor of Art, MN

Session 91: Diversity Initiatives and Co-curricular Programming for Humanities Courses

Andra Basu, Dean, School of Humanities and Social Science, Lehigh Carbon Community College, PA

Session 96A Possibility Or A Dream: The Journey To Eradicate Achievement Gaps

Lori PerezKetina SmithKellie McCants-PriceJulie Grignon, Anne Arundel Community College, MD

Session 97NEH Opportunities                                  

Panel session led by Julia Nguyen, Senior Program Officer, NEH

Session 98: Highlights from the Original Play Raising Medusa

Barbara Lau – Kirkwood Community College, IA

VOLUNTEERS WANTED FOR ROLES! SEE BELOW!

Session 107Students Speak: Reading Coates & Debating Race in Community College Classrooms

Student Panel led by Prof. Kim JensenMikayla ForbesAntoine WilliamsTessa McConnellMonique Butler – all of the Community College of Baltimore County, MD

Sessions 100 – 109Applied Humanities and Equity in Hiring: Why it Matters

Jadi Omawale & David Truscello, Community College of Baltimore County, MD

Post-Conference Workshop 1: 

Crossing Disciplinary Boundaries Through Linked American Literature And History Courses

David Leight and John Lawlor, Jr., Reading Area Community College, PA

Post-Conference Workshop 2: 

Updating Humanities Across The Arts: Case Studies With Activities

Stephen Husarik, University of Arkansas, AR

Volunteers wanted for Session 98 for Roles in the Original Play Raising Medusa

CASTING CALL ~ ~  Thurs., Nov. 9, 7:30 p.m. (after Reception) for playwright Barbara  Lau’s  HIGHLIGHTS OF RAISING MEDUSA 

Barbara will hold  informal auditions for 3 – 5 female roles in her NEA Awarded comic-drama Raising Medusa. The Sat. 1:50-2:45 presentation (Session 98) will be a script-in-hand reading NOTE to participants: Thanks for your interest!!  Let’s go for a rousing, but informal, script-in-hand performance (hence no memorization). Please email Barbara at bdlau09@gmail.com  if you wish to join usI’ll email copies of the script to you.