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 23: American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS):
Funding Opportunities from ACLS: Fellowships, Grants, and Advice
Rachel Bernard and Matthew Goldfeder, ACLS
Session 35: Biographers 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 38: The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program And Community Colleges
David Dry, Asheville-Buncombe Technical Community College, NC; Emily Grigg, Spartanburg Community College, NC
Session 39: Humanities 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 52: You 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 69: Liaison 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 84: The 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 96: A Possibility Or A Dream: The Journey To Eradicate Achievement Gaps
Lori Perez; Ketina Smith; Kellie McCants-Price; Julie Grignon, Anne Arundel Community College, MD
Session 97: NEH 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 107: Students Speak: Reading Coates & Debating Race in Community College Classrooms
Student Panel led by Prof. Kim Jensen; Mikayla Forbes; Antoine Williams; Tessa McConnell; Monique Butler – all of the Community College of Baltimore County, MD
Sessions 100 – 109: Applied 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 us. I’ll email copies of the script to you.