The Conference

It's past time to get an entry on the Conference last February 27th and 28th. It was replete with marvelous energy--I characterized it as "generative" in terms of ideas and networking. It was everything Winston himself could have wished for.

Some photos, supplied by Terri Rutkiewicz:


This is the session "Mediating Black Identities: Newspapers, Potography, Literary Magazines, and More. From left to right, Ayesha Hardison (Ohio University), Kate Capshaw Smith (UConn), Daniel Scott III (Rhode Island College), and Amritjit Singh (Ohio University). The only person missing, stage right, is Denise Stephenson (Western Connecticut), who moderated the panel.

Greeting Alllison Blakely (Boston University) are John Bassett, President of Clark, and SunHee Gertz.



Karla F.C. Holloway (Duke University), giving the Keynote Address.

The Friday evening Student Panel: Meredith Neumann, Moderator, with Mark Duhaime ('09), Bill Cobb ('08), Tracy Walsh ('07), and Pam Taylor ('08).


And finally, the English Department: Lisa Kasmer, Fern Johnson, Betsy Huang, Steve Levin, Meredith Neumann, Ginger Vaughan, Jay Elliott and SunHee Gertz.

The whole conference was strikingly well-organized and well-attended. Our thanks to all who were involved, but especially the panelists and Fern and Steve, who put everything and everyone in place.
--Jay