Black Faculty Speaker Series
Ibrahim Thiaw, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Secretary of the UNCCD
About the series
The Black Faculty Speaker Series will create a campus culture in which Black thought, experience, and creativity are visible and vital. Each visiting speaker provides a unique voice and perspective on Black futurity.
Afrofuturism is this year’s theme for the Black Faculty Speaker Series. It is an orientation or a way of thinking that defies simple classification. It is expansive, interdisciplinary, and revolutionary beyond conventional notions of resistance. Afrofuturism’s practitioners blend imagination, research, experimentation, and Black ancestral knowledge to invent worlds that transcend our present condition and fuel new possibilities for a more just and sustainable planet.
This series is organized by a sub-committee of the Black Faculty Affinity Group including:
- Dr. Mamadou Baro, Chair of BARA, Associate Professor, School of Anthropology
- Dr. Amy Kraehe, Associate Professor, School of Art, Associate Vice President, Equity in the Arts
- Dr. Tarnia Newton, Assistant Clinical Professor, College of Nursing
- Dr. gloria j. wilson, Associate Professor, School of Art, Co-Director – Racial Justice Studio
Coordination of the series is supported by Faculty Affairs and funded by the Office of the President.
Environmental Justice: Seeding the Ground, Planting New Roots
Student Fireside Chat & Lunch
12:00pm Honors Village Amphitheater | Limited to Students Only
Keynote & Reception (Open to all)
4:00pm Student Union Memorial Center Grand Ballroom