DISCO Summer Launch: Graduate Scholar Lightning Talks

Monday, May 23, 2022
10:00 AM 12:00 PM

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DISCO Graduate Scholar Lightning Talks

Each DISCO Graduate Scholar will give a “lightning talk” on their research affiliated with their DISCO Network lab.

The DISCO Graduate Scholars Program is designed for graduate student researchers committed to developing interdisciplinary work in collaboration with our Co-Principal Investigators and postdoctoral fellows.

Registration

Agenda

10:00 am - 10:10 | Welcome and Introductions

10:10 am - 10:24 | "Crip Time Travel: Reflections on Technoableism and the Academy" (Sarah Huges + Lise Lao)
10:24 am - 10:31 | “German Indianthusiasm and Settler Colonialism: "Indians" In Germany” (Judy Fisher)
10:31 am - 10:38 | “We Needed This”: Black Digital Fandom Expression”(Brienne Adams)
10:38 am - 10:45 | The Black Digital Record and Sakia’s “Bounded Frame of Identity” (Casidy Campbell)

10:45 am - 11:05 | PI Response (Lisa Nakamura, Catherine Knight Steele, Remi Yergeau)

11:05 am-11:15 am: BREAK

11:15am-11:22 | “Dark Sousveillance at School: Black High Schoolers Using Social Media to Address Racism” (Janelle Grant)
11:22 am-11:29 | “Across Time: Mobile Applications of Civil Rights Education” (Austin Peete)
11:29 am-11:36 | “Embodied Digital Literacy Practices-- Framework for a Dissertation” (Parker Miles)
11:36 am-11:43 | “Redefining What It Means to be Black Owned” (Ariel Smith)

11:43 am-12:00 | PI Response: (André Brock, Rayvon Fouché, Stephanie Dinkins)

Accessibility

We want to make our events accessible to all participants. This online event will have CART and provided. If you anticipate needing accommodations to participate, please contact our administrative assistant (ericcman@umich.edu) or fill out our anonymous access form. Please note that some accommodations must be arranged in advance and we encourage you to contact us as soon as possible.