Jalen Thompson, Graduate Co-organizer
Interests: media studies | film studies | black feminism | black studies | gender and sexuality/masculinity studies | queer theory
Jiesha Stephens, Graduate Co-organizer
Interests: African American | Caribbean | Afro-Latinx Literature | Visual Culture Studies | Women of Color Feminisms
Carmel Ohman, Graduate Co-organizer
Interests: Black Studies | Sexuality Studies | Visual Culture | Performance | 20th and 21st C African American Literatures
Priscilla Peña Ovalle, Faculty Co-organizer
Interests: media studies | race/ethnicity | dance | mainstream popular culture | media hairstyles
Rethinking Popular Performance: a Virtual Symposium on Race, Media, and Visual Culture 