Eberly Roundtable on Race, Identity, and Place 2021
Theme: “
A Coming Together”
Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021
8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
The Shenandoah Room (Mountainlair)
T
he Eberly College of Arts and Sciences is pleased to invite faculty, staff, students,
and the entire Mountaineer
commu
nity
both near and far to the first annual
Eberly Roundtable
. This inaugural event brings together academic and public scholars, artists,
and intellectuals to engage on a topic central to WVU’s land-grant mission
and national identity. The inaugural theme of this year’s Eberly Roundtable
is “
A Coming Together.
”
Our distinguished participants have been invited to discuss blackness, black
identity, black agency, and black presence in Appalachia. We would like to
thank our sponsors for their generous support and look forward to this important
conversation.
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS
8 - 8:15 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. R. Gregory Dunaway
Dean, Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
8:15 - 8:30 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Crystal Good
Publisher, Black By God
8:30 - 10:00 a.m.
An Appalachian Story
Dr. Cicero Fain
Professor of History,
College of Southern Maryland
Visiting Diversity Scholar,
Marshall University
RESPONDENTS
Dr. Jessica Wilkerson
Associate Professor of History and Joyce and Stuart Robbins Chair
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Travis Stimeling
Associate Professor of Musicology, WVU Bluegrass and Old-Time Bands
WVU College of Creative Arts, School of Music
10:30 a.m. - noon
Black Community Based Participatory Research:
Notes from Charleston, WV
Dr. Shanequa Smith
West Virginia Restorative Practitioner
Independent Scholar, Activist-Intellectual
Mentor, WVU-Knowledge for Change Hub
RESPONDENTS
Dr. Enkeshi El-Amin
Director, The Bottom
Lecturer, University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Prof. Renee K. Nicholson
Associate Professor of Multidisciplinary Studies and
Director WVU Humanities Center
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
12:15 - 1:20 p.m.
Lunch Discussion: The Harlan Renaissance
Bluestone Room in the Mountainlair (Zoom attendance only)
Dr. William Turner
Author, The Harlan Renaissance
Stories of Black Life in Appalachian Coal Towns
1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
Appalachian By Proxy
Dr. Althea Webb
Associate Professor of Educational Studies,
Berea College
RESPONDENTS
Prof. Amy Alvarez
Teaching Assistant Professor of English and Affrilachian Poet
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Hope Koehler
Professor of Voice
WVU College of Creative Arts, School of Music
3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Between Socrates and Grandma:
Black-Southern-Philosopher
Dr. Arnold Farr
Professor of Philosophy,
University of Kentucky
RESPONDENTS
Dr. Devin Curry
Assistant Professor Philosophy,
WVU Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Dr. Alton Merrell
Assistant Professor of Jazz
WVU College of Creative Arts,
School of Music
5 - 5:15 p.m.
Synthesis: Because We Came Together
Crystal Good
5:15 - 5:30 p.m.
Closing Remarks
H. Keith Jackson
Philip J. Faini and Falbo Family Dean,
WVU College of Creative Arts
President Elect, West Virginia Music Educators Association
Board Member, West Virginia Wine and Jazz Festival
SPONSORS
Eberly College of Arts and Sciences
Office of the Provost
College of Creative Arts
Office of the Vice President for Research
Center for Resilient Communities
West Virginia University Press
If you require an American Sign Language interpreter, please contact Dillon Butler
at
dcbutler@mail.wvu.edu at least three days prior to the event.