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Career Enhancement Retreat

Research Panel Schedule

Panel 1: Environment, Opportunity, and Engagement  – Monday, August 12, 2024, 3:30 – 5:00 PM

Moderator: Dr. Tammy Kernodle

  • Sigma Colón – Watershed Colonialism
  • Corey Miles – Waves: On Catastrophe
  • Jasmine Hill – The Trouble with Progress: Narratives of Opportunity in a Black “Renaissance” City
  • Rosie Bermudez – Dignity Warriors: Alicia Escalante and the Multiracial Coalition for Economic Justice and Human Dignity

Panel 2: Music, Mysticism, and Identity Formation – Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 9:00 – 10:30 AM

Moderator: Dr. Karen Tongson

  • Sophia Enriquez – Canciones de Los Apalaches: Latine Music, Migration, and Belonging in Appalachia and the South
  • Jazmin Eyssallenne – Waves of Ecstasy: Lived Islamic Mysticism and the African Diaspora in India
  • Maria Ryan – Ambivalent Listening: Race, Music, and Slavery in the British Colonial Caribbean, 1750-1838
  • Marlen Rios-Hernandez – We Were There: Post-COINTELPRO Punk Rock in Southern California

Panel 3: Colonialism, Race, and Representation  – Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 1:30 – 3:00 PM

Moderator: Dr.George J. Sánchez

  • Daniel Valella – American Ethos: Race, Coloniality, and Literary Persuasion
  • Francisa Delali Kumavie – Aerial Imaginaries: Flight and Aviation in Global Black Literature
  • Emily Yoon – Little Intimacies: Ecologies of Race, Migration, and Relation in Minority U.S. Fiction
  • Celina de Sá – Beautiful Obscurity: The New Search for Spain’s Black Origin

Panel 4: Healthcare, Humanity, and Cultural Context  – Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 3:15 – 4:45 PM

Moderator: Dr. Asha Nadkarni

  • Dario Valles – Comadre Citizenship: Latina Migrant Caregivers, Generation Z and the State after Welfare
  • Kelly Ward – A Job with a Cause: Medical assistants in abortion work
  • Whitney Pow – Inhuman: Diagnosis, Immigration, and Asian America in the History of Artificial Intelligence
  • Janet Muñiz – Cultural Preservation or Commercialization?: The Gentefication of Santa Ana’s Calle Cuatro

Panel 5: Politics of Intimacy and Identity – Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 9:00-10:30 AM

Moderator: Dr. Lina-Maria Murillo

  • Andrea Bolivar – “We Are a Fantasy:” Trans Latina Ways of Knowing, Being, and Loving
  • Anna Storti – Torn: U.S. Imperial Desire, Asian/white Life, and the Intimacy of Violence
  • Robert Franco – Revolution in the Sheets
  • Khytie Brown – Afro-Queer Journeys: Spiritual Intimacies and Rituals of Becoming in Transnational Revival Zion Religion

Panel 6:  Consciousness, Activism, and Institutional Change- Wednesday, August 14, 2024, 10:45 AM-12:15 PM

Moderator: Dr. David Garcia

  • Marisa Salinas – In Lak’ech from the Ivory Tower to the Prison Tower: Connecting Latina ‘Disposables’ to Latina ‘Exceptionals’ across Neoliberal Institutions
  • V Varun Chaudhry – Transcraft: Pedagogies of World-Building
  • May Lin – Feeling Justice in Long Beach’s Youth Organizing Movements
  • Stephanie Huezo – Revolutionary Learners: Grassroots Organizing and Political Consciousness in Salvadoran Communities, 1980-2020

We recognize that transmission of Covid-19 “FLiRT” variants is increasing and continue to monitor reports from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS).  The AT&T Conference Center and Hotel does not require staff and guests to wear masks at this time, but we encourage attendees to wear masks if you have medical concerns or begin experiencing symptoms.  

CE Retreat program and Participant instructions

Those participating as Moderators, Speakers and Panelists, please upload your direct deposit form (along with a voided check or proof of account) and a completed W9 via this link.

Airport Shuttle Information

If you booked your travel through Duluth, and experience any flight or booking issues, please call 800-316-0123 for assistance.

If your flights fall outside of the days listed below, you will be responsible for your own transportation.

  • Arrivals on Sunday, August 11 ONLY 
    • A driver from Pronto Rides Limousine will meet you in the Baggage Claim Area. They will be holding an Institute for Citizens & Scholars sign. The Pronto driver will contact you or a member of your group traveling to the hotel. You can also reach their 24/7 dispatch team at 512-580-3779.
  • Departures on Wednesday, August 14 ONLY 
    • Check-in with Ritu Mukherjee for departure times.
  • Optional activity shuttle on Tuesday, August 13
    • Sightseeing Cruise: If you signed up for the sightseeing cruise or Austin axe throwing, please feel free to join us for a cruise on the evening of August 13th. Please meet your shuttle driver at the Conference Center’s private driveway, located at the back of the building on Whitis Avenue and 20th Street. The cruise will run from 6pm – 8pm and a shuttle will bring you back to the hotel at its conclusion.

Hotel

AT&T Hotel and Conference Center, Austin, Texas.
Citizens & Scholars will book hotel accommodations after participants register.