Give Light and People Will Find the Way:The Future of the Field of Black Women's Studies

Session Submission Type: Plenary Session

Abstract

This roundtable discussion will explore the myriad ways African American and Diasporic women have been written into and often times become the dominant narratives in fields where considerations of them were once remiss.

Sub Unit

• ASALH Centennial Annual Meeting and Conference

Chair

• Natanya Duncan, Lehigh University

Discussants

• Farah Griffin, Columbia University

• Faye V. Harrison, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

• Jessica Marie Johnson, Michigan State University

• Tiffany Gill, University of Delaware

• Tiffany Ruby Patterson, Vanderbilt University

• Alondra Nelson, Columbia University