The National Communication Association will sponsor a day-long pre-conference titled "Yet with a Steady Beat": Creating and Sustaining the African American Public Address Tradition on Wednesday, November 13, 2019, at its national conference in Baltimore, Maryland. Chaired and organized by Andre E. Johnson, Associate Professor of Rhetoric and Media Studies at the University of Memphis, the conference will consist of panel presentations and a roundtable discussion centered on the recent conversation around diversity versus merit.
**All of the pre-registered seating is gone! However, we are collecting a waiting list. If you are still interested in attending, please sign up here to be placed on the waiting list.
**All of the pre-registered seating is gone! However, we are collecting a waiting list. If you are still interested in attending, please sign up here to be placed on the waiting list.
Sponsor: Preconferences
Wed, 11/13/19: 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
Baltimore Convention Center
Room: 344 (300 Level)
Baltimore Convention Center
Room: 344 (300 Level)
Official Social Media Hashtag:
#AAPA2019
Below is the schedule:
8am-8:30am: Gathering, Introduction to the pre-conference:
8:30am-9:45am-Panel 1: Politics and Protest in African American Public Address
Chair: Natonya Listach, University of Memphis
David A. Frank, University of Oregon
Damariyé L. Smith, University of Memphis
Erica Cooper, East Carolina University
Andrew Boge, University of Iowa
Respondent: Richard Leeman, the University of North Carolina at Charlotte
9:45am-10:00am-Break
10:00am-11:15am: Panel 2: Religious Rhetoric and Oratory
Chair: Melissa Renee Harris, Howard University
Earle Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Nicole McDonald, Christian Theological Seminary
Scott Varda, Baylor University
Matt Farmer, University of Georgia
Respondent: David G. Holmes, Pepperdine University
11:15am-11:30am-Break
11:30am-12:45pm- Roundtable: Diversity vs Merit: A Response to the DS Controversy
Jack Daniel, Co-founder of the Black Caucus of the National Communication Association
Dorthy Pennington, University of Kansas
Richard Besel, Grand Valley State University
Kimberly Moffitt, University of Maryland Baltimore County
Carlos Morrison, Alabama State University
Elizabeth F. Desnoyers-Colas, Georgia Southern University-Armstrong Campus
Roslyn Satchel, Pepperdine University
Moderator: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
12:45pm-1:00pm-Break
1:00pm-2:15pm: Panel 3: Womanist Rhetorical Theory and Criticism
Chair: Ayo Morton, University of Memphis
Kimberly P. Johnson, Tennessee State University
Tiffany J. Bell, Valparaiso University
Dianna Watkins-Dickerson, University of Memphis
A. Madlock-Gatison, Independent Scholar
Respondent: Toniesha L. Taylor, Texas Southern University
2:15-2:30pm-Break
2:30pm-3:45pm: Panel 4: Future Directions
Chair: Lionnell "Badu" Smith, University of Memphis
Kelly Jakes, College of Charleston
Carolin Aronis, University of Colorado Boulder & Natasha Shrikant, University of Colorado Boulder
Kristine Warrenburg Rome, Flagler College
Nicholas Prephan, Wayne State University & Arthi Chandrasekaran, Wayne State University
Respondent: Robert Terrill, Indiana University
3:45-4:00pm: Concluding Remarks
4:00pm-5:15: Roundtable: In the Beginning Was the Word: Understanding the Intersection of Rhetoric Race and Religion. Hosted by the Religious Communication Association.
Location: Sheraton Inner Harbor Hotel. 300 South Charles Street, Baltimore, MD.
Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
Dianna Watkins-Dickerson, University of Memphis
Kimberly P. Johnson, Tennessee State University
Christopher House, Ithaca College
R. Janae Pitts-Murdock, Christian Theological Seminary
Earle Fisher, Memphis Theological Seminary
Michelle E. Shaw, Northwestern University
Monique Moultrie, Georgia State University
Kyle Brooks, Methodist Theological School in Ohio
C.L. Dangerfield, University of Memphis
7:00pm-8:30pm: Pulpit Oratory: Jesus and the Black Prophetic Tradition
Hosted by New Saint Mark Baptist Church, 3905 Springdale Avenue Baltimore, Maryland
Senior Pastor: Rev. Dr. Bowyer G. Freeman
Guest Speaker: Andre E. Johnson, University of Memphis
