PROGRAM

Herman C. Hudson Graduate Research Symposium

Saturday, April 4, 2009, Neal-Marshall Black Culture Center, IUB

Power to the People: Holistic Therapy in the Diaspora

Room A223
9:15-10:45am

Celeste Henery
Paper Title: “Singing and Shouting: Rethinking Healing and Blackness in the Lives of Senior
Black Women in Brazil”

Shannon Caldwell
Paper Title: “Something in Common: Exploitations of African Americans, Animals, and
Other Stories”

James Ellis III

Paper Title: “Part of the Problem or Part of the Solution?: The Role Parents Can Play in
Redefining Family, Faith, and Freedom for African American Teenagers in Postmodern
American”

Rebirth of a Nation: Navigating Political & Racial Identities in the U.S.

Bridgwater Lounge
9:15-10:45am

Therese Kennelly
Paper Title: “Biracial Existential identity in Nella Larsen’s Novella Quicksand”

Delphine Criscenzo
Paper Title: “Contemporary Issues Faced by the Cherokee Freedman”

Cierra Olivia Thomas-Williams

Paper Title: “Is there a Native American and Indigenous Diaspora?”

Fear of a Black Planet: National vs. Ethnic identity in Diasporic Communities

Bridgwater Lounge
12:15-2:15pm

Josef Woldense
Paper Title: “Nation or ethnicity: Forging Eritrean[es] and Ethiopian[es]”

Heather Moore
Paper Title: "Navigating the Waters: Cultural Difference and Educational Success for
Transnational Blacks"
Antonio Garcia
Paper Title: “Dominican Dilemmas in Schooling: Are they really ‘Negro’?”

Fight the Power: Politics

Room A223
12:15-2:15pm

Sarah Farmer
Paper Title: “The Race Race: Race, Privilege, & Identity in Indiana University’s Little 500
Cycling Event”

Lanier Frush Holt

Paper Title: “Revisiting Katrina: A Look at Who Supported the Clean-Up Effort (and who did
not)”

Shelby Cooley
Paper Title: “Neo-Political Engagement in the 2008 Election: Understanding Plurality of
Black Identity and Politicization on Electoral Participation”

Yo! Bum Rush the Mic: Music as Cultural Expression

Bridgwater Lounge
2:30-4:30pm

Jean-Christophe Henry
Paper Title: Senegalese Hip Hop: Negotiating the Transition From Cultural Movement To
Political Power [1988-2009]

Martha S. Al-Hieh
Paper Title: “Muslim, Music, and the Search for Meaning in the American Diaspora”

Sarah Florini
Paper Title: “Hip-Hop and Black Nationalism in the 21st Century: Beyond Public Enemy and
Tupac”