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Knights HistoryCastEpisode 49: The 2024 ZORA! Afrofuturism Conference with Dr. Julian Chambliss and Dr. Scot French. Plus, Reflections on the 2020-2024 ZORA! Afrofuturism Conference CycleThe Department of History's Sebastian Garcia spoke with Afrofuturism Academic Conference curators Dr. Julian Chambliss and Dr. Scot French about this year's edition of the ZORA! Festival Afrofuturism Academic Conference which was grounded in the theme of the space of Afrofuturism. This thematic approach was incredibly timely as Dr. Chambliss and Dr. French discussed thoroughly how they used the conference as a public platform to widen attention and draw support for the Robert Hungerford School in Eatonville, Florida, which is currently in a complex legal battle to retain its historical and cultural significance to Eatonville in the face of ge...2024-02-171h 15
The Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 27: Notes from the FieldsIn this episode, I’m joined by Owen Gottlieb. Owen is an Associate Professor of Interactive Games and Media and the Founder and Lead Research Faculty of the Initiative in Religion, Culture, and Policy (RCP) at the RIT MAGIC Center and MAGIC Spell Studios. Owen leads the Interaction, Media, and Learning Lab. The lab is focused on interventions that expand our understanding of learning, exploration, play, and media. The lab’s projects encompass games and simulations for religious and cultural literacy, game design for policy impact, applications of interactive media for healing and wellness, uncovering valuable historical instructional design histories, and...2023-12-1045 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 26: A Conversation with Walter Greason & Fielder about “A Graphic of Hip Hop #1”In this conversation I spoke with Dr. Walter Greason and Tim Fielder about “A Graphic History of Hip Hop #1.” This new comic project explore the history and impact of Hip Hop and was created in conjunction with New York City Department of Social Studies and Civics. In this conversation we learned about how the project came to be and what they hope to accomplish.2023-11-1253 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 25: A Conversation with Gamal Hennessy about the Business of Freelance Comic Book PublishingIn this episode, I spoke with author Gamal Hennessy about his new Kickstarter project, a book to teach readers about the freelance comic book publishing.2023-10-1152 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Very Special Audio Commentary from Dr. Christina KnopfIn this episode of the Graphic Possibilities Podcast, we return to our audio commentary on comics. We turned to Dr. Christina Knopf for this commentary to learn about comics and politics. Dr. Knopf specializes in political communication. She is a rhetorician and sociologist studying the rhetoric of the popular arts - comics, cartoons, letters, films, animations, and shows - for what and how it communicates about our social-political reality. Her work particularly focuses on depictions of war and the military and of politics and campaigns, with an interest in concerns of gender, race, health, community, and civic engagement. Her...2023-08-0112 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Dr. Lonny J Avi Brooks about Designing the AfrofutureDr. Lonny J. Avi Brooks is an associate professor in communication at California State University, East Bay. As the Co-Principal Investigator for the Long Term and Futures Thinking in Education Project, he has piloted the integration of futures thinking into the communication curriculum. As a leading voice in Afrofuturism, Brooks contributes prolifically to the field through diverse mediums, including numerous journals, book chapters, conferences, exhibitions, and festivals in the United States and worldwide. He is a co-creator alongside Ahmed Best and Jade Fabello of Afrorithm Futures Group, an afrofuturist story collective and consultancy that creates tools to empower corporations...2023-07-111h 03The Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Dr. tobias c. van veen about Afrofuturism, Sound, and CultureIn this episode, we spoke with Dr. Tobias c. van Veen.
Dr. van Veen is Visiting Scholar at the ReImagining Value Action Lab at Lakehead University and Visiting Professor in Humanities at Quest University. He holds a doctorate in Philosophy and Communication Studies from McGill University. His transdisciplinary research and teaching address the philosophy of race, sound, and technology in critical media studies.
He has published widely on Afrofuturism, posthumanism, and electronic dance music cultures (EDMC). tobias is lead editor of the “Black Lives, Black Politics, Black Futures” special issue...2023-05-2958 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Dr. Qiana Whitted about Afrofuturism and EC ComicsIn this episode I talk with Dr. Qiana Whitted. Qiana Whitted is professor of English and African American Studies at the University of South Carolina. A graduate of Hampton University with a PhD from Yale University, her research and teaching focus on Black literary and cultural studies, and American comics and graphic novels. She is the author of the 2020 Eisner Award-winning book, EC Comics: Race, Shock, and Social Protest, the 2009 book, “A God of Justice?”: The Problem of Evil in Twentieth-Century Black Literature, and co-editor of the 2012 essay collection on Comics and the U.S. South. Rutgers University Press will...2023-04-3039 minKnights HistoryCastEpisode 30: Dr. Julian Chambliss and the 2023 ZORA! Festival Academic Conference. Plus, His Work on Afrofuturism, History Podcasting, and Comic Book Studies(Originally published by Sebastian Garcia on February 16th, 2023) The Department of History’s Sebastian Garcia talked with Dr. Julian Chambliss, a Professor of English with an appointment in History and the Val Berryman Curator of History at the MSU Museum at Michigan State University. He is also the Conference Curator of the 2020-2024 ZORA! Festival Academic Conference Cycle. This podcast focuses explicitly on the 2023 ZORA! Festival Academic Conference, which took place at the end of January. From his role in curating the conference, its direct connections and ties to Afrofuturism and Zora Neale Hurston, to podcasting and comic book stu...2023-04-291h 27The Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Dr. Michael DandoWe speak with Dr. Michael Dando in this episode about comics, hip-hop, and education. Dando is a multicultural education scholar focusing on hip-hop culture and the representation of self. In collaboration with Professor John Jennings (writer) and artist David Brame, Dando has revived Lion Man, one of the characters in All Negro Comic #1, created in 1947 by Orrin Cromwell Evans. The new Lion Man comic offers a new generation of readers a chance to follow the adventures of the seminal black comic character. In this conversation, we explored his vision of the transformative potential for Afrofuturism and how those ideas ca...2023-03-3157 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Rodney BarnesIn this episode, we spoke with the award-winning screenwriter, producer, and graphic novelist Rodney Barnes. Barnes has established himself as a creative force in Hollywood, working on projects such as The Boondocks on Adult Swim and Wu-Tang: An American Saga on Hulu. Barnes's writing credits include Marvel/Hulu series Runaways and Starz's American Gods. In addition, Barnes currently serves as the executive producer for HBO's Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Beyond television, Barnes has written extensively for comics. Killadelphia debuted from Image Comics in 2019. Written by Barnes with art by Jason Shawn Alexander, this st...2023-02-2456 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Dr. Chesya BurkeIn this episode, we talk with Dr. Chesya Burke. Burke is an Asst. Professor of English and U.S. Literature. Having written and published over a hundred fiction pieces and articles within science fiction, fantasy, comics, and horror, her academic research focuses primarily on the intersections of race, gender, and genre. Her primary areas of study are African American literature, race and gender studies, comics, and speculative fiction. 2023-01-2753 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Special Audio Bibliography Featuring Dr. Anna PeppardAs a part of our continuing engagement with the Graphic Possibilities Open Educational Resource (OER), the Graphic Possibilities Research Workshop (GPRW) is reaching out to comic scholars to provide audio commentary about vital conversations linked to comics. In this episode, Dr. Anna Peppard offers an overview of sexuality in American Comics. Peppard has a Ph.D. in Literature from York University. She is an adjunct lecturer and former Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada postdoctoral fellow in the department of Communication, Popular Culture, and Film at Brock University. She has studied representations of race, gender, and sexuality w...2022-09-2712 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastA Conversation with Curt PiresIn this episode, Dr. Julian Chambliss speaks with Curt Pires about New America, his newest Comixology original. Pires is a bestselling writer, producer, and creative that splits his time between Calgary, Canada and Hollywood. He is the creator of several Comixology originals, including YOUTH, LOST FALLS, and MEMORIA. He is the founder of TECC CONTENT, a vertically integrated publishing and production house.2022-09-0236 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 15: "Rachel Marie-Crane Williams" (Summer 2022)In this episode, we speak with Dr. Rachel Marie-Crane Williams, the newly-minted Dean of the Division of Liberal Arts at the University of North Carolina School of the Arts (UNCSA). She is the author of Run Home If You Don’t Want to Be Killed: The Detroit Uprising of 1943 (2021) and Elegy for Mary Turner: An Illustrated Account of a Lynching (2021). What has she learned about telling the story of race in the United States through comics? What lessons can we take from her experience in the classroom? In this conversation, we ask Professor Williams to reflect on using comics to...2022-07-2649 min
The Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 14: "Marek Bennett" (May 2022)We are excited to be speaking with Marek Bennett, who joined us to speak about his contributions to the comics anthology Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont, as well as some of his recent and upcoming comics projects!
Marek Bennett is a New Hampshire-based based cartoonist, musician, and educator , who leads discovery-based Comics Workshops for all ages throughout New England and the world beyond! His comics work includes the Daisy Turner book, the graphic novel series, The Civil War Diary of Freeman Colby, as well as drawing, translating, & editing for The Most C...2022-05-2446 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 13: "Joel Christian Gill" (February, 2022)We are proud to present the first episode in a short series of interviews with cartoonists who worked on the comics anthology Turner Family Stories: From Enslavement in Virginia to Freedom in Vermont. Edited by Jane Beck and Andy Kolovos, this anthology presents some stories from Daisy Turner, a black woman born in Vermont in 1883. Working with six New England cartoonists Turner Family Stories presents two of Daisy's accounts from the life of her father, Alec Turner, by Marek Bennett and Joel Christian Gill, and two stories from Daisy's own life by Francis Bordeleau and Lilllie Harris. The comics...2022-02-1039 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 12: "Karlos K. Hill" (Oct. 2021)In this episode, we are joined by Karlos K. Hill, who spoke with the MSU community in a zoom webinar about his recent comic, The Murder of Emmett Till: A Graphic History.
Karlos spoke with us about the life and legacy of Emmett; about bearing witness to and doing deep justice work to narratives of racial violence; the absolute necessity of community-engaged scholarship; and enhancing the pedagogical opportunities to graphic histories with archival, supplementary, and educational materials.
Since this episode is part of our webinar series we’re doing this year, we’re going to pres...2021-10-081h 18The Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 11: "Alina Pete and Kel McDonald; Guest host: Dr. Gordon Henry, MSU"In this episode Julian and Justin are joined by guest host Dr. Gordon Henry to speak with comics creators Alina Pete, who is Nehiyaw (Cree) and Kel McDonald about their new comics Kickstarter, The Woman and the Woods and Other North American Stories: an all-new anthology of fantastic comics inspired by original North American folktales―from the thrilling tale of Chokfi the trickster rabbit, to the stirring story of the White Horse Plains― as told by Indigenous creators.
We talk with Alina and Kel about the significance of bringing together an all-Indigenous group of crea...2021-08-2632 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 10: "Sadam Issa and Valentina Denzel" (March 2021)In this episode we speak with Valentina Denzel and Sadam Issa from Michigan State University’s Graphic Narratives Network about the use of comics in language-specific and multilingual classrooms!
Sadam Issa is an Assistant Professor at the Linguistics Department and Michigan State University. His research interests range from discourse analysis and sociolinguistics, to research on anxiety in the classroom, the use of technology, visual rhetoric, and lastly, political cartoons. He has also published articles in a number of journals including Pragmatics and Society, Arabic Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Politeness Research, Popular Music and Society, Visual Studies, an...2021-08-0652 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E9: "Mixed-Race Superheroes with Eric Berlatsky and Sika Dagbovie-Mullins" (Ford, Wigard), Summer 2021In this episode, which we recorded back in November of 2020, we speak with Eric Berlatsky and Sika Dagbovie-Mullins, co-editors of the edited collection “Mixed-Race Superheroes” from Rutgers University Press.
Eric Berlatsky is Professor of English, Associate Dean of Graduate Studies, and Director of the PhD in Comparative Studies at Florida Atlantic University. He is the author of The Real, The True, and The Told: Postmodern Historical Narrative And The Ethics of Representation (The Ohio State University Press, 2011), and is the editor of Alan Moore: Conversations (University Press of Mississippi, 2012). He has also authored or co-authored articles on The Flas...2021-07-2637 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 8: "Brandon Easton" (May, 2021)Buckle in for the latest installment of the Graphic Possibilities Podcast, a double-length episode with Brandon Easton!
We got to hear about Brandon's experiences teaching comics within the NYC public school system, along with some lessons on visual literacies and strategies that Brandon deployed to meet students where they are at with intentional text selection. Brandon enlightened us on the challenges in writing non-fiction comics, particularly true crime comics and biographical ones vs storytelling through long-standing pop culture properties. Lastly, Brandon gives us sneak previews of his upcoming work on Mister Miracle and Shilo Norman, his experiences w...2021-04-3059 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 7: "Will Kent" (April, 2021)Episode 7: "Will Kent" (April, 2021)
In this episode, Julian, Justin, and Nicole speak with Will Kent, the Wikidata Program Manager at Wiki Education. Will enlightened us about the uses, extensions, and applications for Wikidata, but also the critical need for open-access repositories of data -- like Wikidata. We also hear from Will about some entry and higher-level Wikidata pedagogical activities in the classroom. Following up on his talks with Graphic Possibilities, Will tells us about some really incredible groups working with Wikidata, including Black Lunchtable and Women in Red, collectives that are engaging with Wikipedia to enact discursive...2021-03-3029 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastEpisode 6: "Deborah Whaley" (March, 2021In this episode, Justin and Nicole speak with the MSU Comics Forum Keynote Scholar: Professor Deborah Elizabeth Whaley. Professor Whaley joined us for a conversation about her recent book, Black Women in Sequence, particularly the precarious-but-powerful relationship between fandoms, creators, and critics in regards to manga. We hear from Professor Whaley about her creative pedagogies with regards to critical-making in the classroom, and the significance of offering new approaches to teaching not only for students, but for ourselves as educators. Following up on her successful graduate research workshop with the MSU English Department, Professor Whaley enlightens us with some...2021-03-1552 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E5: "Daniel Fandino" (Wigard) Feb, 2021In this episode, Justin speaks with PhD Candidate Daniel Fandino about his work conducting archival research with Japanese-American popular culture, particularly as these ideologies manifest in both Japanese and American comics. Justin talks with Daniel about his experiences participating in the 2020 HistoryMakers Fellowship workshop during Summer 2020, and discusses his accordion model of designing lesson plans utilizing the HistoryMakers video archive. Comics and creators mentioned: The Umbrella Academy, New Mutants, Strange Academy, and We Only Find Them Where They're Dead.
Daniel Fandino is a PhD Candidate in the Department of History at Michigan State University. His academic fields of st...2021-02-0132 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E4: "Elizabeth LaPensée" (Chambliss, Ford, Wigard) Nov, 2020In this episode, Ronny, Julian, and Justin speak with Professor Elizabeth LaPensée about her work creating, illustrating, and writing Indigenous comics and games. We talk with Beth about the graphic power of Deer Woman, the importance of being seen and seeing ones identity represented in comics, and practices of critical-making with students.
Elizabeth LaPensée is an award-winning designer, writer, artist, and researcher of Indigenous-led media including comics. She is Anishinaabe with family at Bay Mills, Métis, and Irish, and an Assistant Professor of Media & Information and Writing, Rhetoric, & American Cultures at Mich...2020-11-0237 min
Every Tongue Got to Confess PodcastAfrofuturism and the Zora Neale Hurston FestivalIn this episode, Holly Baker talks with Dr. Julian Chambliss about Afrofuturism and the Zora Neale Hurston Festival.2020-10-2230 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E3: "Tim Fielder" (Chambliss, Wigard), Oct. 2020In this episode, we speak with Tim Fielder, who is an Illustrator, concept designer, cartoonist, and animator born in Tupelo, Mississippi, and raised in Clarksdale, Mississippi. He has a lifelong love of Visual Afrofuturism, Pulp entertainment, and action films. He holds other Afrofuturists such as Samuel R Delany, Octavia Butler, Pedro Bell, and Overton Lloyd as major influences.
Tim has worked over the years in the storyboarding, film visual development, gaming, comics, and animation industries for clients as varied as Marvel Comics (‘Dr Dre: Man With A Cold Cold Heart’), The Village Voice, Tri-Star Pictures (‘The Mothership Connec...2020-10-1946 min
Meaningful Learning with Dr. Samantha CutraraSource Saturday: "Future Bear" & "Gus Henderson" with Dr. Julian ChamblissDr. Julian Chambliss and I talk about the speculative possibilities of art in thinking about climate change and injustice. We discuss his work on "Future Bear" with artist and professor Rachel Simmons and also the Gus Henderson comic strip featuring the life of editor of the Winter Park Advocate. We then go on an unexpected, but delightful, tangent on digital humanities, digital archiving and transcription, and the how this work can be powerful assignments for students.See Future Bear here: http://futurebear.mystrikingly.com/Co-created by artist and professor Rachel Simmons: https://rachelsimmons.squarespace.com/See the...2020-10-1850 min
Meaningful Learning with Dr. Samantha CutraraSource Saturday: "Future Bear" & "Gus Henderson" with Dr. Julian ChamblissDr. Julian Chambliss and I talk about the speculative possibilities of art in thinking about climate change and injustice. We discuss his work on "Future Bear" with artist and professor Rachel Simmons and also the Gus Henderson comic strip featuring the life of editor of the Winter Park Advocate. We then go on an unexpected, but delightful, tangent on digital humanities, digital archiving and transcription, and the how this work can be powerful assignments for students.
See Future Bear here: http://futurebear.mystrikingly.com/
Co-created by artist and professor Rachel Simmons: https://rachelsimmons.squarespace.com/2020-10-1800 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP S1, E2: "Ho Che Anderson" (Chambliss, Wigard, Ford), Sept. 2020In this bonus episode, we’ll be speaking with creator Ho Che Anderson, author of the upcoming illustrated book, Stone.
Born in London, England, Ho Che Anderson was named after the Vietnamese and Cuban revolutionaries Ho Chi Minh and Che Guevara.
Anderson began his career as the author of numerous graphic novels, including KING, a biography of Martin Luther King, the horror thriller, SAND & FURY, and the science-fiction action-adventure, GODHEAD.
During this time he also wrote the children’s novel, THE NO-BOYS CLUB.
After a two-year stint as a Toronto Star repo...2020-09-2126 minThe Graphic Possibilities PodcastGP, S1E1: Chambliss, Wigard, Ford (Sep. 2020)In this episode, Julian, Justin, and Ronny talk about the past, present, and future of Graphic Possibilities. We each give a brief intro to our connections with comics, talk about some of our ongoing projects, and look ahead to the Fall semester.
Comics and creators mentioned: Prince Valiant, Morrie Turner, Calvin and Hobbes.
Intro/Outro music is "Happy Level" by SketchyLogic. Their work can be found here.2020-08-2816 min
Reframing HistoryCEDAR and a Community Centric Digital HumanitiesIn this episode, I spoke with my colleagues in the Consortium for Critical Diversity in a Digital Age Research (CEDAR).
Christina Boyles, Assistant Professor of Culturally-engaged Digital Humanities in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC). Christina’s work explores the relationship between disaster, social justice, and the environment.
Kristin Arola, Associate Professor in the Department of Writing, Rhetoric, and American Cultures (WRAC). Kristin’s work focus on the intersections between American Indian rhetoric, multimodal pedagogy, and digital rhetoric.
They join Sharon Leon, Associate Professor in the Department of History and previous guest early in the season.
CEDAR is a...2020-07-2838 minReframing HistoryRobert Cassnello and A Digital Public HistoryIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Robert Cassanello. Cassanello is an associate professor of history at the University of Central Florida. He describes himself as a “social historian interested in public history.” He has published several books on race, labor and politics in the United States. In addition, he has curated exhibits such as The Long History of the Civil Rights Movement in Florida and From Kin to Kant: Turpentine Culture in Central Florida. Cassanello co-produced numerous media projects such as the films, The Committee and Filthy Dreamers with his UCF colleague Dr. Lisa Mills. I reached out to him...2020-07-1440 minReframing HistoryRoopika Risam and New Digital WorldsIn this episode, I spoke with Roopika Risam, Associate Professor of English and the Faculty Fellow for Digital Library Initiatives at Salem State University. Dr. Risam’s research interests lie at the intersections of postcolonial and African diaspora studies, humanities knowledge infrastructures, digital humanities, and new media. Her book, New Digital Worlds: Postcolonial Digital Humanities in Theory, Praxis, and Pedagogy, was published by Northwestern University Press in 2018. She is co-editing two volumes: Intersectionality in Digital Humanities with Barbara Bordalejo for Arc Humanities Press and The Digital Black Atlantic with Kelly Baker Josephs for the Debates in the Digital Humanities series (Un...2020-06-3043 minReframing HistoryDhanashree Thorat and a Postcolonial Digital HumanitiesIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Dhanashree Thorat, Assitant Professor of English at Mississippi State University. Dr. Thorat received her Ph.D. in English from the University of Florida in 2017. She is a founding Executive Council member of the Center for Digital Humanities in Pune, India. She serves as the lead organizer for a biennial winter school on Digital Humanities and advises the center on digital archival projects and DH curriculum development. Dr. Thorat has written about her experiences with building DH networks in the Global South as a HASTAC Scholar (2015-2016) and as a postdoctoral researcher in Digital...2020-06-1635 min
Meaningful Learning with Dr. Samantha CutraraIn conversation with Dr. Julian Chambliss {Pandemic Pedagogy convo 27} Imagining a New 'We'How do we teach history during COVID? Digital historian and podcaster Dr. Julian Chambliss uses the commemoration of Juneteenth to talk about the promise of freedom deferred and that the social movements for greater equity happening during COVID reflect the anger at the long-term systematic failure of delivering on this promise for African Americans.Learn about the Pandemic Pedagogy series on the Imagining a New 'We' video series, here: https://www.imagininganewwe.com/videos/pandemic-pedagogyWatch our conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fxcxTm7cJfsLearn more about Julian and his work on his website: www.julianchambliss...2020-06-1255 minMeaningful Learning with Dr. Samantha CutraraIn conversation with Dr. Julian Chambliss {Pandemic Pedagogy convo 27} Imagining a New 'We'How do we teach history during COVID? Digital historian and podcaster Dr. Julian Chambliss uses the commemoration of Juneteenth to talk about the promise of freedom deferred and that the social movements for greater equity happening during COVID reflect the anger at the long-term systematic failure of delivering on this promise for African Americans.
Learn about the Pandemic Pedagogy series on the Imagining a New 'We' video series, here: https://www.imagininganewwe.com/videos/pandemic-pedagogy
Watch our conversation on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fxcxTm7cJfs
Learn more about Julian and his work on...2020-06-1255 minReframing HistoryConnie L. Lester and Finding Regional HistoryIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Connie L. Lester, Associate Professor of History at the University of Central Florida. Professor Lester is the Director of Regional Initiative to Collect History, Experiences, and Stories (RICHES) of Central Florida. In operation since 2010, RICHES is a community-centered digital humanities project. As such, it speaks to the potential of the digital humanities to support scholarship about community that might be overlooked. In our conversation we discuss the origins of the project, it evolution, and the possible pathways as it continues to evolve.2020-06-0233 minReframing HistoryLaurie N. Taylor and Cultivating Caribbean KnowledgeIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Laurie N. Taylor. Taylor is the Senior Director for Library Technology and Digital Strategies and Chair of the Digital Partnerships and Strategies Department and Editor-in-Chief, LibraryPress@UF at the University of Florida, George A. Smathers Libraries. She also serves as the Digital Scholarship Director of the Digital Library of the Caribbean (dLOC).
Dr. Taylor earned her Ph.D. in English/Media Studies and Digital Humanities in 2006 and received a Master of Arts in the same discipline in 2002, both from the University of Florida. Dr. Taylor’s scholarship focuses on the socio-technical (e.g., pe...2020-05-1937 minReframing HistoryBrooks Hefner and Circulating American MagazinesIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Brooks Hefner, Professor of English and Director of Graduate Studies at James Madison University. Hefner along with Ed Timke received a National Endowment for the Humanities Digital Advancement Grant for Circulating American Magazines, a data visualization project designed to make 100 years of circulation figures for major American periodicals publicly accessible. I spoke with Brooks about the origins of the project and how he sees his digital humanities practice as means to expand scholarship, engage students, and reach out to the public.2020-05-0537 minReframing HistoryHilary Green and Transformative Digital HistoryIn this episode I spoke with Dr. Hilary Green, Associate Professor of History in the Department of Gender and Race Studies at the University of Alabama. Her research and teaching interests explore the intersections of race, class, and gender in African American history.
Dr. Green’s digital humanities project Hallowed Grounds began in the Spring of 2015. What she describes as her “side project” has grown into a unique example of a digital humanities project that engages students and the public around questions of race and memory.2020-04-2130 minReframing HistoryKathryn Tomasek and Encoding Digital HumanitiesIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Kathryn Tomasek. Dr. Tomasek has been exploring the use of digital tools to enhance student learning since 1992. She began to use XML compatible with the guidelines of the Text Encoding Initiative in assignments requiring transcription and markup of primary sources in 2004. As part of the Wheaton College Digital History Project, students in her courses do original research with documents from the founding period of the college. Tomasek’s research project, Encoding Financial Records, received a Start-Up Grant from the Office of Digital Humanities at the National Endowment for the Humanities in 2011. In this ep...2020-04-0743 minReframing HistoryMaryemma Graham and the Black ImaginationIn this episode, I spoke with Dr. Maryemma Graham from the History of Black Writing Project at the University of Kansas. Graham is a University Distinguished Professor in the Department of English. Dr. Graham and her project is a fascinating case study in the complex legacy linked to race and digital humanities. She turned to “digital” methods before it was “digital humanities” and as such her project has a long, but surprisingly not well known history. In 1983 she founded the project with the goal documenting black literary works. The project moved to the University of Kansas in 1999. In our conversation, she reco...2020-03-2447 minReframing HistoryAmy Derogatis and the Sound of ReligionIn this episode, I speak with Amy Derogatis from the Department of Religious Studies at Michigan State University. She is a professor of religion and American culture and served as the Faculty Excellence Advocate for the College of Arts and Letters. Her most recent book Saving Sex: Sexuality and Salvation in American Evangelicalism (Oxford, 2015). Her commentary on religion and culture has appeared in the New York Times, The Atlantic Monthly, and Salon.com. DeRogatis joined me to discuss the American Religious Sounds Project, a collaborative digital initiative, supported by the Henry Luce Foundation, that seeks to document and interpret the...2020-03-1040 minReframing HistorySharon Leon and Digital PathwaysIn this episode, I spoke with my colleague Dr. Sharon Leon. Leon is an Associate Professor of History at Michigan State University, where she teaches about digital and public history and is developing a digital project related to enslaved communities in Maryland. Prior to joining the History Department at MSU, Leon spent over thirteen years at George Mason University working in the Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media as Director of Public Projects. In that position, she oversaw dozens of award-winning collaborations with libraries, museums, and archives around the country. In our conversation, we talked about her...2020-02-2537 minReframing HistoryRob Nelson and Making Digital ScholarshipIn this episode, I spoke with Robert K. Nelson, the director of the Digital Scholarship Lab at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia. Nelson has been at the forefront of some of the most dynamic projects linked to digital humanities in the public sphere. The DSL has developed multiple visualization projects under the umbrella of the American Panorama (AP) project. AP is described as “a historical atlas of the United States for the twenty-first century” and combines in-depth research with interactive mapping techniques. The maps on AP present data-rich visualizations that explore questions around redlining, migration, and electoral politics. As a...2020-02-111h 05Reframing HistoryKathleen Fitzpatrick and Public Digital HumanitiesIn this episode I spoke with Dr. Kathleen Fitzpatrick. Dr. Fitzpatrick is Director of Digital Humanities and Professor of English at Michigan State University. Prior to assuming that role in 2017, she served as Associate Executive Director and Director of Scholarly Communication for the Modern Language Association. In addition, she was managing editor for PMLA and other MLA publications. Her most recent book, Generous Thinking: The University and the Public Good was published in 2019. She is also project director for Humanities Commons, an open-access, open-source network serving more than 10,000 scholars and practitioners in the humanities. In our discussion, Dr. Fitzpatrick outlined...2020-01-2827 minReframing HistoryReframing History (Trailer)2020-01-2000 minReframing HistoryReframing History (Trailer)2020-01-2000 min
Every Tongue Got to Confess Podcast410 Mayor Edward Jones on The Zora Neale Hurston Festival and The Legacy of Black AgencyDuring the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival of Arts and Humanities, we spoke to Honorable Edward Jones. He is the seventh and current mayor of Grambling, Louisiana, one of the historic black communities that founded the Historic Black Towns and Settlement Alliance (HBTSA).2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast409 Deborah Plant and Learning from Zora Neale HurstonDuring the 2019 festival, we spoke with Deborah Plant. Dr. Plant is an Africana Studies scholar and literary critic and an associate professor at the University of South Florida. She is also the editor of the recently published book, Barracoon: The Story of the Last Black Cargo, written by Zora Neale Hurston in 1931.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast408 Pamela McCauley and Education Activism Inspired By Zora Neale HurstonDuring the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival, we spoke with Dr. Pamela McCauley. Dr. McCauley is a nationally recognized speaker, author, and a tenured Professor in the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management Systems at the University of Central Florida where she leads the Human Factors in Disaster Management Research Team.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast407 Julian Chambliss and the Black Imaginary Inspired By Zora Neale Hurston407 Julian Chambliss and the Black Imaginary Inspired By Zora Neale Hurston by Julian Chambliss2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast406 Joshua Walker and Innovation In the Spirit of Zora Neale HurstonDuring the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival, we spoke with Joshua Walker, one of the cofounders of Black Orlando Tech (BOT) about technology, innovation, and the way the Zora Festival is inspiring a new generation of black innovators.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast405 Dr Deidre Crumbley On Finding Zora Neale Hurston In Scholarship and PracticeDuring the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival, we spoke with Dr. Diedre H. Crumbley, anthropologist and Professor Emerita at North Carolina State University about her long legacy of engagement with the Zora Neale Hurston, Eatonville, and the Festival.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast404 Zienzi Dillon and a Global Perspective Linked to Zora Neale HurstonWe spoke with Zienzi Dillon, a banker and international financier about the Zora Neale Hurston Festival and the opportunity for engagement with Africa.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast402 Anna Lillios and The Transformation Of ZoraHolly Baker spoke with Dr. Anna Lillios about Zora Neale Hurston and the Zora Fest. Dr. Lillios is an author and a professor of English at the University of Central Florida. Dr. Lillios long history with the festival sheds light on Hurston's centrality to modern academia.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast403 Cheryl Wall And Eatonville, Zora Neale Hurston, and TransformationWe spoke with Dr. Cheryl Wall at the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival. Dr. Wall is a literary critic and professor of English at Rutgers University.2019-10-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess Podcast401 Alice Walker and Reflections on the Zora Neale Hurston FestivalDuring the 2019 Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities, we spoke with award-winning author, poet, and activist Alice Walker about Zora Neale Hurston and the Festival.2019-10-1100 minReframing HistoryBonus Ep: Tina BucuvalasIn this bonus episode I’m speaking to Dr. Tina Bucuvalas, the former director of Florida Folklife Program & State Folklorist from 1996 to 2009. Dr. Bucuvalas worked with communities across the state and developed a number of public programs to spotlight Florida’s rich cultural heritage. Her work in Eatonville, FL is noteworthy as she helped make the case for the town addition to the National Register of Historic Places.2019-06-0925 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastAmbassador Elam Thomas on Zora Festival and Global CommunityAmbassador Harriet Elam-Thomas talks about her diplomatic career and discusses how African American students can impact the global community through foreign relations.2018-11-1500 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastJulian Chambliss on the Zora Neale Hurston Festival and CommunityDr. Julian Chambliss talks about the history of the Zora Neale Hurston Festival of the Arts and Humanities and its emphasis on education, culture, and building community.2018-11-1500 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Danita Blow on HomeschoolingRev. Dr. Danita Blow talks about the benefits of homeschooling, particularly for the African American community.2018-11-1500 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Chambliss Goes to MichiganDr. Julian C. Chambliss discusses his departure from Rollins College in Central Florida, joining the Department of English at Michigan State University, and his continued connection to the Zora Neale Hurston Festival in historic Eatonville.2018-11-1500 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastMariah Roman on Art and Eatonville's LegacyArtist and Eatonville native Mariah Roman talks about growing up in Eatonville and carrying on the community’s legacy through community-based projects.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastJasmyne Reese and the Eatonville's LegacyNeighborhood Coordinator for the Town of Eatonville and native Jasmyne Reese discusses growing up in Eatonville and carrying on the community’s legacy through community-based projects.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Jennifer Cavenaugh on Zora Neale Hurston and Rollins CollegeDr. Jennifer Cavenaugh, Dean of the Faculty at Rollins College, discusses the historic connection between Rollins College and Zora Neale Hurston.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastCandace Finley on STEAM LearningCandace Finley, former Orange County public school teacher and founder/CEO of ESTEAMed Learning talks about STEAM project-based learning, education training, professional development, and the ways in which Zora Neale Hurston inspires her.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastShy Morris & Art Activism in Central FloridaShy Morris discusses her arts activism through her Peace Arts program that combines education, arts, and community service to empower African American youth in New Smyrna's Historic West Side community.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastWalter Hawkins and Oswmar Louis On Jones High School HistoryWalter Hawkins, President of the Jones High School Museum and Oswmar Louis, a college student at the University of Central Florida talk about the Jones High School Museum and the recent documentary film about the Jones High School marching band historic participation in the 1964 World's Fair called Marching Forward.2018-11-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Walter Greason on Community, Erasure, And Black ActivismDr. Walter Greason, Dean of the honors school and chair of the Department of Education at Monmouth University talks about journalist and civil rights leader T. Thomas Fortune, community building, and tapping into the energy of the festival in order to mobilize locally and nationally.2018-11-1300 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr Scot French & Gramond McPherson Discuss Bringing Eatonville History to LightDr. Scot French and Mr. Gramond McPherson discuss the exhibit they curated for the Zora Neale Hurston National Museum of Fine Arts on the founding of the Association to Preserve Eatonville Community.2018-11-1300 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Grant Cornwell on the meaning of Liberal EducationDr. Grant Cornwell, president of Rollins College outlines how the aims of the Communities Conference co-sponsored by Rollins College and Zora Neale Hurston Festival factors into a holistic vision of liberal arts at Rollins College.2018-11-1300 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastLizette Valarino on the history of Latinx Cultural ActivismLizette Valarino, the former Special Assistant to Orange County Mayors Mel Martinez and Richard Crotty, discusses the historic legacy of Latinx cultural activism in Central Florida.2018-11-1200 minReframing HistoryEpisode 10: Whose History?In this week’s episode, Scot French (University of Central Florida) and Julian C. Chambliss (Michigan State University) discuss the critical role of memory in shaping perception of community history.2018-08-1239 minReframing HistoryEpisode 9: The Archivist's ViewIn this week’s episode I spoke with Rachel H. Simmons, the archivist for the Winter Park Public Library (https://www.wppl.org/). Working with the community to craft a more holistic narrative that weaves the collective experience together relies on the support of archivist. In thinking about the project that inspires this podcast, we recognize it as public scholarship to enhance civic discourse. Public Scholarship is defined by Imagining America (https://imaginingamerica.org/). IA help to define public scholarship as projects that promote mutually-beneficial partnerships between higher education and organizations in the public and private sphere. Under that framework co...2018-08-0516 minReframing HistoryEpisode 8: A Conversation with Dr. Diedre HouchenA Conversation with Diedre Faith Houchen about Black Education and Liberation
In this week’s episode, we delve deeper into the black social world by examining a liberatory tradition in education. Historically, achieving education and economic stability were priorities for African Americans after the Civil War. The effort to achieve access to education is one defining aspect of the collective activism we see in black communities since Reconstruction. Those struggles continue, but to learn more about the legacy of education activism I spoke with Diedre Houchen, a postdoctoral associate for the Center for the Study of Race and Race Relations in...2018-07-2932 minReframing HistoryEpisode 7: A Conversation with Walter GreasonThis week I spoke with Walter D. Greason. Walter is the Dean of the Honors School and an historian in the Department of History and Anthropology at Monmouth University in West Long Branch, New Jersey. His recent works include Planning Future Cities (a co-edited collection on urban development with Anthony Pratcher II), Cities Imagined (a co-edited collection on the Africa Diaspora in media and culture with Julian C. Chambliss), and Industrial Education (a co-edited collection on race and industrialization with David Goldberg). Greason’s groundbreaking cultural history, Suburban Erasure, won the prize for Best Non-Fiction about New Jersey in 2014. He al...2018-07-2226 minReframing HistoryEpisode 6 : The New SouthIn this episode we discuss what we mean by New South and the implications of thinking about Winter Park, Florida as a window on southern history after Reconstruction.2018-07-1555 minReframing HistoryEpisode 5: Making KnowledgeIn this episode Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University) and Scot French (University of Central Florida) talk about the knowledge gleamed from doing digital history in a local context.2018-07-0858 minReframing HistoryEpisode 4: Change the StoryIn this episode Julian Chambliss (Michigan State University) and Scot French ( University of Central Florida) discuss how they approach the idea of changing the community history for Winter Park, Florida.2018-07-0128 minReframing HistoryEpisode 3: The ProcessIn this episode Dr. Julian Chambliss and Dr. Scot French discuss the process of re-imagining a community history narrative.2018-06-2423 minReframing HistoryEpisode 2: Rethinking the CityIn this episode Julian Chambliss ( Department of English and History at Michigan State University) and Scot French (Department of History, University of Central Florida) discuss finding the pathway to rethinking the local history narrative for Winter Park, Florida.2018-06-1918 minReframing HistoryReframing HistoryA podcast exploring community history.2018-06-1613 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Scot French Discusses Finding and Preserving Local HistoryScott French discusses the importance of finding and preserving history in local communities of color. At the Zora Festival in 2017, he led several students in their research projects about real-life, local, and important community history initiatives. Dr. French and his students use digital storytelling tools to magnify the narratives of the communities they partner with.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastCarlene Jackson from the National Urban Housing & Eco Comm Dev Corp.Carlene Jackson speaks about the National Urban Housing and Economic Community Development Corporation (NUHECDC), a non-profit organization that works to implement a comprehensive approach to fighting poverty in urban areas through affordable housing, homeownership, and life skills training for those with barriers to employment.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastPorsha Dossie discusses Historic Black Community in Seminole County, FloridaPorsha Dossie discusses her research on uncovering the hidden history of vibrant African American communities in historic Seminole County, Florida. She used a range of digital and traditional methodologies to achieve her final project, which was an online collection of stories and artifacts.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastDr. Michelle Robinson talks about graduate work exploring Hobson City, AlabamaMichelle Robinson speaks about her research projects with graduate students and community members in Hobson City -- the first self-governed black municipality in the state of Alabama.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastJose Flores discusses the legacy of Arturo SchomburgJose Flores discusses a research project centered on the influence and importance of Arturo Schomburg – activist, writer, historian, and philanthropist during the Harlem Renaissance – especially for Puerto Ricans in New York. Schomburg viewed Pan Africanism as an avenue to create political expression for Puerto Ricans and African Americans alike.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastHolly Baker Discuss Creating a Florida Folklore ProjectHolly Baker explains her ongoing effort to produce a curated online exhibit featuring folk songs and folklorists from communities of color throughout state of Florida, collected by the Federal Writers Project during The Depression Era.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastGramond McPherson Discusses ParamoreA conversation with Gramond McPherson about the ways in which the Orlando community of Paramore – a historically and still predominantly black community in central Florida – views itself and its history. His research project also explores how that community history is portrayed to the broader public.2017-11-2000 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastThe Role of Community Engagement and the link to the Rollins College ExperienceA discussion with Dr. Julian Chambliss, professor of History and Coordinator of the Africa and African-American Studies program at Rollins College about the community engagement experience as a part of Rollins College curriculum.2017-03-1500 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastEngaging Communities Of Color"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. In episode 6 we have a discussion of how local communities may be a partner to educational institutions through an ecosystem of curricular and co-curricular activities.2017-01-1800 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastThe Communities of Color Conference at the 2017 Zora Neale Hurston Festival"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. Episode 5 features a discussion about the Community of Color Conference to debut in 2017.2017-01-1100 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastThe Link between Eatonville and Rollins College"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. In episode 4 we discuss the links between historic Eatonville and Rollins College Community.2017-01-0300 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastThe importance of stories and Zora Festival 2017"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. In episode 3 we discuss the significance of Eatonville and the role it plays in the Rollins community.2016-12-2800 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastThe Global Citizen"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. In episode 2 we discuss the role that a liberal arts college plays in promoting holistic learning and how students can enact global citizenship and responsible leadership both inside and outside the classroom.2016-12-1400 minEvery Tongue Got to Confess PodcastWelcome To The Podcast"Every Tongue Got To Confess" is hosted by Professors of History Julian Chambliss (Rollins College) and Robert Cassanello (University of Central Florida). In the same spirit as Zora Neale Hurston - famous African American novelist, short story writer, folklorist, and anthropologist - this podcast explores the experiences and stories of communities of color. In episode 1 we discuss the upcoming anniversaries for the Zora Festival.
Interviewee: N.Y. Nathiri, Executive Director of the Association to Preserve the Eatonville Community2016-12-0700 min
The Drunken Odyssey with John King: A Podcast About the Writing LifeEpisode 158: Julian Chambliss!In this week’s episode, I talk to the historian Julian Chambliss,
Dmetri Kakmi writes about how reading Paul Bowles’s The Sheltering Sky taught him how to write about psycho-geographic dis-associations.
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Check out Julian Chambliss's site here.
Check out John Sims' site devoted to the Confederate flag project.
Check out the news coverage of the Flag Funerals Project by (in order of decreasing journalistic competence) WESH, WKMG Local 6, and WFTV.
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