Conference Program

Introduction

9:00-9:20

Greetings, thanks, and some brief information about the conference and day's plans

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Session 1- Network & Memory

9:30-10:30

Valentina Alduen: Narrators of the Historical Memory of San Basilio de Palenque: A Decolonial Project of the Kuchá Suto Collective Youth; Darcey Rydl: Coloniality and the Paradoxes of Migrancy: Experiences of Nicaraguan Migrants in Costa Rica; Bethany Davis & Kevin Ozomaro: Social Movement Splintering: An Examaniation of Stockton Stands with Minneapolis and News Media Representation; Sudeep Bhargava: Constructing a Queer Asian/Pacific Islander Archive: Network-Building in Community Organizing

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Session 2- Tolerance & Television

10:45-11:45

RK Gonazalez: Drag Around the World: How "RuPaul's Drag Race" Reflects Queer Cocultures and Their Mainstream Societies; Carmen Miranda: Community-Based Intervention Leads to Telenovela; Lizette Beltran: How the Stories Told in Mexican Televisa Telenovelas Push Colorist and Classist Views in Mexican Households; Lora Kim: The Tragedy of Adore Delano: Double-Marginalization in Non-Heteronormative Drag

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Keynote Speaker- Dr. Shinsuke Eguchi

12:15-1:15

Transparency, Reflexivity, &Hopefulness: Desiring Intersectional Queer Principles of IDEA
(Inclusion, Diversity, Equity & Accessibility) beyond Tolerance

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Session 3- Tolerance in Music & Dance

1:30-2:30

Emilia Denerville: Cheer Supremacy: White Savior Complex in Cheer; Preston Willis: "Taylor Swift doesn't write her own music": Discourse On Women's Ownership, Androcentrism in the Music Industry, and the Emergence of Swiftian Feminism; Katie Love: Play it Again: The Story Behind Taylor Swift's Re-Recordings and Professional Heartbreak; Jessica Bettis: Tragedy at Astroworld: How Unintentional Loss makes an Impact

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Session 4- Tolerance & Representation

1:30-2:30

Mary Smith: Hegemonic Masculinity and Duke Cannon Supply Co.; Mehri Yavari: “Saving the girls' face”:  Hymenoplasty and the Rhetoric of Virginity in Iran; Soham Sen: Decoding 'Mauka Mauka': Analyzing Nationalism in Modi's India through the lens of Cricket Commercials; Shelby Landmark: The Evolution of Critical Disabilities Studies

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Alternative Works Viewing and Interacting

2:45-3:45

Check out the Alternative Work presentations ranging from round table discussions, group projects, to video games!

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Session 5- Tolerance in Education

4:00-5:00

Madisyn Welsh: Zero Tolerance Policies and the School-to-Prison Pipeline: The Important Role of School-Family Collaborations in Decreasing Juvenile Delinquency; Elysia Lin et al: Storytelling & Healing: Student-Led Community Building through Narrative and Art; Bradley King: My Teacher Does Not Have to Look Like Me: Diversity Among Teachers in Texas Public Schools; Damarius Johnson: Legacies of Black History: The Movement Beyond the Month

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Session 6- Tolerance & Feminism

5:15-6:15

Ofri Lizer: "Female Age" at the Contemporary New Age Culture; Zoe Roman: Where Body Confidence Holds its Weight: A Cross-Platform Critical Discourse Analysis of the Body Positivity Movement on Social Media; Ebony Purks: There's Salvation in our Pleasure; Kyle Chitwood: “I Object” to gendered language: A training for bridal expo organizers and vendors on gendered language surrounding marriage

All sessions will be held via Accelevents. Links will be provided through your ticket purchase on the website.