Please join us for the
16th Annual CalU Hip Hop Conference
“Expression, Community, Wellness, & New Frontiers for Hip Hop”
Tuesday, April 26th (Duda 303)
3:30pm – “Afro-futurism Art” Presentation and Exhibit
by Brandon Jennings, Award-winning Artist
4:30pm – “Elements Demonstration” ~ Skeletor & Ant Amazin
Wednesday, April 27 (Duda 303)
1pm – “From Emmett Till to Young Dolph: Young Grief, Public Mourning & Music as Catharsis”
by Anthony Sanders and Dr. Kelton Edmonds
Thursday, April 28th (Steele Hall Mainstage) – *also livestreamed
4pm – Keynote Panel: Hip-hop Expression: Theory, Artistic Freedom, & the Oral Tradition
KRS-One, Hip-hop Legend & Dr. Zoe Spencer, Professor of Sociology (Virginia State University)
Moderator: Dr. Todd Carlisle, Associate Professor of English (CalU)
Friday, April 29th (all in Duda 103)
12pm – Roundtable: “My Era of Hip-hop is Doper than Yours!”
~Generation X vs. Millennials
1pm – Panel on, “Mental Health & the Hip-hop Generation” (Duda 103 & livestreamed)
· Dr. Darla Timbo, Assistant Professor of Psychology (CalU)
· Dr. Rueben Brock, Assistant Professor of Psychology (CalU)
· Dr. Tracie Webb-Bradley, Optum Health Behavioral Solutions
2:30pm – ADP Panel on, “Critical Race Theory: Red-Herrings vs. Realities” (Duda 103 & livestreamed)
· Dr. Michelle Torregano, Associate Professor of Education (CalU)
· Dr. Jane Walsh, Professor of Sociology (Clarion University)
· Dr. Jeff Tienes, Professor of Sociology (Clarion University)
· Del. Sean Hornbuckle, West Virginia House of Delegates
· Dr. Tim Konhaus, Professor of History (Glenville State University)
Sponsored by: CalU, Edinboro University, The Office Diversity/Equity/Inclusion, the Frederick Douglass Institute, The Offices of the President and Provost, The Department of Humanities and the American Democracy Project
For more information please contact Dr. Kelton Edmonds – Edmonds_k@calu.edu