10:15 Session I – Race, Class, and City Life
Moderator: Prof. Jina Lee
“A Neighborhood Apart: Signifiers of Race and Class in the NYC Urban Landscape”
Prof. Sean O’Connell, Essex County College
Prof. Sean O’Connell is a member of the English department at Essex County College and the co-advisor for Phi Theta Kappa. He teaches American Literature, Creative Writing, Modern Literary Masterpieces and English 101 and 102. Prof. O’Connell uses literature to explore identity and cultural issues in all his courses. He has had his work published in the New York Daily News, Social Life Magazine and in Skyline Words: Collected Stories. He is currently editing a collection of short stories entitled Whispering Screams for Osma Press, for which he also is a co-publisher. He lives in Manhattan with his wife, Elaine, and their daughter, Jane.
“Fear and Loathing in the Big Metropolis: the Darktown/Blackville Mashup”
Prof. Rebecca Williams, Essex County College
Prof. Rebecca Williams is an Assistant Professor in the English Dept. at Essex County College, where she teaches American Literature, African American Literature, and Composition. She is also a member of the college’s Africana Studies Program Committee, is co-chair of the Micheaux/Washington Black Film Series, serves as faculty co-advisor to the college’s Gay/Straight Alliance, and coordinates the Humanities Division’s annual Banned Books event. Her other academic interests include early American crime narratives, antebellum literature, African American modernism, popular culture, and memoir.
11:30 Session II – Religion in the Urban Sphere
Moderator: Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash
“Radicals of the Urban Spirit: Redescribing Religion in Prewar Greenwich Village”
Dr. Geoffrey N. Pollick, New York University, New York, NY
Dr. Geoffrey Pollick serves as Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow of Religious Studies at New York University, where he teaches and researches the history of religion in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His work emphasizes religion's entanglements with political radicalism; the role and dimensions of religious liberalism; and critical theory of religion. He is currently preparing a book manuscript entitled Between Chautauqua and Washington Square: Liberal Religion and the Lyrical Left, which addresses changes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Christian thought that moved from perfectionist evangelicalism to secular psychology, and that influenced the rhetoric of New York City’s prewar Left.
“Public Space, Muslims and the Urban Mosque in Newark, NJ: Engaging the American Public Square”
Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash, Essex County College
Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, USA; he currently resides in South Orange with his wife and three children. Nash is a doctoral candidate in the Arts and Letters Program at Drew University with a concentration in both history and Studies in Spirituality. Nash is a historian with a research and teaching interest in African-American history, New Jersey history, African history and Islam. Nash has taught a wide-range of history courses related to the above at Essex County College in Newark NJ since 1999. His latest book, Islam among Urban Blacks: Muslims in Newark, New Jersey, A Social History (2008) is the first book examining the evolution of Newark’s African-American Muslim community. The subject of his forthcoming book is Islam and Blacks: Africana History Reconsidered, currently under contract with Kendall-Hunt.
“Muslim News Organs and Black Empowerment”
“Radicals of the Urban Spirit: Redescribing Religion in Prewar Greenwich Village”
Dr. Geoffrey N. Pollick, New York University, New York, NY
Dr. Geoffrey Pollick serves as Assistant Professor and Faculty Fellow of Religious Studies at New York University, where he teaches and researches the history of religion in the United States during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. His work emphasizes religion's entanglements with political radicalism; the role and dimensions of religious liberalism; and critical theory of religion. He is currently preparing a book manuscript entitled Between Chautauqua and Washington Square: Liberal Religion and the Lyrical Left, which addresses changes in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Christian thought that moved from perfectionist evangelicalism to secular psychology, and that influenced the rhetoric of New York City’s prewar Left.
“Public Space, Muslims and the Urban Mosque in Newark, NJ: Engaging the American Public Square”
Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash, Essex County College
Prof. Mikal Naeem Nash was born and raised in Newark, New Jersey, USA; he currently resides in South Orange with his wife and three children. Nash is a doctoral candidate in the Arts and Letters Program at Drew University with a concentration in both history and Studies in Spirituality. Nash is a historian with a research and teaching interest in African-American history, New Jersey history, African history and Islam. Nash has taught a wide-range of history courses related to the above at Essex County College in Newark NJ since 1999. His latest book, Islam among Urban Blacks: Muslims in Newark, New Jersey, A Social History (2008) is the first book examining the evolution of Newark’s African-American Muslim community. The subject of his forthcoming book is Islam and Blacks: Africana History Reconsidered, currently under contract with Kendall-Hunt.
“Muslim News Organs and Black Empowerment”
Dr. Khuram Hussain, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY
Dr. Khuram Hussain is a former New York City schoolteacher and currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY where he serves as a community organizer with Tools for Social Change. He completed his Ph.D. in the Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University. His current scholarship explores the radical origins of multicultural education and contemporary grassroots anti-racist movements that resist neoliberal school reform. His book, Imaging the Black Freedom Struggle: Political Cartoons of Muhammad Speaks, 1960 - 1975, is under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press.
Dr. Khuram Hussain is a former New York City schoolteacher and currently serves as an associate professor in the Department of Education at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in Geneva, NY where he serves as a community organizer with Tools for Social Change. He completed his Ph.D. in the Cultural Foundations of Education at Syracuse University. His current scholarship explores the radical origins of multicultural education and contemporary grassroots anti-racist movements that resist neoliberal school reform. His book, Imaging the Black Freedom Struggle: Political Cartoons of Muhammad Speaks, 1960 - 1975, is under contract with Johns Hopkins University Press.
1:00 Session III – Creative Roundtable: Newark Street Art/Style Newark 350
Moderator: Fayemi Shakur, Aljira, A Center for Contemporary Art
Rodney Gilbert, Newark Mural Arts, Yendor Productions (bio to come)
Jerry Gant, Artist, Newark, NJ (bio to come)
Noelle Lorraine Williams, Artist, NJ
Noelle Lorraine Williams was born in 1975 in Jersey City, NJ and was raised in East Orange and Newark, where she now resides. She is a conceptual artist and works to build engaged community through cultural work through art, philanthropy, and community work for over 20 years. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social and Historical Inquiry from the The School for Social Research. Her work has garnered recognition in The New York Times, The Star Ledger, and ARTNEWS. Her work explores the crossroads where spirituality, culture, and freedom reside. Her website is www.rebornhome.com
Thursday, March 17 - Smith Lecture Hall
Noelle Lorraine Williams was born in 1975 in Jersey City, NJ and was raised in East Orange and Newark, where she now resides. She is a conceptual artist and works to build engaged community through cultural work through art, philanthropy, and community work for over 20 years. She received her Bachelor of Arts Degree in Social and Historical Inquiry from the The School for Social Research. Her work has garnered recognition in The New York Times, The Star Ledger, and ARTNEWS. Her work explores the crossroads where spirituality, culture, and freedom reside. Her website is www.rebornhome.com
Thursday, March 17 - Smith Lecture Hall
10:00 Session I – Newark History Newark 350
Moderator: Dr. Eileen De Freece
“Howard Street: 'Prostitutes, Whores, Bitches, and Ho's': Black Female Identity in Newark's Old 3rd Ward”
Dr. Eileen De Freece, Essex County College
Dr. Eileen De Freece is an associate professor of English at Essex County College. Besides having earned Masters’ degrees in Creative Writing and English, respectively, she also holds a Ph. D. in Literatures in English from Rutgers University. Dr. De Freece teaches writing and literature courses that explore issues of diversity that include race, class, gender and sexuality. Her doctoral dissertation, “Era Bell Thompson: Chicago Renaissance Writer” focuses on an overlooked, historically suppressed 20th century black woman writer who spent her life as a journalist studying issues of diversity from a global perspective. Dr. De Freece's most recently published work on Era Bell Thompson appeared in the journal Africalogical Perspectives.
“Howard Street: 'Prostitutes, Whores, Bitches, and Ho's': Black Female Identity in Newark's Old 3rd Ward”
Dr. Eileen De Freece, Essex County College
Dr. Eileen De Freece is an associate professor of English at Essex County College. Besides having earned Masters’ degrees in Creative Writing and English, respectively, she also holds a Ph. D. in Literatures in English from Rutgers University. Dr. De Freece teaches writing and literature courses that explore issues of diversity that include race, class, gender and sexuality. Her doctoral dissertation, “Era Bell Thompson: Chicago Renaissance Writer” focuses on an overlooked, historically suppressed 20th century black woman writer who spent her life as a journalist studying issues of diversity from a global perspective. Dr. De Freece's most recently published work on Era Bell Thompson appeared in the journal Africalogical Perspectives.
“The History of the Hospitals of Newark”
Dr. Michael J. McDonough, Berkeley College, Madison, NJ
Dr. Michael J. McDonough serves as the Chair and full time professor of health services administration at Berkeley College in New Jersey. His work encompasses traditional classroom courses, online education and new course development. He holds a Doctor of Medical Humanities degree and graduate degrees in economics and health services administration and an undergraduate degree in economics. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a former Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. For fourteen years, he served chairman of a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the laboratory and home of Thomas A. Edison in West Orange, NJ. He and his wife are the proud parents of three college educated children.
Dr. Michael J. McDonough, Berkeley College, Madison, NJ
Dr. Michael J. McDonough serves as the Chair and full time professor of health services administration at Berkeley College in New Jersey. His work encompasses traditional classroom courses, online education and new course development. He holds a Doctor of Medical Humanities degree and graduate degrees in economics and health services administration and an undergraduate degree in economics. He is a Fellow in the American College of Healthcare Executives and a former Licensed Nursing Home Administrator. For fourteen years, he served chairman of a non-profit organization dedicated to the preservation of the laboratory and home of Thomas A. Edison in West Orange, NJ. He and his wife are the proud parents of three college educated children.
“Newark Basketball 1957-1967: A Court of One’s Own”
Prof. Ronald Strothers, Essex County College
Prof. Ronald Strothers is the author of two books, Last Train From Sodom, a novel, and The Salt Mine, a cultural history. His work has appeared in several anthologies, including the Viking Penguin collection Streetlights, 1996. A Newark native, he teaches English and Philosophy at Essex County College.
Prof. Ronald Strothers, Essex County College
Prof. Ronald Strothers is the author of two books, Last Train From Sodom, a novel, and The Salt Mine, a cultural history. His work has appeared in several anthologies, including the Viking Penguin collection Streetlights, 1996. A Newark native, he teaches English and Philosophy at Essex County College.
11:30 Session II – Reimagining Noir
Moderator: Prof. Sean O’Connell
“Cities of Noir”
Dr. Jeffrey Lee, Essex County College
Dr. Jeff Lee is a college Biology professor in the multicultural metropolis that is Northeastern New Jersey. A child of LBJ’s Great Society, his love of reading was kindled in his local library, one of many around the country built through the generosity (?) of Steel Baron Andrew Carnegie. Through three degree programs, five colleges, several Federal grant programs and a half century in education, he has developed a holistic approach to teaching, learning and life. A true child of the sixties and early seventies, he is also a plastic model builder, ham radio operator, guitar player, toy train operator, amateur geologist, museum junkie and national park enthusiast. For the last 32 years he has been blessed to walk through this world with his co-presenter, Kathy Lee.
“Cities of Noir”
Dr. Jeffrey Lee, Essex County College
Dr. Jeff Lee is a college Biology professor in the multicultural metropolis that is Northeastern New Jersey. A child of LBJ’s Great Society, his love of reading was kindled in his local library, one of many around the country built through the generosity (?) of Steel Baron Andrew Carnegie. Through three degree programs, five colleges, several Federal grant programs and a half century in education, he has developed a holistic approach to teaching, learning and life. A true child of the sixties and early seventies, he is also a plastic model builder, ham radio operator, guitar player, toy train operator, amateur geologist, museum junkie and national park enthusiast. For the last 32 years he has been blessed to walk through this world with his co-presenter, Kathy Lee.
“21st Century Post-Modern Noir Detectives: Reclaiming Old Themes with New Faces”
Kathy Lee, Independent Scholar, Plainfield, NJ
Kathy Lee is an engineer by day and avid student of poetry, mysteries, thrillers, graphic novels and science fiction by night. As an engineer, thinking about the future is a requirement. Speculative Fiction represents the perfect intersection of new ideas and their possibilities and consequences. Kathy is a graduate of MIT and North Carolina State University. She studied chemistry, engineering and poetry. She is a mother of 2 teens, one in college and one almost ready. Currently she works as a researcher for an oil company. She is also an avid student of American History. She has roots in the South and now makes her home in New Jersey.
Kathy Lee, Independent Scholar, Plainfield, NJ
Kathy Lee is an engineer by day and avid student of poetry, mysteries, thrillers, graphic novels and science fiction by night. As an engineer, thinking about the future is a requirement. Speculative Fiction represents the perfect intersection of new ideas and their possibilities and consequences. Kathy is a graduate of MIT and North Carolina State University. She studied chemistry, engineering and poetry. She is a mother of 2 teens, one in college and one almost ready. Currently she works as a researcher for an oil company. She is also an avid student of American History. She has roots in the South and now makes her home in New Jersey.
“Batman, Comic Movies, and Film Noir”
Prof. Victoria Timpanaro, Essex County College
Prof. Victoria Timpanaro is a filmmaker, musician, and the Manager of Production Services at Essex County College. She also runs the college's Educational Access stations for Cablevision (Ch. 77) and for Verizon Fios (Ch. 37), and teaches CIN 101: Introduction to the Art of Film. Prof. Timpanaro's academic career started at Brookdale Community College, where she received an AA in Music and an AAS in TV/Video Production' She was also an active member of the Alpha Pi Theta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. At Ramapo College, she earned a double BA in Electronic Music and Digital Video Art, while minoring in Women's Studies. Prof. Timpanaro completed her MA in Media Studies at The New School. Her thesis work, a documentary entitled Indie/Cult/Horror, examined underground horror films of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. She is currently working on a new documentary series titled, Reel Women: Looking at Women in Horror and Sci-Fi Films.
Prof. Victoria Timpanaro, Essex County College
Prof. Victoria Timpanaro is a filmmaker, musician, and the Manager of Production Services at Essex County College. She also runs the college's Educational Access stations for Cablevision (Ch. 77) and for Verizon Fios (Ch. 37), and teaches CIN 101: Introduction to the Art of Film. Prof. Timpanaro's academic career started at Brookdale Community College, where she received an AA in Music and an AAS in TV/Video Production' She was also an active member of the Alpha Pi Theta Chapter of the Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society. At Ramapo College, she earned a double BA in Electronic Music and Digital Video Art, while minoring in Women's Studies. Prof. Timpanaro completed her MA in Media Studies at The New School. Her thesis work, a documentary entitled Indie/Cult/Horror, examined underground horror films of the 60s, 70s, and 80s. She is currently working on a new documentary series titled, Reel Women: Looking at Women in Horror and Sci-Fi Films.
1:00 Session III – Seeing Difference/Seeing Differently
Moderator: Prof. Rebecca Williams
“Soul Searching: The Racial Complexity of Cane”
Evan Jobst, College of St. Joseph, Rutland, VT, Sacred Heart University, Fairfield, CT
Evan Jobst completed undergraduate research for Conan Meets the Academy, a collection of essays that was published and later nominated for outstanding research in Robert E. Howard Studies in 2012. Other presentations include "The Internal Enemy: Urbanization, Reputation, and Social Anxieties in Antebellum America" in Louisiana State University's English Literature Graduate Journal in 2013. He currently resides in Charlestown, Massachusetts, a neighborhood in Boston.
“A Bosporus Adventure: Mary Mills Patrick’s, Dos Passos’s, and Hemingway’s Istanbul”
Dr. Sema Ege, University of Ankara, Ankara, Turkey
Dr. Sema Ege is a full professor at Ankara University in the Department of English. She has given English/American graduate and postgraduate courses, ranging from 17th century English Literature to 20th century English Literature (prose and poetry); from American Literature from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century (prose and poetry). She has written several articles on these subjects. In addition to the national conferences, she has presented papers at international conferences such as those of North East Modern Languages Association, Society for Utopian Studies, Utopian Studies Society (Europe), and others.
“Old Chinatowns, New Chinatowns: Ethnic Enclaves for Chinese Americans”
Dr. Douglas B. Rosentrater, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Dr. Douglas B. Rosentrater is Professor of Arts and Humanities, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA. He served as Chairperson of the Department of Language and Literature six years and is a member of the Community College Humanity Association (CCHA). He is also the recipient of six National Endowment for the Humanities grants.
Dr. Sema Ege is a full professor at Ankara University in the Department of English. She has given English/American graduate and postgraduate courses, ranging from 17th century English Literature to 20th century English Literature (prose and poetry); from American Literature from the colonial era to the mid twentieth century (prose and poetry). She has written several articles on these subjects. In addition to the national conferences, she has presented papers at international conferences such as those of North East Modern Languages Association, Society for Utopian Studies, Utopian Studies Society (Europe), and others.
“Old Chinatowns, New Chinatowns: Ethnic Enclaves for Chinese Americans”
Dr. Douglas B. Rosentrater, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA
Dr. Douglas B. Rosentrater is Professor of Arts and Humanities, Bucks County Community College, Newtown, PA. He served as Chairperson of the Department of Language and Literature six years and is a member of the Community College Humanity Association (CCHA). He is also the recipient of six National Endowment for the Humanities grants.
2:30 Lunch
*Afternoon Sessions Held in Siegler Hall
3:50 Session IV – Round Table: Blogging Newark Newark 350
Moderator: Prof. Jennifer Wager
Tehsaun Glover, Journalist, The Newark Times, Newark, NJ (bio to come)
Lisa Durden, Filmmaker, Social Media Guru, Newark, NJ (bio to come)
Hugo Dos Santos, Ironbound Blogger, Newark, NJ (bio to come)
7:00 Session V – Gentrification Blues Panel and Film Screening
Moderator: Prof. Jennifer Wager
“The Making of First Friday,” Filmmakers N’Jeri Eaton and Mario Furloni
“The Making of First Friday,” Filmmakers N’Jeri Eaton and Mario Furloni
“Pruitt-Igoe and the Failure of Modernism”
Prof. Michael Pekarofski, Essex County College
Prof. Michael Pekarofski has taught ESL and English courses at ECC for more than twenty years. His course offerings include Modern Literary Masterpieces (ENG 215) and American Literature (ENG 222), which he is scheduled to teach in Fall 2014. Holding an Ed.M. in Language Education and an M.A. in English, Prof. Pekarofski taught courses in the Writing Program at Rutgers-Newark for seven years, and is a doctoral candidate in the American Studies Program, also at Rutgers. In Fall 2012 he published "The Passing of Jay Gatsby: Class and Anti-Semitism in Fitzgerald's 1920s America" in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, an internationally renowned, peer-reviewed, academic journal.
This panel is co-sponsored by the National Black Programming Consortium.
Prof. Michael Pekarofski, Essex County College
Prof. Michael Pekarofski has taught ESL and English courses at ECC for more than twenty years. His course offerings include Modern Literary Masterpieces (ENG 215) and American Literature (ENG 222), which he is scheduled to teach in Fall 2014. Holding an Ed.M. in Language Education and an M.A. in English, Prof. Pekarofski taught courses in the Writing Program at Rutgers-Newark for seven years, and is a doctoral candidate in the American Studies Program, also at Rutgers. In Fall 2012 he published "The Passing of Jay Gatsby: Class and Anti-Semitism in Fitzgerald's 1920s America" in the F. Scott Fitzgerald Review, an internationally renowned, peer-reviewed, academic journal.
This panel is co-sponsored by the National Black Programming Consortium.
Friday, March 18 - Siegler Lecture Hall
9:45 Doors Open
10:00 Closing Session – Do the Right Thing – Film Screening
“Living for the City: Politics and Poetics of Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing”
Prof. Jennifer Wager and Prof. Rebecca Williams, Essex County College
"Equality for Flatbush: Anti-Police Repression, Affordable Housing, and Anti-Gentrification"
Imani Henry, Activist and Lead Organizer, Equality for Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY (bio to come)
"Equality for Flatbush: Anti-Police Repression, Affordable Housing, and Anti-Gentrification"
Imani Henry, Activist and Lead Organizer, Equality for Flatbush, Brooklyn, NY (bio to come)
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