Schedule for Symposium
Wednesday, Sept. 8, 3 pm – 7 pm (ET)
3:00 – Symposium Opens (Registrants Log-on)
3:10 – 3:30 – Opening Remarks (Frankie Y. Bailey, Professor, School of Criminal Justice)
3:30 -- Introduction of Keynote Speaker (Bailey)
3:45 – 4:45 –Keynote Address by Kimberly Johnson, Vice Provost for Undergraduate
Education and Student Success, University of Oregon
Author of This Is My America
5:00 – 6:15 – History in Crime Fiction
Naomi Hirahara
Sujata Massey
Richie Narvaez (Moderator)
David Heska Wanbli Weiden
6:15 – 7:00 – Informal Virtual Reception
Meet the Authors
Thursday, Sept. 9, 11 am- 7 pm (ET)
11:00 – Symposium Opens (Registrants Log-on)
11:05 – Welcome (Frankie Y Bailey)
11:15 - Co-Founders Kellye Garrett and Gigi Pandian about Crime Writers of Color
https://www.crimewritersofcolor.com/
11:30 am – 12:45 pm – Gender and Subgenres
Alafair Burke
Jennifer J. Chow
Alex Segura
Sandra SG Wong (Moderator)
1:00 pm – 2:00 pm – Brown Bag Lunch
Conversation with Professor Emerita Norlisha Crawford, African American Crime Fiction Scholar
(Recorded Spring 2021)
2:15 – 3:30 – The Roots of Black Pulp Fiction
Professor Kinohi Nishikawa (Princeton University)
Gary Phillips (Moderator)
3:45 – 5:00 – Noir Fiction
Christopher Chambers (Moderator)
Steph Cha
Tracy Clark
Stella Oni
5:15 – 6:15 – Authors on Writing
6:30 – 7:00 – Informal Virtual Reception
Meet the Authors