Previous Keynote Speakers

Dr. Ernest McGowen, III is an Associate Professor of Political Science, inaugural Program Coordinator of the Africana Studies program, and Director of the Race and Racism Project at the University of Richmond in Richmond, Virginia.

Dr. Morgan Smalls is an assistant professor at James Madison University in the School of Media Arts and Design. As a media and digital studies scholar, her areas of research center at the intersection of Africana studies, women and gender, social media, and popular culture.