11th Annual Atlanta Studies Symposium: At a Glance
Friday, April 12, 2024
Woodruff Library
Emory University
540 Asbury Circle
Atlanta, GA 30322
SCHEDULE
8:15 — 8:30 a.m.
Registration: Booth in front of Jones Room
8:30 — 8:35 a.m.
Opening Remarks: Jones Room
8:40 a.m.— 9:55 a.m.
Session 1
A.) Housing and Development
Location: Jones Room
Moderator: Michael Leo Owens, Emory University
B.) Visions of a more environmentally just Atlanta through community and university partnerships
Location: Woodruff Library 312
Moderators: Allen Hyde, Joe Bozeman, Georgia Institute of Technology
C.) Understanding the Print Culture of Atlanta: Collecting, Researching, and Teaching with Periodicals
Location: Woodruff Library 314
Moderator: Erica Bruchko, Emory University
10:00 a.m. — 11:00 a.m.
Keynote: Professor Cynthia Neal Spence
Introduction by Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Spelman College
Location: Jones Room
11:00 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.
Break
11:15 a.m.— 12:30 p.m.
Session 2
A.) The Home Team Film, Community Investment, Community Benefit?
Location: Woodruff Library 312
Moderators: Wayne Kendall, Carmelle Kendall
B.) Environment and Wellbeing
Location: Jones Room
Moderator: J. Marshall Shepherd, University of Georgia
C.) Unearthing Atlanta’s Past: Learning Urban History with Collaborative Digital Projects
Location: Woodruff Library 314
D.) AI and Other Innovations for the Built Environment
Location: Center for AI learning: Classroom 217
12:30 p.m. — 1:30 p.m.
Lunch and Poster Session
Location: Jones Room
1:30 p.m. — 2:45 p.m.
Session 3
A.) Bridging Community Storytelling and Institutional Support
Location: Woodruff Library 314
B.) Community visions of Atlanta: a view from the Community-soil-air-water (CSAW) partnership
Location: Woodruff Library 312
C.) History and Archives
Location: Center for AI Learning: Classroom 217
D.) The Relevant Data that Impacts Education Policies & Economic Mobility
Location: Jones Room
2:50 p.m. — 4:05 p.m.
Session 4
A.) Constructing a Shared Vision for an Energy Secure Atlanta
Location: Woodruff Library 312
B.) Historic Atlanta, Say Gaytl: The Atlanta LGBTQ+ Historic Context Statement
Location: Woodruff Library 314
C.) Building Environmental Justice & Climate Protection
Location: Center for AI Learning: Classroom 217
4:05 p.m. — 4:15 p.m.
Break
4:15 p.m. — 5:15 p.m.
Cliff Kuhn Memorial Lecture: Professor Chris Sellers
Introduction by Casey Cater, Georgia State University
Location: Jones Room
His talk today is entitled, Atlanta: Crucible of Modern Democracy.
5:15 — 5:25 p.m.
Closing Remarks
Location: Jones Room
5:30 p.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Reception: Rose Library
Sponsors of the event include Emory’s Center for Digital Scholarship, the Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry, Writing Program, and the Department of Quantitative Theory and Methods, the Atlanta University Center Robert W. Woodruff Library, Clark Atlanta, Georgia State University’s Department of Geosciences, Urban Studies Institute and Department of History, the Georgia State University Library, Georgia Institute of Technology’s Schools of Interactive Computing, City and Regional Planning, Architecture, History and Sociology, and Public Policy; University of West Georgia; Kennesaw State University’s Departments of Architecture, History and Philosophy, and Geography and Anthropology; The Atlanta Interdisciplinary AI Network.
Symposium Organizing Committee
J. Marshall Shepherd, Georgia Athletic Association Distinguished Professor/Associate Dean for Research, Scholarship and Partnerships in Geography and Atmospheric Sciences (University of Georgia).
Katherine Hankins, Department Professor and Chair of Geosciences (Georgia State University).
Na’Taki Osborne Jelks, Assistant Professor of Environmental and Health Sciences (Spelman College).
Thomas Jackson Jr., African American Studies and History Librarian (Robert Woodruff Library).
Louise Shaw, Senior Curator (David J. Sencer CDC Museum).
Allen Hyde, Associate Professor of History and Sociology (Georgia Institute of Technology).
Jesse Karlsberg, Senior Digital Scholarship Strategist (Emory Center for Digital Scholarship).
Kaelyn McAdams, Ph.D. Candidate, Department of History (Emory University).
Clint Fluker, Senior Director of Culture, Community, and Partner Engagement (Michael C. Carlos Museum and Libraries).
Brandeis Marshall, Data Equity Strategist in Computer Science (DataedX Group, LLC).
LeeAnn Lands, Professor of History (Kennesaw State University).
Ben Miller, Committee Chair, Associate Teaching Professor of Writing, Quantitative Theory and Methods (Emory University).