Winston-Salem State University
Pre-Scholars Conference
“Within, Across, Outside of the Humanities”
Please join us for the Winston-Salem State University Pre-Scholars Conference, where undergraduate students from North Carolina and South Carolina will showcase their academic research.
This conference provides a platform for undergraduate students to engage deeply with primary sources, develop critical thinking skills, and present their academic work.
By participating, undergraduate students gain valuable research experience and prepare for future academic and professional endeavors. Don’t miss this opportunity to support emerging scholars and celebrate academic excellence.
This event will include a keynote presentation by Dr. Dana A. Williams.
Date: Saturday, March 29
Time: 9 am to 4 pm
Location: Donald J. Reaves Student (DJR) Center, 760 Success Way, Room 100
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Dana A. Williams, Dean of Howard University Graduate School
The keynote address will be presented Dr. Dana A. Williams, the first female dean of the Howard University Graduate School. A specialist in contemporary African American Literature, she earned her B.A. in English from Grambling State University in Grambling, LA in 1993, her M.A. in 1995 from Howard University, and her Ph.D. in African American Literature from Howard University in 1998.
As a recipient of the Ford Foundation Postdoctoral Scholar award in 1999, she was a visiting research fellow at Northwestern University in Evanston, IL. Before returning to Howard University as a faculty member in 2003, Dr. Williams taught at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge for four years.
In 2008-09, she was a faculty fellow at the John Hope Franklin Humanities Institute at Duke University, and she assumed the chairmanship of the Department in 2009, serving three terms in that position. In 2019, she was appointed as interim dean of the Graduate School and then named permanent dean in 2021.
She is the former president of the College Language Association, the oldest and largest professional organization for collegiate faculty of color who teach languages and literatures. She also served as president of the Modern Language Association, making her the first person to serve as president of both humanities organizations.
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