2024: Climate Crisis and the Politics of Diminishing Cultural Landscapes

Southern Anthropological Society
57th Annual Meeting
14-16 March 2024
Newport News, Virginia

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Schedule
2024
Thursday, March 14th
3:30 PM

Registration

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

3:30 PM - 6:00 PM

4:00 PM

Community Engaged Learning: Community Members as Partners in the Classroom

Andria Timmer, Christopher Newport University
George Kuster, Christopher Newport University
Federica Bono, Christopher Newport University
Brooke Covington, Christopher Newport University
Chelsey Hamm, Christopher Newport University
Willy Donaldson, Christopher Newport University
Mary Wrtight, Christopher Newport University

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

4:00 PM

Systems of Strength and Silence: How Local Communities Work Towards Rights Recognition

Julia Ashworth, College of William and Mary
Victoria Gum, College of William and Mary
Ginny Helmandollar, College of William and Mary
Atanya Lewis
Zaki Lewis
Connie Harshaw

David Student Union: Washington Room

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

6:00 PM

Reception

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: Ballroom

6:00 PM - 7:30 PM

Friday, March 15th
7:30 AM

Breakfast

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

7:30 AM

Registration

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

7:30 AM - 5:00 PM

8:30 AM

Environmental Relationships

Marjorie Snipes, University of West Georgia
William H. Westermeyer, University of South Carolina
Marcos Mendoza, University of Mississippi

David Student Union: Washington Room

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

8:30 AM

Place and Displacement: Disasters, Housing, and Survival

Yadong Li, Tulane University
Lennon Caro, Camino Research Institute
Kaitlyn Sisco, University of Mississippi
Md. Asaduzzaman, Arizona State University

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM

10:00 AM

Posters

Anna Rahilly, Davidson College
Phoebe Salomon, Christopher Newport University
Calvin Sloan, College of William and Mary
Chloe Younce, Christopher Newport University
Atticus Wingfield, Christopher Newport University

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

10:00 AM - 12:30 PM

10:30 AM

Pedagogy and Curriculum in K-12, Higher Education, and the Field

Kiley E. Molinari, Francis Marion University
Megan C. Haggard, Francis Marion University
Stephanie H. Williams, Francis Marion University
Mae Rohlk, Randolph-Macon College
Scott London, Randolph-Macon College
Mandy Muise, Vanderbilt University

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

10:30 AM

Thinking About the Field: Ethnography, Social Relationships, and Legitimacy

Seth Palmer, Christopher Newport University
Jennifer Scott, University of West Georgia
Maximillian X. Conrad, University of Mississippi

David Student Union: Washington Room

10:30 AM - 12:30 PM

12:00 PM

Executive Board Meeting

Executive Board Members

David Student Union: Madison Room

12:00 PM - 1:15 PM

1:30 PM

Industrial Agriculture, Food Systems, and Pollution

Sandra Stevens, Valdosta State University
Connor Shigetoshi McClung, Christopher Newport University
Adeline Smith, Marshall University
Shelly Yankovskyy, Valdosta State University
Christopher Loy, Christopher Newport University

David Student Union: Washington Room

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

1:30 PM

Tradition and Modernity

Anna Matias, Christopher Newport University
Kaiyan Wang, Davidson College
C. Matthews Samson, Davidson College
Maggie Kinton, Davidson College
Logan Baggett, University of Mississippi

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

1:30 PM - 3:30 PM

3:45 PM

Guided Tour of Torggler Fine Arts Center and time to explore current exhibitions

Conference Attendees

Torggler Fine Arts Center

3:45 PM - 4:45 PM

5:00 PM

Membership Meeting

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: Ballroom

5:00 PM - 6:00 PM

6:30 PM

Reception and Awards

Conference Attendees

Tradition Brewery (700 Thimble Shoals Road, Newport News VA 23606)

6:30 PM

Saturday, March 16th
7:30 AM

Breakfast

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

7:30 AM - 8:30 AM

7:30 AM

Registration

Conference Attendees

David Student Union: 2nd floor lobby

7:30 AM - 12:00 PM

8:30 AM

Crisis in Blue: Policing Difference in the American City

K. Nyerere Turé, Widener University
Sara Artes, Smithsonian Institution
Asha Layne, Morgan State University
Abigail Adams, Indiana University of Pennsylvania
Kayla Prieto-Hodge, Rutgers University

David Student Union: Washington Room

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

8:30 AM

The Heritage of Loss, the Loss of Heritage, and Dark Tourism

Katrina Powell, Virginia Tech
Carole Nash, James Madison University
Audrey Horning, College of William and Mary
Heather Wholey, West Chester University
Allison Bell, Washington and Lee University
Kevin Morgan

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

8:30 AM - 10:30 AM

10:30 AM

Cross-Cultural Understandings of Mental, Physical, and Environmental Health

Obina Amuneke, Valdosta State University
Avery Hastings, University of West Georgia
Nigar Sultana, University of Alabama
Shawn Phillips, Indiana State University

David Student Union: Jefferson Room

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

10:30 AM

Digital Ethnography and Digital Collaborators

Julia Barnett, University of West Georgia
Kendall Ussery, University of West Georgia
Chance Plante, Old Dominion University

David Student Union: Washington Room

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

12:00 PM

Film Screening and Discussion. Waters Wisdoms: Indigenous and Ancestral Knowledges in the Face of Climate Disaster

Ann Mazzocc Bellecci, Christopher Newport University

David Student Union: Ballroom

12:00 PM - 1:00 PM

1:30 PM

Environmental Justice Driving Tour of Newport News

Conference Attendees

Use map to follow tour

1:30 PM