ROBIN
BOYLORN
WRITER/AUTOETHNOGRAPHER
PROFESSOR/CRUNK FEMINIST
PAST EVENTS
May 3, 2024
The Holle Center: First Friday Reception
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change
[Response Panel Presentation|Discussion]
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Downtown Tuscaloosa, AL
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April 5-May 24, 2024
The Holle Center: Art Exhibit
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Downtown Tuscaloosa, AL
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April 5, 2024
The Holle Center: Art Exhibit Opening Reception
Stand Up!: 10 Mighty Women Who Made a Change
(with Brittney C. Cooper and Cathy Ann Johnson)
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Downtown Tuscaloosa, AL
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March 7, 2024
First Thursday Seminar Series Speaker, Edinburg University
Autoethnography: A Reading and Conversation with Dr. Robin Boylorn
(Virtual Presentation)
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March 3, 2024
International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN), sponsored by the International Association for Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry (IAANI)
Spotlight Panel: Dr. Christopher Poulos
Virtual Event
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July 18-20, 2023
Holle Center Advisory Board Retreat
Chicago, IL
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March 29, 2023
The Poster House, Women's History Month, Co-Keynote Speaker (with Eesha Pandit)
We Act As If It Is Possible: Black Feminist Aesthetic in the Movement for Black Power
New York, NY (Virtual Presentation)
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February 27, 2023
Spelman College
The Art of Writing, Guest Lecture
Tuscaloosa, AL
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February 10, 2023
Manderson Spark, Featuered Guest Lecturer
Manderson Graduate School of Business, University of Alabama
The Business of Diversity: Tips for Inclusive Communication About (& Across) Difference
Tuscaloosa, AL
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February 1, 2023
Hermes Rising Statue Celebration
Tuscaloosa, AL
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January 19, 2023
Poetry Out Loud Workshop
Dinah Washington Cultural Arts Center
Tuscaloosa, AL
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December 10, 2022
BBC Radio, Soul Music Podcast
Killing Me Softly
[Interview begins at 15:51]
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November 3, 2022
National Communication Association
Advancing the Discipline Grant Program
Finding Your Academic Voice, Part One (Virtual Panel)
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October 28, 2022
Tracing the Stream: The Geographies of Black Feminist Literacies, Rhetorics, and Pedagogies
Keynote Presenter|Panelist (Virtual Symposium)
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August 31, 2022
National Communication Association
Activism and Social Justice Division
Graduate Student Committee Speaker Series
"Centering Black Women in Research and Activism" (Virtual)
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April 14, 2022
University of Florida, College of Education
Distinguished Researcher in Residence Lecture/Workshop
Talking (Back) to Myself: Autoethnography and the Role of Reflexivity in Critical Qualitative Research
Gainesville, Florida (Virtual)
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March 30, 2022
Wel-COMM Y'all: A Workshop for Communications Pros
"Diversity 101: Communicating to Diverse Audiences"
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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March 18, 2022
Southern Illinois University's The Conference on Women
"Advocates and Allies"
Keynote Panel, with Eesha Pandit: "Why You Shouldn't Be An Ally"
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January 4, 2022
International Symposium of Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN)
Scholar Spotlight Panel: Robin Boylorn (in conversation with Dr. Mary Weems)
(Virtual Conference)
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November 19, 2021
National Women's Studies Association (NWSA)
Poetics, Politics, and Prose: A Crunk Feminist Collective Roundtable
(Virtual Conference)
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November 15, 2021
Real Hot Girl S#!T: Black Womanhood in Blaxploitation & Beyond
Poster House, NYC
(Virtual Lecture)
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November 5, 2021
Overcoming the Resistance to DEI
#Includetheirstories: Rethinking, Reimagining, and Reshaping
Legal Education
Lee E. Teitelbaum Utah Law Review Symposium
S.J. Quinney College of Law
Salt Lake City, UT
(Virtual Panel)
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August 25, 2021
The Crunk Feminist Collective Presents
Summer Peach Reads Book Club
"The Coldest Winter Ever" Edition
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June 10, 2021
A Virtual Performance Panel
April 2, 2021
HERstory: Women of Color Redefining Research
Invited Panlist and Workshop Facilitator
San Diego State University
[Virtual Event]
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March 26, 2021
The Language and Languish of Lived Experience, Conference Talk
Central States Communication Association,
Carolyn Calloway-Thomas Speaker Series,
[Virtual Conference]
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March 10, 2021
Humanities Scholar Lecture
Kentuck Art Center
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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February 26, 2021
Regina Bradley and Robin Boylorn in Conversation
(discussing Chronicling Stankonia: The Rise of the Hip Hop South), Department of Gender and Race Studies Speaker Series
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
January 2, 2021
The Critical in Critical Autoethnography, Author Spotlight Session
International Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative (ISAN), [Virtual Conference]
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March 3, 2020
Re-Imagining Ratchet Respectability: Black Women in the Public Imagination, Public Talk
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois
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March 3, 2020
BitterSweet(water): A Discussion of Sweetwater: Black Women and Narratives of Resilience
Gender Scholars Lecture Series
Bradley University
Peoria, Illinois
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January 3, 2020
Re-Imagining Autoethnography
Keynote, Doing Autoethnography Conference
St. Petersburg, Florida
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October 24-26, 2019
Teaching Tropes: How Stories, Stereotypes and Media Inform How We Communicate (About) Race
Guest Scholar|Speaker|Panelist
"Communication Pedagogy as Communication" Symposium
Arizona State University
Tempe, Arizona
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July 8-12, 2019
World Communication Association
Wellington, New Zealand
March 5-6, 2019
Sojourner Truth Panel Speaker, George Mason University
Fairfax, Virginia
February 20, 2019
Black History Month with the CFC
University of Mississippi
Starkville, Mississippi
February 7, 2019
The Feminist Press Hip Hop Feminism Celebration
Brooklyn, New York
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January 4-5, 2019
Ellis & Bochner Symposium on Autoethnography and Narrative
St. Petersburg, Florida
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October 5-7, 2018
The Storyteller Project: Digital Storytelling for Women of Color (Workshop)
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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September 1-3, 2018
Crunk Feminist Collective Retreat
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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March 23, 2018
"Blackgirl: A Bridge (Word) to Crunk Feminism"
#SayHerName Conference
(Crunk Feminist Collective Roundtable and TED Talks)
University of Houston-Downtown
Houston, Texas
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March 8, 2018
Discerning Diverse Voices Symposium, University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
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February 19, 2018
University of Tampa Colloquia Series
"Ratchet Respectability: Understanding Representations of Black Women in Media"
Tampa, Florida
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February 8-9, 2018
National Communication Association Leadership Retreat
Washington, D. C.
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January 31, 2018
South Puget Sound Higher Education Diversity Partnership Institute (SPSHEDPI) Conference
(Crunk Feminist Collective Plenary Lecture and Workshop)
Pacific Lutheran University
Tacoma, Washington
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March 30, 2017
An Evening with The Crunk Feminist Collective
Armstrong State University
Savannah, GA
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March 1, 2017
CFC Book Signing
Barnes & Noble
Tuscaloosa, AL
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January 27, 2017
CFC Book Launch
Book Celebration Event
hosted by Charis Books and More
Atlanta, GA
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January 11, 2017
"Between the Lines: The CFC at Schomburg"
The Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, NY Public Library
moderated by: Shani Jamila
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January 10, 2017
"This Is What A Crunk Feminist Looks Like"
The Brian Lehrer Show (WNYC)
Manhattan, New York
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January 10, 2017
The Crunk Feminist Collection Book Launch
Greenlight Bookstore
Brooklyn, New York
moderated by: Jamilah Lemieux
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November 9, 2016
Teach In/Justice Out, Ethnography Division Preconference Event, National Communication Association, Philadelphia, PA
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March 11, 2016
Writing Where It Hurts: Critical Autoethnography as Cartharsis (Workshop), Doing Autoethnography Conference
San Angelo State University,San Angelo, Texas
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October 15, 2015
Ratchet Respectability: On the Representation of Black Women On Reality TV, Misissippi State University, Gender Studies Lecture Series
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September 24, 2015
Transformative Digital Black Feminisms: A Crunk Feminist Collective Roundtable, ASALH Centennial Conference, Atlanta, Georgia
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February 26, 2015
Bitter Sweet(water): Autoethnography, Relational Ethics, and the Possible Perpetuation of Stereotypes, Preconference Lecture, Doing Autoethnography Conference
February 27, 2015
Critical Autoethnography: Intersecting Cultural Identities in Everyday Life, Workshop, Doing Autoethnography Conference
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November 14, 2014
Creating the World We Want to See: A Crunk Feminist Collective Roundtable, National Women's Studies Association, San Juan,
Puerto Rico
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May 29, 2014
Featured in Tuscaloosa News
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April 16, 2014
Overcoming (In)Difference: Reflections on Empathy, Apathy and Diversity, Last Lecture, University of Alabama
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February 11, 2014
Featured in UA's Research Magazine
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January 24, 2014
"Percussive Pedagogies: Teaching Feminism in Digital Spaces," Feminist Digital Pedagogies Symposium, Women's and Gender Studies Department, Rutgers University
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December 6, 2013
"Hip-Hop, Digital Media and Politics of Intersectional Queer Hyper/In/Visibility in Between Women," Gender, Sexuality, and Hip-Hop Mini-Conference, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana
November 23, 2013
Sweetwater Along the Potomac: A Performative, Intersectional Response to Sweetwater, Panel, National Communiation Association
November 21, 2013
Left Coast Press, NCA Book Signing Event
October 31, 2013
Radio Interview, 90.1 KPFT (Houston, TX)
August 28, 2013
Special Guest on Ladies Night TV (Atlanta, GA)
July 29, 2013
Featured in UNCG Alumni Magazine (p 8)
June 28, 2013
Sweetwater Book Celebration, Charis Books & More, Atlanta, Georgia, (Event co-sponsored by Charis & the CFC)
June 5, 2013
Sweetwater Workshop and Book Signing, NC
April 15, 2013
A Digital Conversation with the Crunk Feminist Collective, Princeton University
March 19, 2013
Guest Speaker "Sweetwater," Autoethnography Class, Department of Communication Studies, University of South Florida
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February 15, 2013
Sweetwater Book Reading, Southerners on New Ground Event, Right To Stay Screening Party, Birmingham, AL