Tuesday, May 19, 2009

9:00 a.m.

Registration (continues through the Institute)

10:00 a.m.

Welcome

10:15 a.m.

Dr. Maulana Karenga:
Uprooting Racism, Rethinking Multiculturalism: Towards an Ethics of Multiculturalism

Dr. Jack Thomas, WIU Provost and Academic Vice President, Moderator

12:00 p.m.

Lunch

1:00 p.m.

Dr. Ripan Malhi & Dr. Charles Roseman:
Human Biological Diversity, History, and the Concept of Race

2:30 p.m.

Break

2:45 p.m.

Panel: The Implications of the Information and Insights Shared by Dr. Karenga, Dr. Malhi & Dr. Roseman

• Dr. Bem Allen, WIU Professor Emeritus, Psychology
• Dr. Terri A. Karis, University of Wisconsin, Stout, Psychology
• Ms. Debra Stevenson, Davenport Community Schools
• Dr. Andrea Hyde, WIU, Educational & Interdisciplinary Studies, Chair

3:45 p.m.

Break

4:00 p.m.

Dr. James La Prad:
Teaching Diverse Students: Exploring the Southern Poverty Law Center's Multimedia Initiative

5:15 p.m.

Break

7:00 p.m.

Dinner (WIU Alumni House, Adams & Ward Streets)

Wednesday, May 20, 2009

8:00 a.m.

Continental Breakfast Buffet

8:30 a.m.

Dr. Sut Jhally:
Race and the American Dream in the Age of Obama

10:00 a.m.

Break

10:30 a.m.

Dr. Sut Jhally:
The Joyless Economy: Happiness, Satisfaction and the Market

12:15 p.m.

Lunch

1:15 p.m.

Panel: The Implications of the Information and Insights Shared by Dr. Jhally

• Dr. Fred Hord, Knox College, Black Studies
• Dr. William Maakestad, WIU Management Department
• Dr. Kevin Menken, WIU Communication Department
• Professor Pearlie Strother-Adams, WIU Department of English & Journalism, Chair  

2:15 p.m.

Break

2:30 p.m.

Dr. Sharon Stevens:
Unconscious Judgments: Your Brain Has the Answers about Others Before You Know the Right Questions

3:30 p.m.

Dr. J. Q. Adams:
Learning to See Humans First: Ideas on Reducing "Otherness" and Promoting Community

4:45 p.m.

Evaluations/IACD Meeting