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A comprehensive list of invited/adjudicated conferences, festivals, workshops, and panels I've presented and/or performed my research

PERFORMANCE/PRESENTATIONS
PANELS & WORKSHOPS

Performance & Presentations

International

Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree

  • Presented/performed in session ‘Black Lives Matter: Lessons from a Global Movement’: Global Institute for Research Education & Scholarship (GIRES), virtual, June 2022.


Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D. 

  • Performed/Presented in session: ‘International Interdisciplinary Conference on Intimacy, Violence and Power' (IICIVP); South Africa University of Zululand, Virtual, September 2022

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  • Featured performer, BorderLight International Theatre + Fringe Festival in July 2021; Cleveland, OH.  adjudicated


  • Performed in session: SATB (Storytelling and the Body): 2nd Inclusive Interdisciplinary Conference, Progressive Connexions; Lisbon, Portugal, Virtual, April 2021.

National

Harris, B. S. Breathing Life into the Black and White: Performing Sandra Bland.

  • Presenting paper in session: Research and Creative Activity Symposium (RCAS), Alabama State University, Virtual, March 2023.


  • Invited in session ‘Black Women and Environmental Catastrophes’: Annual American Society for Theatre Research (ASTR), Virtual, November 2022.


  • Presented/performed in session ‘Tough but Necessary Conversations: Social Justice in Literature, Language, and Media’: 30th Annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM), Virtual, April 2022.


  • Presenting/performing in session ‘Tough but Necessary Conversations: Social Justice in Literature, Language, and Media’: 30th Annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM), Virtual, April 2022.


  • Presented paper in session ‘Gender and Performance’: 2021 Global Conference on Women and Gender, Christopher Newport University, Virtual, March 2021.


  • Presented paper in session ‘Antiracism: Centering the Voices of Black Women’: 1st Midwest Regional African American Studies Biennial Conference, Virtual, March 2021


  • Presented paper in session ‘The Ethics of Narrative: Appropriation and Reinvention in Stories of Injustice’: 52nd Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), Virtual, March 2021.


  • Presented paper in session ‘Black Girl Banned: Rebellion and Radical Black Girlhood in Literature’: 92nd South Atlantic Modern Language Association Conference (SAMLA), Virtual, November 2020.


  • Practice/Production Symposium 2020: Mid-America Theatre Conference (MATC), Chicago, IL, March 2020. 


  • Presented paper in session: Racial Disposability and Cultures of Resistance Conference, Penn State University, October 2019.


  • Presented paper in session: 33rd Annual Black Theatre Network Conference: Unapologetically Black, Winston-Salem, NC., July 2019.


  • Presented paper in session: GESA Conference: 4th Annual Kinship, Community, and Activism in the Cultural Production of the Black Diaspora Conference, Howard University, March 2019.


  • Presented/performed in session: 9th Annual African, African American, & Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Conference, James Madison University, February 2019.


  

Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D. 

  • Presenting/performing in session ‘When Resilience Isn't Enough: Justice for Domestic and Sexual Violence Survivors’: 54th Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), March 2023.


  • Featured performer at KeyBank Rochester Fringe Festival in September 2021, (Rochester, NY), adjudicated 


  • Presented paper/performed in session: 44th Annual Organization for the Study of Communication, Language (OSCLG), Virtual, October 2021.


  • Presented paper/performed in session: 6th Annual International Gender & Sexuality Studies Conference (IGSS), University of Central Oklahoma, Virtual, September 2021.


  • Presented paper/performed in session: 2021 Global Conference on Women and Gender, Christopher Newport University, Virtual, March 2021.


  • Presented/performed in session: 11th Annual African, African American, & Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Conference, James Madison University, Virtual, February 2021.


  • Presented paper/performed in session: 2020 Global Conference on Women and Gender, Christopher Newport University, March 2020.


  • Harris, B. S. Three Hysterical Women: Embodying Resistance Through Theatre. Performed in session: Gender, Bodies & Technology Conference: TechnoLogics: Power and Resistance, Roanoke, VA., April 2019.


  

Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree

  • Presenting/performing in session: Research and Creative Activity Symposium (RCAS), Alabama State University, Virtual, March 2023.


  • Presented/performed in session ‘Expressing Change’: 94th South Atlantic Modern Languages Association (SAMLA), Jacksonville, FL., November 2022.


  • Invited in session ‘Burn it all down: Activism and Advocacy’: National Women's Studies Association Annual Conference (NWSA), virtual, November 2022.


  • Presenting/performing in session ‘Tough but Necessary Conversations: Social Justice in Literature, Language, and Media’: 30th Annual Midwestern Conference on Literature, Language, and Media (MCLLM), Virtual, April 2022.  


  • Performing in session: 2022 Global Conference on Women and Gender, Christopher Newport University, Virtual, March 2022.  


  • Presenting/performing in seminar/roundtable ‘Art and Activism: The Reshaping of Collective Consciousness and Social Justice’: 53rd Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA),  March 2022.  


  • Presenting/performing in session ‘Navigating Police Brutality, Incarceration, and Care Across the Black Diaspora’: 53rd Northeast Modern Language Association (NeMLA), March 2022.  


  • Featured performer at the 20th Annual Asheville Fringe Festival in January 2022 (Asheville, NC), adjudicated 


  • Presented/performed in session: 12th Annual African, African American, & Diaspora Studies (AAAD) Conference, James Madison University, Virtual, February 2022. 


  • Presented/performed in session ‘Personifying Resistance: Devising Theatre for Social Justice’, 2021 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Virtual, August 2021.

Regional

Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree

  • Featured Performer: 7th Annual NEON Festival, Norfolk, VA., October 2022, adjudicated 


Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D. 

  • Featured performer at Neon Festival in October 2021, (Norfolk, VA), adjudicated 


  • Performed in session: Virginia Theatre Association Conference 2019, Norfolk, VA., October 2019.


  • Harris, B. S. Resilient Sustainability Simplified”: Coastal @ VT. Presented and performed in session: Center for Communicating Sciences’ Advancing the Human Condition Symposium, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA., November 2018.

Panels & Workshop

International

Processing the Pandemic III—Hope: Interdisciplinary Approaches to Emotions in the Wake of COVID 19, University of Warwick, April 2023. (Virtual)

Workshop: Applied Theatre Performance Workshop ‘Resilient Stillness’, Workshop Lead

National

94th South Atlantic Modern Languages Association (SAMLA), Jacksonville, FL.

Session Title: Teaching Change/Changes to Teaching: Pedagogies for Social Justice

Workshop: Applied Theatre Performance Workshop ‘Resilient Stillness’, Workshop Lead


Presented/performed in session ‘Personifying Resistance: Devising Theatre for Social Justice’, 2021 Association for Theatre in Higher Education (ATHE), Virtual, August 2021.


Chesapeake Digital Humanities Consortium 2021 Conference: Social Justice and Online Activism.

Workshop: Applied Theatre Performance Workshop ‘Resilient Stillness’, Workshop Lead


19th Annual Asheville Fringe Festival, Asheville, NC., January 2021. (Virtual)

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead 


Women’s Theatre Fringe Festival of NC 2020, Raleigh, NC., July 2020. (Virtual)

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead 


Conversations on Applied Theatre Conference, The Playwright’s Lab at Hollins University, June 2020.

Panel(s): What is Applied Theatre? & Teaching Activism, Invited Panelist


Georgia Theatre Conference, Carrollton, GA. February 2018.

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead

Regional

Z Artist Member Panel Discussion hosted by the Zeiders American Dream Theater, October 2022.

Invited Workshop/Panel: 

- Making Money Doing What You Love


2022 Arts in the Libraries Virtual Festival, ODU University Libraries, March 2022.  

Panel/Workshop: Here Us Out’: Methods of Theatre Performance as Activism, Lead Facilitator  


ODU Black History Month 2022, hosted by the Office of Intercultural Affairs, February 2022. 

Invited Workshop/Panels:

-Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Pedigree, A Film and Talkback, Lead Panelist

-River Stories—A Sankofa Activity, Lead Facilitator   


The Cultural Legacy of the Attucks: A Creative Exploration, Norfolk, VA. February 2022. 

Hosted by In[HEIR]itance Project and YWCA South Hampton Roads, Co-Facilitator  


ODU Fall 2021 Themester: Arts and Social Justice: Dialoguing with our Bodies, an Exploration

of Performance Activism, October and November 2021.


The New Earth Panel: Virginia Stage Company Public Works, Norfolk, VA. April 2021.

Panel: Black Theatre in Hampton Roads:  Then and Now, Featured Panelist


ODU Women’s History Month Symposium: Performance and Protest. Norfolk, VA.

March 2021.


Virginia Theatre Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA., October 2020.

Invited/Featured Panels: 

- Flying Solo: Creating Solo Pieces for the Stage

- Devising Your Own Work

- Finding True Diversity in Theatre

- Where to Go to College?


2020 ODU Summer Arts Series, Old Dominion University, July 2020.

Workshop: Applied Theatre Performance Workshop ‘Resilient Stillness’, Workshop Lead


Get Virtual with Virginia Stage Company series through the Virginia Stage Company’s Education and Community Engagement Department.  Norfolk, VA. May 2020.

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead 


Virginia Thespian Conference 2019, Radford University, February 2019.

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead


Virginia Theatre Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA., October & November 2019.

Invited Panels:

- Where to Go to College?

- Career Jumpstart: Make a Career Out of Your Theatre Passion

Workshop: Dare to Devise: Ensemble Devised Theatre for Teens, Workshop Lead 


Virginia Thespian Conference 2019, Radford University, February 2019.

Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead


Virginia Theatre Association Annual Conference, Norfolk, VA., October 2018.

Invited Panels: 

- Where Should I Go to School to Study Theatre?

- Telling Your Story: Devising Your Own Work from a Minority Perspective

- Artists of Color: The Diversity Gap in Modern Theatre


Workshop: Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration, Workshop Lead


Workshop: Ensemble Devised Theatre for Teens Governor’s School for the Arts College Fair, Norfolk Virginia 


“Flying Solo: Your Story and Solo Performance Exploration” Georgia Theatre Conference 2017, Carrollton Georgia  


Performer/Presenter: Improvisation, Narrative, & Beauty workshopsPerformance Studies Summer Institute, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois


 Workshop: UGA Audition Prep 101 Workshop Athens-Clarke County Public Schools, and Greater Atlanta Public Schools 


Workshop: “Improvisation in the Workplace”University of Georgia Athens, Georgia 


Workshop: UGA Audition Prep 101 Workshop Athens-Clarke County Public Schools, and Greater Atlanta Public Schools 


Workshop:  “Youth and Your Creative Masks” University of Georgia & Athens-Clarke County Public Schools


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