A comprehensive list of invited/adjudicated conferences, festivals, workshops, and panels I've presented and/or performed my research
Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree
Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D.
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Harris, B. S. Breathing Life into the Black and White: Performing Sandra Bland.
Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D.
Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree
Harris, B. S. Personifying Resistance Through Theatre: Performing Pedigree
Harris, B. S. Embodying Redemption Through Theatre: Performing Being B.A.D.
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
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
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