Participant biographies: “Always Already Players: Considering the Cultural Diplomacy of Artists”
Panelists Lori Blondeau, Assistant Professor at the School of Art, University of Manitoba Lori Blondeau is Cree/Saulteaux/Métis from Saskatchewan, Canada. Since the 1990s, Blondeau’s artistic practice in the fields of performance, photography and installation, along with her curatorial work and activities as co-founder and Executive Director of the Indigenous art collective TRIBE, has proved decisive […]
Plenary Listener Biographies
Plenary Listeners Rosalba Icaza Garza, Associate Professor at the International Institute of Social Studies, Erasmus University Rotterdam (Session 1) Rosalba Icaza is a decolonial feminist/scholar and survivor. She is an Associate Professor in Global Politics, Gender and Diversity at the Institute for Social Studies of the Erasmus University Rotterdam. She has been involved in collaborative research initiatives dealing […]
Participant biographies: “Performing Connections: Musical Performance and Cultural Relations”
Panellists Astrid Hadad, (she/her) Artist, musician, and performer Astrid Hadad, born in Chetumal, Quintana Roo, is a graduate of the Centro Universitario de Teatro. She is a fugitive from the Faculty of Political and Social Sciences of the University of Mexico. Hadad uses cabaret and performance to represent the social, cultural and political crisis in […]
Participant biographies: “Minding the Gaps: Connecting Diversity, Diasporas, and Skate Diplomacy”
Keynote Neftalie Williams (he/him) Provost’s Post-Doctoral Scholar at the Annenberg School of Communication and Journalism, University of Southern California. Visiting Fellow in Race, Culture & Community, Yale Schwarzman Center Dr. Neftalie Williams is a sociologist who investigates global issues of race, diversity, identity, and youth empowerment, using the lens of action sports culture. Williams holds […]
Participant biographies: “The Scholar as Diplomat: Diaspora Intellectuals and (Cross) Community Representation”
Panelists John Bieter, (he/him) Professor, History Department, Boise State University John Bieter is a co-founder of the Basque Global Collaborative as well as a professor in the History Department at Boise State University. He received a B.A. in Economics/Social Science from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota, his M.A. in History from […]
Participant biographies: “Flipping the Script: Bottom-Up Methods for Diaspora Diplomacy Studies”
Panelists Vanessa Bravo, Associate Professor of Strategic Communications and Chair of the Department of Strategic Communications, Elon University B.A., Universidad de Costa Rica; M.A., University of Florida; Ph.D., University of Florida. Fulbright Scholar at the University of Florida in 2001-2003. Fourteen years as a journalist and editor at newspaper La Nacion (Grupo Nacion) in Costa […]
Participant biographies: “Remembering and Engaging: Diaspora Museums as Cultural Diplomacy”
Update: This is a past event. Click here to read a blog post about the discussion. Panelists Adán B.F. García, (he/him) Academic Chair, Memory and Tolerance Museum, Mexico City Internationalist, with a Bachelor degree in Foreign Affairs from the Iberoamerican University, Mexico City campus (UIA). He holds a Master of Science degree in Sociology with honors. […]
Keynote biographies: “The Mexican Diaspora in the US and Cultural Engagement”
Keynote Speaker Alexandra Delano, Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies, The New School, New York City Alexandra Délano Alonso is Associate Professor and Chair of Global Studies at The New School and the current holder of the Eugene M. Lang Professorship for Excellence in Teaching and Mentoring. She received her doctorate in International Relations […]
Participant biographies: Call and Response: Resistance and Refusal as Diplomacy
Emiliana Cruz, Professor at CIESAS-CDMX Emiliana Cruz is a researcher at Centro de Investigaciones y Estudios Superiores en Antropología Social (CIESAS), Mexico City. Her diverse and interdisciplinary interests concern education, Indigenous women, linguistic policies, linguistic landscape, documentation and linguistic revitalization. Her work reflects extensive experience in community collaboration, which has allowed her to design and […]
Participant biographies: “Indigenous Video Games as tools to decolonize cultural relations”
Panelists Ashlee Hope Bird (Western Abenaki of the Champlain Valley), Moreau Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Notre Dame Ashlee Bird is an Indigenous (Western Abenaki of the Champlain Valley) game designer who holds a PhD in Native American Studies. Her dissertation, “Representation and Reclamation: The History and Future of Natives in Gaming,” theorizes digital sovereignty, drawing […]