Joanna
Brooks,
University of Texas at Austin
Kristina Bross, Purdue University
Vincent Carretta, University of Maryland
Anthea
Butler, University of Rochester
Dennis Moore, Florida State University, Chair
Edward D. White, University of Florida
Hilary Wyss, Auburn University
Rather than presenting papers, each
participant in this interdisciplinary panel -- including Professor
Joanna
Brooks of the University of Texas at Austin, author of American
Lazarus:
Religion and the Rise of African American and Native American
Literatures,
recipient of the Modern Language Association’s 2003 William Sanders
Scarborough
Prize “for an outstanding scholarly study of black American literature
or
culture” -- will make a four- or five-minute statement that lays out a
specific
issue or question related to the book.
That round of brief opening statements frees up time for a
lively,
substantive discussion that engages members of the audience as well as
panelists.