* The invited presenter series of Winter 2021 has concluded, view the presentation recordings if you are interested! *

• Location: Zoom
• All times in US Central Time (Chicago)
  • Any changes to dates/times will be updated here

Invited Presenter Sessions

Our invited presenter sessions will be between 1 and 1.5 hours, with a portion for presentation as well as Q&A. Anyone at The University of Chicago is welcome to attend.

Friday February 5th, 2-3:20pm (Recording available here)
Presenter: Kendra Calhoun
Topic: racial inclusion

Thursday February 11th, 4:20-5:50pm (Recording available here)
Presenter: Wesley Leonard
Topic: Indigenous inclusion

Friday February 26th at 2-3:20pm (Recording available here)
Presenter: Julie Hochgesang
Topic: Deaf inclusion

Friday March 5th at 2-3:20pm (Recording available here)
Presenter: Kirby Conrod
Topic: LGBTQ+ inclusion

Panel discussion

Thursday March 11th at 4-5:20pm (Recording available here)
Our invited presenters will come together for a panel discussion on linguistics, pedagogy, and inclusion.

Linguistics Department Working Sessions

There will be department-internal discussion days for linguistics faculty and students to further discuss the presentations, how to incorporate what we learn into our department, and build our Wiki pedagogy repository.

TUESDAY January 19th, 4:20-5:50pm 
Topic: Intro session (goals, intro to Wiki repository project, forming interest groups)

Friday February 12, 2-3:20pm
Topic: Working session discussing racial inclusion (reflection on Kendra Calhoun’s presentation)

Thursday February 18, 4:20-5:50pm
Topic: Working session discussing Indigenous inclusion (reflection on Wesley Leonard’s presentation)

Thursday March 4, 4:20-5:50pm: POSTPONED till spring quarter
Topic: Working session discussing Deafness and disability inclusion (reflection on Julie Hochgesang’s presentation)

Spring Quarter TBD
Topic: Working session on LGBTQ+ inclusion and wrap-up of series discussion