Schedule for the Eighth Annual Texas Working Class Studies Conference
Schedule
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| 2022 |
| Thursday, February 17th |
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8:00 AM
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Registration/Coffee
Kirby Lisa, Collin College
Living Legends Center Room C
8:00 AM - 8:30 AM
See attached document for PDF copy of the schedule.
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8:30 AM
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1.1 Texas Labor Issues
Schueth Michael, Collin College
Conference Center A/B
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Session Chair: Michael Schueth, Collin College
- Lishan Desta, Collin College, “The Texas Economyand COVID: A Look at the Texas Labor Force”
- Andy Galloway, Collin College, “The Battle forDestiny: Dallas Newspapers Fight against the1920’s Ku Klux Klan”
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| 8:30 AM |
1.2 Social Class and History
Wilkison Kyle, Collin College
Conference Center D/E
8:30 AM - 9:45 AM
Session Chair: Kyle Wilkison, Collin College
- Shellita Tow, Collin College, “The Photographs ofLady Hawarden: Privilege, Representation, andthe Irish Working Classes”
Sam Tullock, Collin College, “Covenant, Calling,and Social Class in Puritan New England” - Chad Pearson, Collin College, “Landowners,Employers, and Drive Out Campaigns in theUnited States, 1860s to 1910s”
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10:00 AM
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2.1 “Slaves, Cotton Workers, and Meatpackers:Exploring the Connections Between War and Labor”
Jolly Amber, Collin College
Conference Center A/B
10:00 AM - 11:15 AM
Session Chair: Amber Jolly, Collin College
- Kate Kaitcer, Texas Christian University, “PerfectTiming: Slaves and Tools of Resistance”
- Ryan Poff, Texas Christian University, “The JapanCotton Trading Company in History and Memory”
- Justin Jolly, Texas Christian University, “UnwaveringAllies: Women and the UPWA-CIO in Fort Worth, 1942-1946”
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| 10:00 AM |
2.2 Student Writing Contest Winners Presentation
Kirby Lisa, Collin College
Conference Center D/E
10:00 AM - 10:00 AM
Session Chair: Dr. Lisa A. Kirby, Collin College
- Laura Stacks, “Income Disparity and the Effects It Has”
- Angelina Washington, “Confessions of an ExploitedTeenage Worker”
- Isabella Fuentes, “The Rich and The Poor: The NewSocial Segregation “
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11:30 AM
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Luncheon Session
Valenzuela Rosalinda, Collin College
Living Legends Center Room C
11:30 AM - 12:45 PM
- Welcome, Dr. Mary Barnes-Tilley, Campus Provost,Plano Campus
- Announcement of Student Writing Contest Winners,Dr. Lisa A. Kirby, Collin
College Presentation: "Professors Mentoring First-Generation College Students: The Case of Collin College"
Session Chair: Rosalinda Valenzuela, Collin College
- Rosalinda Valenzuela, Collin College
- Linda Kapocsi, Collin College
- Charlene Houston, Collin College
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