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David Nemer

Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

Presenter on Latinx Visualscapes Panel

From Airbnb to Casa Particula: the Costs of Emotional Labor in Havana, Cuba

An ethnographer with fieldwork experience in Havana, Cuba, Guadalajara, Mexico, the slums of Vitória, Brazil, and in the Appalachian region of eastern Kentucky, David Nemer is the author of Favela...

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Sean Lee

Student - George Washington University

Presenter on Charlottesville, Media, and Anti-Racist Activism Roundtable

Eraced: The Experiences of Minority Students at the University of Virginia Post-Charlottesville August 11th and 12th, 2017

Sean Lee is a first-year law student at the George Washington University School of Law. He graduated from UVA this past May with High Distinction in African-American and African Studies. His...

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Kwame Otu

Assistant Professor, University of Virginia

Presenter on Religion, Race, & Culture Panel

On (Im)Possible Futures: Voodoo Lyrics and Queer Temporalities in Ghanaian Music Videos

Kwame Otu’s research transects issues of sexual citizenship, gender, human rights NGOs, and neoliberal racial formations in postcolonial Africa, traversing the anthropology of Africa, race, gender...

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Lori Lopez

Associate Professor, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Presenter on Asian/American Panel

Finding Asian America: Documentary Exhibition and Distribution in a Post-Netflix Era

Dr. Lopez's research examines the way that minority groups such as women, people of color, and queer communities use media in the fight for social justice. She is interested in struggles to improve...

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