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Avery Boddie

University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Music and Dance Librarian
Las Vegas, NV
Wednesday, February 20
 

12:00pm CST

MLA Registration Depot Registration Office

1:00pm CST

Pre-conference Workshop: Cultural Competency Training for Librarians New York Central/Illinois CentralTreshani Perera • Sandy Rodriguez

7:00pm CST

Opening Reception Midway West
 
Thursday, February 21
 

8:30am CST

Welcome Grand Ballroom EFAdolphus M. Pruitt, II • Mark McKnight

9:00am CST

Plenary I: St. Louis Black Musicians Speak: Our Lives Matter! Grand Ballroom EFTherese Dickman • Brian Owens • Rob Deland

10:30am CST

Break Midway West

11:00am CST

Lessons in Diversity and Bias Grand Ballroom ABCGrace Haynes • Angela Pratesi • Veronica Wells

1:00pm CST

Black Music Collections Interest GroupFILLING Frisco/Burlington Route

2:00pm CST

Break Midway West
 
Friday, February 22
 

9:00am CST

Plenary II: Recruiting and Retaining a Diverse Workforce--Considerations for MLA Grand Ballroom EFDenise DeCou • Sara Outhier • Vincent Pelote • Mark A. Puente • Holling Smith-Borne (he/him)

10:30am CST

Break Midway West

12:30pm CST

Minimizing Microagression: How to Identify, Mitigate and Prevent Negative Bias Grand Ballroom EFSandy Rodriguez • Vincent Pelote • Patrick Sifuentes • Joy Doan • Grace Haynes • Greg MacAyeal

3:00pm CST

Break Midway West

3:30pm CST

Engaging with Students from Minority and Marginalized Groups: Strategies, Assessment, and an Open-Forum Discussion Grand Ballroom EFAmber Welch • Lisa Chaufty • David Hunter • Sara Outhier • Greg Sigman

4:30pm CST

Diversity Committee MeetingFILLING Conductor RoomJoy Doan
 
Saturday, February 23
 

9:00am CST

Plenary III: Checking Our Pulse: The 2018 MLA Climate Survey Grand Ballroom EFWinston Barham • Susannah Cleveland • Joy Doan • Terra Merkey • Mark A. Puente • Mallory Sajewski

10:30am CST

Break Midway West

11:00am CST

Transformative Student Workers, Transformed Institutions Grand Ballroom ABCJarod Ogier • Mallory Sajewski

1:00pm CST

It’s More than Gender Pronouns: Let’s Talk That Grand Ballroom ABCKathleen (Kathy) Abromeit • Holling Smith-Borne (he/him)

2:30pm CST

Meet Me in St. Louis!: Music, Race, and a Web Exhibit of the 1904 World’s Fair Grand Ballroom ABCKaren Olson

3:30pm CST

MLA Business Meeting Grand Ballroom EFMark McKnight

6:30pm CST

Closing Reception Grand Ballroom ABCD