The first paper concerning my research on race and space in Miami was presented two weeks ago at the Southeastern Women's Studies Association (SEWSA) conference in Boca Raton, Florida. In this paper, which is my second academic research project, I homed in on the racial and spatial politics as they relate to the initial rise of the University of Miami's football program. I presented with fellow panelists, Veronica Suarez of the University of South Florida and Courtney Lankford of the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga. Assistant Professor of English Regis Mann of Florida Atlantic University served as moderator.
This project has special meaning because I am a native of Miami, FL, and I attended UM in the mid-to-late 1980s. Cherished friends and family members as well as two study participants attended this talk.
I look forward to ongoing research and the publication of Remember Me to Miss Louisa: Black and White Intimacies in Antebellum America (Northern Illinois University Press), my first academic research project.
