Saturday, February 14
Exhibition Tours — Norton Center Foyer
9 a.m. – 2 p.m.
10 a.m. Presentation of Colors – 12th USCHA
Keynote Address
Dr. J. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville. Dr. Hudson currently serves as the Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Louisville. Dr. Hudson has served as a member of University of Louisville's Pan-African American studies faculty since 1992 and as its department chairman from 1998 to 2003; he taught history and Pan-African studies in addition to serving in various administrative positions. Hudson earned a doctorate degree in higher education administration at the University of Kentucky and master's and bachelor's degrees from the University of Louisville. Dr. Hudson currently serves as chair of the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission.
11:30 – 12:45 Lunch –
Evans-Lively Room - Old Carnegie
1 – 2 p.m. Panel #1
“The Discussion: Abraham Lincoln and African Americans”
Moderator: Dr. J. Blaine Hudson, Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences, University of Louisville
Panelists:
Dr. Anne Butler, an Associate Professor at Kentucky State University. Dr. Butler holds a B.A. from Eastern Kentucky University; an M.S. from Kansas State University; and a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Policy Studies from Kansas State University. Dr. Butler serves as Director of the Center of Excellence for the Study of Kentucky African Americans, and is also an Associate Professor in the Honors Program. Her career spans over 25 years in administration, teaching, research and service. Since coming to Kentucky State in 1996, Dr. Butler is very active in professional and community service and serves on the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission.
Dr. John Hardin, Associate Professor at Western Kentucky University. Dr. Hardin holds a Ph.D. from the University of Michigan. His research interests include 20th-century African American history. Dr. Hardin serves as one of the three general editors of the Kentucky African American Encyclopedia. This five-year project will require more than 200 contributors and have 1,200 entries. He also serves as a member of the Kentucky Oral History Commission and the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission. Dr. Hardin’s published works include Onward and Upward: A Centennial History of Kentucky State University 1886-1986 (Frankfort: 1987) and Fifty Years of Segregation: Black Higher Education in Kentucky 1904-1954 (Lexington: 1997).
Thomas Mackie, Director, Abraham Lincoln Library and Museum, Lincoln Memorial University. A researcher and teacher, Thomas Mackie received graduate training in preservation and interpretation at Eastern Michigan University, with further study in public history at Western Michigan University. Beginning his museum career as a registrar and tour guide at the Oakland County Pioneer and Historical Society in Pontiac, Michigan, Mackie moved on to head Virginia’s Amherst County Historical Museum for six years, a period during which the museum tripled in size. Mackie then took over the Ontario County Historical Society in Canandaigua, New York; he has also worked as an independent museum consultant. His most recent museum post was Historic Roscoe Village in Coshocton, Ohio, where he directed that institution’s educational efforts. This administrative experience is impressive by any standard in the museum field, but Mackie has also served as an archival manager and exhibits fabricator. In 2004 he received a Master of Arts in Teaching from Muskingum College and has several years of classroom teaching experience under his belt.
2 - 3 p.m. Panel #2
“Lincoln’s Policies and Their Social Impact”
Moderator: Alicestyne Adams, Director, Georgetown College Underground Railroad Research Institute, is a Ph.D. student in American History at the University of Kentucky, an honors graduate with a B.A. in Sociology from Georgetown College, and an honors graduate from Mississippi State University with an M.A. in Public Administration, and an M.A. in American History from the University of Kentucky. A professor, founder, and director of the Underground Railroad Research Institute at Georgetown College established in May 2001. Adams also serves as a member of the Kentucky Preservation Review Board, and National President of the Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Association.
Panelists:
Dr. Daniel Stroup is the Pierce and Amelia Harrington Lively Professor of Government and Law, Centre College. Dr. Stroup graduated magna cum laude from the University of Dayton (B.A.) and holds M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in government from the University of Virginia. He was named the Lively Professor of Government and Law at Centre College in 2005, where he has taught since 1976. Dr. Stroup’s teaching and research interests encompass American Political History, the judicial process, the legislative process, and the Civil Rights Movement in America. Along with Dr. Bill Garriott, Dr. Stroup teaches a unique government course that simulates the U.S. Congress. Dr. Stroup has published articles in journals including Valparaiso Law Review and PS: Political Science and Politics, as well as segments of The Kentucky Encyclopedia.
Dr. Gerald Smith is Associate Professor of History, University of Kentucky; Vice Chair of the Kentucky African American Heritage Commission. Dr. Smith is a native of Lexington, Kentucky and an ordained Baptist minister who serves as the Pastor of the Farristown Baptist Church in Berea, Kentucky. Dr. Smith received his bachelor and master’s degrees in American History from the University of Kentucky in 1981 and 1983, respectively. In 1988, he earned his Ph.D. in history from the University of Kentucky and joined the history faculty as a tenured professor in 1993. Dr. Smith served as director of the African American Studies and Research Program at the University from 1997-2005. He is the publisher of numerous articles and book chapters and also serves as co-editor of Volume VI of the Papers of Martin Luther King, Jr. published in January 2007. He currently serves as editor of a general history of the African American experience in Kentucky.
Tony Wilder, Commissioner, Kentucky Department of Local Government.
Commissioner Wilder received his bachelor’s degree in History and Political Science from Eastern Kentucky University and currently resides in Danville. Governor Steve Beshear appointed Tony Wilder Commissioner of the Department for Local Government (DLG) in April 2008. Prior to his appointment, Commissioner Wilder served as Boyle County Judge/Executive for over fourteen years. Before that role, he served as Boyle County Circuit Court Clerk from 1988-93. During his term, Commissioner Wilder held many leadership roles including president of both the Kentucky County Judge/Executive Association and the Kentucky Association of Counties. He participates in the Kiwanis and Lions clubs and serves in the mentor program for Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Bluegrass.
3:15 – 4:15 Panel #3 — Continued Learning:
“Finding Your Roots”
Debra Lord Campisano
“Beginning Your African-American Genealogy”
Debra Campisano is a long-time Louisville Genealogical Society member and a 25 year professional genealogist. Ms. Campisano teaches classes on genealogy methods and sources for local and regional societies and for the University of Louisville’s adult education program. Open to the Public
4:30 Retiring of the Colors 12th USCHA
Symposium 2:
April 17 and 18, 2009
Pine Mountain State Resort Park
Pineville, KY
