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<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Dear SIGCIS– We invite you to join the Lemelson Center’s week-long webinar series,
<b>Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives.</b> The SIGCIS community may especially enjoy presentations by software developer Tyrone Grandison (Session 3) and software-media scholars Charlton McIlwain and André Brock (both Session 5). Hope you can
attend! ---Eric Hintz, Lemelson Center, Smithsonian Institution, <a href="mailto:hintze@si.edu">
hintze@si.edu</a> <o:p></o:p></i></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><i><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">A free week-long webinar series<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Convened by the <a href="https://invention.si.edu/">Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">November 16, 17, 18, 19, and 20, 2020 | 1:00-2:30pm ET daily<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Registration:</b> <a href="https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTe1rHzsTG2FSaEHoTcb2w">
<span style="color:blue">https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTe1rHzsTG2FSaEHoTcb2w</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Details:</b> <a href="https://invention.si.edu/black-inventors-and-innovators-new-perspectives">
https://invention.si.edu/black-inventors-and-innovators-new-perspectives</a> <o:p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">The Smithsonian’s <a href="https://invention.si.edu/">Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation</a> invites you to attend our upcoming webinar series,
<a href="https://invention.si.edu/black-inventors-and-innovators-new-perspectives">
<i>Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives</i></a><span style="color:black">. The program is free and open to the public and will convene daily November 16–20, 2020 from 1:00-2:30pm ET.</span>
<span style="color:black">This week-long program will draw renewed attention to historic and contemporary inventors of color and Black technology consumers, while discussing strategies for building a more equitable innovation ecosystem. Through presentations
by an interdisciplinary group of thought leaders and engaged discussions with our online audience, this “state of the field” workshop will identify critical questions, seek out new case studies, and articulate theories, concepts and themes to inform the next
generation of research, archival collecting, museum exhibitions, and invention education initiatives.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Session 1: UNDERREPRESENTATION and INVISIBILITY<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.rayvonfouche.com/"><span style="color:blue">Rayvon Fouché,</span></a> Professor of American Studies, Purdue University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://lisadcook.net/"><span style="color:blue">Lisa D. Cook</span></a>, Professor of Economics and International Relations, Michigan State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moderator: </i><a href="https://airandspace.si.edu/people/staff/cathleen-lewis"><span style="color:blue">Cathleen S. Lewis</span></a>, Curator, Space History Department, National Air and Space Museum<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Session 2: PIPELINES and PATHWAYS: INVENTION EDUCATION, TRAINING, and MENTORING
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<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://amyeslaton.com/about-amy-e-slaton/"><span style="color:blue">Amy E. Slaton</span></a>, Professor, Department of History, Drexel University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://education.wayne.edu/profile/es9525"><span style="color:blue">James Holly, Jr.</span></a>, Assistant Professor of Urban Science, Technology, Engineering, & Mathematics Education, Wayne State University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moderator: </i><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/yolanda-comedy-0734487/"><span style="color:blue">Yolanda L. Comedy</span></a>, Science and Technology Policy Consultant<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Session 3: BLACK INVENTORS and INNOVATORS at WORK<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.tyronegrandison.org/press-kit.html"><span style="color:blue">Tyrone Grandison</span></a>, Chief Technology Officer, Pearl Long Term Care Solutions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://engineering.purdue.edu/ME/People/ptProfile?resource_id=74127"><span style="color:blue">Tahira Reid Smith</span></a>, Associate Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Purdue University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moderator:</i> <a href="https://americanhistory.si.edu/profile/509">
<span style="color:blue">Monica M. Smith</span></a>, Head of Exhibitions and Interpretation, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Session 4: COMMERCIALIZATION and INSTITUTIONS<o:p></o:p></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.northeastern.edu/law/faculty/directory/swanson.html"><span style="color:blue">Kara W. Swanson</span></a>, Professor of Law and Affiliate Professor of History, Northeastern University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://shontavia.com/about/"><span style="color:blue">Shontavia Johnson</span></a>,<span style="font-size:10.5pt">
</span>Associate Vice President for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Clemson University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moderator: </i><a href="https://www.crystalmoten.com/"><span style="color:blue">Crystal Marie Moten</span></a>, Curator of African American History, Division of Work and Industry, National Museum of American History<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Session 5: HOW HAVE BLACK INDIVIDUALS & COMMUNITIES EXPERIENCED TECHNOLOGY?</b><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://www.nyu.edu/about/leadership-university-administration/office-of-the-president/office-of-the-provost/faculty-affairs/charlton-mcilwain.html"><span style="color:blue">Charlton McIlwain</span></a>, Vice Provost for Faculty
Engagement and Development, New York University<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://andrebrock.academia.edu/"><span style="color:blue">André Brock</span></a>, Associate Professor, School of Literature, Media, and Communication, Georgia Tech<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><i>Moderator: </i><a href="https://invention.si.edu/eric-hintz"><span style="color:blue">Eric</span></a><u><span style="color:blue"> S.
<a href="https://invention.si.edu/eric-hintz">Hintz</a></span></u>, Historian, Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation, National Museum of American History<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Accessibility:</b> The National Museum of American History welcomes visitors of all ages and abilities. Real-time captioning (CART) will be provided for our online program. For other questions about accessibility, please email
<a href="mailto:nmahprograms@si.edu"><span style="color:blue">nmahprograms@si.edu</span></a>.<br>
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<b>Our Sponsor:</b> The Smithsonian’s Lemelson Center gratefully acknowledges <a href="https://www.lemelson.org/">
<span style="color:blue">The Lemelson Foundation</span></a> for its generous support of the
<i>Black Inventors and Innovators: New Perspectives</i> webinar series.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Registration:</b> <u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTe1rHzsTG2FSaEHoTcb2w">https://smithsonian.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PTe1rHzsTG2FSaEHoTcb2w</a><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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