2020 AGLSP Annual Conference

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The 2020 conference was held in a virtual format. Pre-recorded presentations were shown during the conference and live question and answer sessions with presenters were held via Zoom.

Please click here to view the conference agenda. Click here to view the conference presentation schedule.

Please visit our 2020 conference program website to view the Zoom recordings of all sessions from the conference!

Congratulations to the winners of the Student Presentation Awards:

  1. Bryon Garner, Union Institute and University - “Her Brave Black Soldiers: Black Veterans, Patriotism, and the Soldier-Athlete Archetype”

  2. J.T. Hill, University of Texas at Dallas - “Fred Hampton in 2020: A theoretical examination of critical literacy and beloved community”

  3. Clare Shaffer, Texas Christian University - “Intersections of feminist identity in poetry and translation”

AGLSP Story Slam! Current GLS students or alumni will compete with short 4-5 minute presentations in our 2nd annual creative writing Story Slam. .

AGLSP Story Slam!
Current GLS students or alumni will compete with short 4-5 minute presentations
in our 2nd annual creative writing Story Slam. Congratulations to the Story Slam winner, Emmeline Miles from Southern Methodist University for her story, The Cycle.

Pre-Conference Workshop – Thursday, October 8

PLEASE NOTE: The Pre-Conference Workshop is open to Directors, Administrators and Faculty only.

Sessions will be offered with some pre-recorded content and then with live discussions held via Zoom. Our goal in this workshop is to offer panels filled with practical insights on questions of importance to the health of our member programs.  We also try to build in plenty of time for discussion and networking among directors so that we can effectively support each other. 

The Pre-Conference Workshop theme was  The New Normal,  which included these exciting sessions:

  • Course delivery: Scrutinizing what we have learned in moving GLS classes online.

  • Social change: Positioning GLS programs as forums and catalysts for diversity, equity, inclusion, and in the broadest sense, social change. 

  • New opportunities: Capitalizing on new opportunities to enhance GLS programs' visibility and reputation on campus.

  • Financial considerations: Surviving and thriving amid economic hardship.