2017 16th ANNUAL NORTH AMERICAN
CONFERENCE FOR CRITICAL ANIMAL STUDIES

SCHEDULE

________________________________

Saturday – Welcoming

9:30am – Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University and Anthony J. Nocella II, Fort Lewis College

________________________________

10am – Session 1

Panel Chair: Caitlin Laffey, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Neiko Martinez, Fort Lewis College

1. Superheroes and Critical Animal Studies
   Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University
2. From Choice to Accessibility: Promoting Meatless Infrastructures in Denmark
   Drew Winter, Rice University
3. CENSORED LANDSCAPES
   Isabella La Rocca, Centre College, Danville, Kentucky
   

________________________________

11:30am – Session 2

Panel Chair: Nicola Walker, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Gabrielle Medina, Fort Lewis College

1. Picturing Elephants: A Critical Animal and Media Studies Project
   Nathan Grande, University of Texas at Dallas
2. Building Bridges with Indigenous Activists
   Max Lieberman, University of Iowa
   
3. Initiating Conversations About Issues Associated with the Animal Industrial Complex
   Jennifer Williams, Northern Arizona University

________________________________
1:00pm – Lunch

________________________________

2:00pm – Session 3

Panel Chair: Tatyana  Trujillo, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Briana Littleben, Fort Lewis College

1. Dealing with Trauma: Introducing an Eco-ability Liberatory Therapy
   Marissa Anderson, Fort Lewis College
2. The V Word: Deploying Veganism in Liberationist Advocacy
   Jonathan Dickstein, University of California-Santa Barbara
3. (Re)Imaginings of “Community”: Perceptions of (Dis)ability, the environment, and Inclusion
   John Lupinacci and Mary Ward Lupinacci, Washington State University

________________________________

3:30pm – Session 4

Panel Chair: Charles Stabler, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Alvin Harvey, Fort Lewis College

1. 1. Revoicing the Silenced: Constructing Animal Liberation Through Microsanctuaries
      Hana Zoe, Colorado
   2. The Academic Intelligence Complex and Strategies for Change
      Erik Juergensmeyer, Fort Lewis College
   3. Cryptocurrencies and Total Liberation
      Alaina Sigler, Direct Action Everywhere Colorado and Food Not Bombs Boulder

________________________________
5:00pm – End of Day One

________________________________

5:30pm – Dinner

Meet in front of Senate Room

________________________________

Sunday

________________________________

10am – Session 5

Panel Chair: Wade Young, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Nicola Walker, Fort Lewis College

1. Culture and Bull Fighting
   David Vasquez Hurtado, Fort Lewis College
2. Sanctuary as Commons
   Mara Pfeffer, North Arizona University
3. Constellations: Stories of Coming to and Sustaining Justice Work for All Life
   Madison Ledgerwood, North Arizona University

________________________________

11:30am – Session 6

Roundtable Chair: Anthony J. Nocella II, Fort Lewis College
Camera: Mattie Baker, Fort Lewis College

• Roundtable on Anarchism and Ecology
• Anthony J. Nocella II, Fort Lewis College and Sean Parson, Northern Arizona University

________________________________