Frederick Douglass Institute
Frederick Douglass Institute Collaborative
Millersville University proudly participates in the PASSHE Frederick Douglass Institute Collaborative. Through the Collaborative, our students get a chance to display what they've learned and to practice their leadership skills. We believe in cultivating the scholar-activist tradition.
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Douglass Debate Society Winners
2019
First Place
Brittney Brown
Bevan FieldsSecond Place
Sheriece Smith
Martwann Alston2016
First Place
Fanta Toure
Dinah Hayward
2015
First Place
Hope Foy
Dinah Hayward -
2019 FDI Annual Research Conference
East Stroudsburg University, April 9, 2019
- Panel Presentation on “African American Rhetorical Traditions: How Authenticity Lives on.”
- Simone LaPorte
- Bridget Murray
- Skyler Gibbon
- Emily Guise
- Panel presentation on “Hip Hop: Power of a Cultural Movement”
- Ilya Jones. “The Real Issue Around Violence in Hip Hop”
- Wendy Li. “Changing Attitudes toward Sexuality in Hip Hop”
- Krystal Lowery. “Feminism and Authenticity in Hip Hop”
- Panel on “Invisible Man and Its Legacy”
- Nya Lewis. “Afrofuturism”
- Mikia Crawford. “Existentialism”
- Halle Mosser. “Bildungsroman”
- Panel Presentation on “African American Rhetorical Traditions: How Authenticity Lives on.”
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2016 FDI Annual Research Conference
Millersville University, April 21, 2016
- “Insights Into and Relevance of Ellison’s Invisible Man.” This panel explores various critical perspectives on the Ralph Ellison’s classic from 1952, then applies those insights to our current day.
- Nathan Warren
- Kelly Sweinhart
- Olivia Sieg
- Kimberlie Golden
- “Insights Into and Relevance of Ellison’s Invisible Man.” This panel explores various critical perspectives on the Ralph Ellison’s classic from 1952, then applies those insights to our current day.