ELATE is excited to host its virtual discussion series, “Small Talk about Big Ideas,” for the 2025 semester. Each interactive discussion will include community building, a brief speaker presentation, breakout rooms for small-group connection and dialogue, and an opportunity for speaker Q&A. 

We invite all ELATE and NCTE members to join us to meet the speakers, chat in small groups with other ELATE and NCTE members, and learn more about cutting-edge research that is informing the field of English education. 

Small Talk about Big Ideas: Legacies of African American Pedagogical Excellence and Future-Making in Teacher Education 

Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET 

A prelude to our highly anticipated 2025 ELATE Summer Conference, this Small Talk about Big Ideas webinar will address the conference theme: Legacies of African American Pedagogical Excellence and Future-Making in Teacher Education.  

Join us for an exciting conversation with the conference conveners Drs. Tamara T. Butler and Keisha L. Green together with esteemed teacher education scholar Stephanie Renee Toliver as they engage in a conversation exploring the legacies of African American pedagogical excellence and the transformative power of fugitive literacies in shaping our collective educational futures.  

Drs. Tamara T. Butler, Keisha L. Green, and Stephanie Renee Toliver will delve into how unconventional and resistant forms of knowledge and storytelling open pathways for imagining new possibilities. Together, we’ll examine the intersections of education, creativity, and liberation as tools for rethinking what it means to create and sustain equitable futures. Perfect for educators, activists, and dreamers, this session promises to inspire bold ideas and critical reflection. 

REGISTER TO ATTEND

Speakers:

Tamara T. Butler, Avery Research Center for African American History and Culture and the College of Charleston 

Keisha L. Green, University of Massachusetts Amherst 

Stephanie Renee Toliver, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign 

Please contact profdev@ncte.org with any questions.