Fall 2021 Book Club: Living for Chance: Grace Lee Boggs

October 25, 2021 – Introductory Session: Virtual Zoom Meeting

• Greetings & Introductions-
  • Dr. Michael Borshuk, Associate Professor, African American Literature & Director, Humanities Center, Texas Tech University
• Sponsors and Partners—Ms. Xinyue Lei, Doctoral Student, Counselor Education, TTU
• Explanation of the Book Read format and Reading Group Website, Amy Dye-Reeves, Associate Education & History Librarian
• Description of Streaming/Virtual Format
  • Tran Le, Technology Coordinator, TTU 
• Keynote: “What is (R)evolutionary Anti-Racism?”
  • Dr. Sebastian A. Ramirez, Post doc Scholar, Humanities Center, TTU
  • (Intro by) Ms. Susan Lilly, Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education, TTU

Distribute Discussion Questions for Group Discussion- 

• • Ms. Melissa Galica, Counselor Education, Texas Tech University
  • Ms. Nichole Gonzalez, Counselor Education, Texas Tech University

Breakout Room Group Discussion- 

• • Breakout Room Group Discussion Facilitators (Jahaan Abdullah, Patrice Dunn, Jonathan Edwards, Melissa Galica, Nichole Gonzalez, Tran Le, Xinyue Lei, Susan Lilly, Christopher Townsend, & Keegan Trussell,)

Next Week’s Reading Assignment (Chapters 8 & 9)

• •  Brian Hicks, Western Governors University & Texas Tech University

Surveys-

• • Ms. Tran Le, Texas Tech University, Technology Coordinator

Closing Remarks

• • Ms. Amy Dye-Reeves, Associate Education & History Librarian
  • Jonathan Edwards, Counselor Education, TTU

Session II Facilitator – Ms. Patrice Dunn, Doctoral Candidate, Counselor Education, TTU

Dr. Sebastian A Ramirez, Post Doc Scholar, Humanities Center Dr. Ramirez graduated with his PhD in Philosophy from Vanderbilt University in 2021. Sebastian’s research draws on African American social-political thought and contemporary history, social psychology, sociology, and critical media studies to explore topics in critical philosophy of race, critical theory, and social-political philosophy. His interdisciplinary research approach derives in part from his non-traditional path to the PhD. After receiving a biochemistry degree from the Rochester Institute of Technology in 2011, Sebastian moved to China to teach English for three years. Although he considered doing a master’s degree in Chinese, he eventually returned to the United States to study philosophy (his undergraduate minor). More recently, his experience as American Studies Fellow with Vanderbilt’s Robert Penn Warren Center for the Humanities helped pave the way for his appointment as Post-Doctoral Fellow in the Humanities here at Texas Tech. Having taught several sections of Introduction to Philosophy and General Logic throughout his time at Vanderbilt, Sebastian also believes in the importance of education, whether within or beyond the university and looks forward to engaging the broader Texas Tech and Lubbock community