Thanks to the generous support of UF Senior Vice President and COO Dr. Charlie Lane, funds are available to send members of the UF community and community partners to attend the annual Imagining America National Gathering. The 2023 National Gathering will be held in Providence, Rhode Island in October.
Past UF IA Presentations
2022 National Gathering – New Orleans, Louisiana
Colleen Rua, School of Theatre + Dance – Creativity and Community, media session co-organizer and presenter with Joel Guzman and Jeffrey Pufahl
2021 National Gathering – Online
2020 National Gathering – Online
2019 National Gathering – Albuquerque, New Mexico
Sophia Acord, Center for the Humanities – Emerging Stories: New Audiences for Public Humanities, panel co-organizer and presenter
2018 National Gathering – Chicago, Illinois
2017 National Gathering – Davis, California
Katerie Gladdys, School of Art + Art History – Radicle Engagement: Stories and Art About Seed Saving, workshop
Sophia Acord, Center for the Humanities – (Epi) Centers for the Engaged Humanities–Programs, Practices, and Public Space”, panelist
2016 Performing Our Future Institute, Appalshop, Whitesburg, Kentucky
In July 2016, Jeff Pufahl, Arts in Medicine; Mike Spranger, Family, Youth, and Community Sciences; and Reichert House Executive Director John Alexander Jr. attended Performing Our Future, a multi-day workshop on economic development through culture.
2016 National Gathering – Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Sophia Acord & Jordana Cox, Center for the Humanities & Mike Spranger, Family, Youth and Community Sciences – Growing Things at the Crossroads: Making Community-Engaged Work Visible at Land-Grant Universities (with Cornell University team: Anna Sims Bartel, Paula Horrigan, and Bruce Levitt
2015 National Gathering – Washington, D.C.
2014 National Gathering – Atlanta, Georgia
Sophia Acord, Center for the Humanities – Telling Stories in Public/About Publics: Public Humanities Programs and Cultural Change, roundtable session organizer and presenter (with Keith Anthony, Emory University; Mona Frederick & Elizabeth Meadows, Vanderbilt University; Inmaculada Lara-Bonilla, Hostos Community College/CUNY; Theresa Mangum, University of Iowa; and Giovanna Summerfield, Auburn University
2013 National Gathering – Syracuse, New York
Sophia Acord, Center for the Humanities, Bess de Farber & Rebecca Jefferson (Smathers Libraries) & Kevin Marshall (School of Theatre + Dance), Sharing and Connecting Our Stories through “Archival Drama,” session presentation
2012 National Gathering – New York City, New York
Sophia Acord, Center for the Humanities – Assessing the Impact of Public Humanities Programs, paper presentation in session entitled “Aligning Missions and Methods in Public Humanities Initiatives: The Role of Humanities Institutes and Centers”
2011 National Gathering – Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota
Katerie Gladdys, School of Art + Art History & Anna Prizzia, Office of Sustainability – Range, Furrow, and Grove, poster session