AALCI Entries

2021

Artwork commentary 

• Comments on two paintings by Kehinde Wiley

• Comments on Kehinde Wiley's Naomi and Her Daughters

• Comments on Kehinde Wiley's Anthony of Padua 

Poetry commentary 

• Comments on Porsha Olayiwola’s "Angry Black Woman"

• Comments on Lucille Clifton's "won't you celebrate with me" 

• Comments on June Jordan's "Poem about My Rights" 

Heads of the Colored People commentary 

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Belle Lettres"

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Fatima, the Biloquist"

• On Nafissa Thompson-Spires's "Heads of the Colored People"

Additional 

• Receiving guidance on tech/DH projects

• The benefits and challenges of double majors 

2020 

Entries 

Notes on Awkward Black Women

• Feeling an imposter surrounded by faces that look like yours by Ivana Onubogu 

• She feels awkward because she’s wearing a wig by Zerri Trosper 

• She was made to feel as if her disposition was excessive by Dawson Johnson 

• She Doesn’t Fit In by Victoria L. Green

American Spy 

• If I were writing my own spy-thriller by Dawson Johnson

• This black woman lead is a force by LaMaiya Wright

• Her layered sensitivity to others by Zerri Trosper

• The judgements of the audience by Ivana Onubogu

• My spy character’s mission by Victoria L. Green

Music and culture 

• Megan the Stallion Freestyle, Part 1
• Megan the Stallion Freestyle, Part 2

Defining spaces

• A Black Love Space by Dawson Johnson

• A Black male space by LaMaiya Wright

• The Medical Space by Zerri Trosper
• Poolside Resort – A Liminal Space by Ivana Onubogu

• A Model’s Space by Victoria L. Green

Poetry commentary 

• Commentary on Aiera Matthews's "Wisdom" by Dawson Johnson 

• Commentary on Aiera Matthews's "Wisdom" by Zerri Trosper

• Commentary on Jae Nichelle’s “Friends with Benefits” by Ivana Onubogu

• Commentary on Jae Nichelle’s “Friends with Benefits” by LaMaiya Wright
• Commentary on Phenomenal Woman by Victoria L. Green

2018

Entries
• AALCI in NYC 2018 

• AALCI in NYC at the Schomburg 

• Poster Presentation, 2018 

• Preparations for poster session 

• A project at different stages of development 

• Sketching out poster plans 

• The case for increased attention to meetings with students 

• Tablets and digital collections

• From "the Archive" to Archival Studies with Agnes Czeblakow 

• Tara Schmidt -- the human search engine 

• Joycelyn Moody and the 2018 AALCI Fellows 

• AALCI cohorts, 2010 - 2018 

2017
Entries
• Reading maps, browsing books & comic books in NYC
• AALCI in NYC #2
• AALCI in NYC #1
• Emily Hemmitt's poster presentation
• Lindsey Norward's poster presentation
• Chelsea Irvin's poster presentation
• Jena Robertson's poster presentation
• Tarzra Jones's poster presentation
• Samantha Adams's poster presentation
• Poster Session 2017
• Another sketch to near-complete poster (poster preparation)
• From Sketch to Finished Poster (poster preparation)
• Working quickly & quietly (poster preparation)
• Poster in process (poster preparation)
• Preparations for the poster session
• The Magical Moments of Bridget Drinka
• Joycelyn Moody and the Coltrane Quartet
• The Navigator: Tara Schmidt
• Agnes Czeblakow, Special Collections, and Teleportation
• Responses to poems by Amiri Baraka, Jayne Cortez, and Ishmael Reed
• Responses to poems by Maya Angelou and Lucille Clifton
• Deborah Willis's Black: A Celebration of Culture, Notes #1

• Deborah Willis's Black: A Celebration of Culture, Notes #2

• The Underground Railroad, Notes #1
• Course packets and reading materials
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2017 AALCI Fellows



2016
Entries
• AALCI in NYC
• Visiting the Strand Book Store 
• Visiting the African Burial Ground 
• Touring Harlem & the Schomburg with Doris G. Lango-Leak
• 2016 Poster Session 
• Meeting with Dean Agbenyiga
• Harriet Kelley: A treasured art collector 
• Response to Tyehimba Jess 
• Responses to Kevin Young
• Response to Robert H. Frank's "Why Luck Matters..."
• Response to Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"
• Response to Reginald Harris's "The Lost Boys: A Requiem"
• Responses to Common's Freestyle 
• A courtside seat with Joycelyn Moody  
• Photos of Fellows visiting John Peace Library at UTSA
• Agnes Czeblakow, Special Collections, and foreshadowing 
• Fellows Visit John Peace Library 
• Who should write more? Part 2
• Who should write more? Part 1
• Response to Nikki Giovanni's "Ego Tripping"
• Responses to Gwendolyn Brooks, Robert Hayden, Amiri Baraka 
• Response to Lucille Clifton's "slaveship"
• Responses to Margaret Walker, Maya Angelou & Lucille Clifton
• Responses to Amiri Baraka's "Dope"
• Responses to Malcolm X’s “Message to the Grassroots”
• 2016 Readings
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2016 AALCI Fellows
• Institute course packets
• AALCI 2016
• African American Literatures and Cultures Institute at a Glance

2015
Entries
• How many questions does Bridget Drinka ask per minute? 
• Black women, posing, and selfies 
• AALCI in New York City 2015 
• Tiasha Jefferson's Poster Presentation
• Ayesha Malik's Poster Presentation
• Asia Mott’s Poster Presentation
• Fullamusu Bangura’s Poster Presentation
• Bianca Young’s Poster Presentation
• Jay Hotrum’s Poster Presentation
• Poster Presentation
• Being M.L.K.G
• A Serious Supporter: Wanda Guntz 
• Design Notes: Ayesha Malik 
• Design notes: Tiasha Jefferson
• Design notes: Asia Mott
• Design notes: Fullamusu Bangura 
• Design notes: Bianca Young
• Design notes: Jay Hotrum
• The Interlocutor, the Ghost Hunter: Joycelyn Moody   
• Scholars at Work: AALCI Fellows Visit Special Collections
• The Connector: Tara Schmidt
• Fellows Visit John Peace Library 
• Founder/director, Joycelyn Moody, meets with the Fellows
• Week #1 Readings 
• Notebooks and sharing 
• Responding to Phillis Wheatley and Hayden's "Frederick Douglass" 
• Reading slavery/liberation
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2015 AALCI Fellows
• AALCI 2015

2014
Entries
• Notes on Strand Bookstore 
• AALCI in New York City 2014
• Moody's photos of Rambsy
• Poster presentation
• Deontez Wimbley's poster presentation
• Alesia Alexander's poster presentation
• Candace Chambers' poster presentation
• Mariah Hill's poster presentation
• Josalynn Smith's poster presentation
• Amber Walker's poster presentation
• Fellows prepare for poster session
• The value of bringing a broad group of students together 
• Responses to Nikki Giovanni and Lucille Clifton
• Responses to Lucille Clifton and Jayne Cortez  
• Responses to Amiri Baraka's poetry 
• It takes a village to produce a book 
• Experts in action: UTSA's Tara Schmidt and Juli McLoone
• Tara Schmidt, Juli McLoone & AALCI, 2010 - 2014 
• 6 ways of looking at a slave ship
• A glance at the 5 AALCI cohorts, 2010 - 2014 
• The AALCI Course Packet
• Joycelyn Moody welcomes the 5th AALCI cohort
• Alesia Alexander (Grand Valley State)
• Josalynn Smith (Washington University)
• Amber Walker (University of Texas at San Antonio) 
• Mariah Hill (University of Arizona)
• Deontez Wimbley (Claflin University)
• Candace Chambers (Jackson State University) 
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2014 AALCI Fellows
• AALCI 2014

2013
Entries
• Meeting with Upward Bound student 
• AALCI in NYC
• The AALCI Poster Session
• Week 1 photos: selection of images
• The Multi-data artist currently known as Bridget Drinka
• Tara Schmidt and those Clarifying Questions
• DH special collections librarian or special collections DH scholar?
• AALCI Fellows meet with UTSA Librarians
• Allegra Castro and Erin Ranft, the organizers
• Roxanne Donovan...the Truth
• UTSA graduate students meet with AALCI Fellows
• Kelly Rodgers visits AALCI
• San Antonio Ethnic Arts Society 30th Anniversary Exhibit opening
• Kevin Morris by Corey Reed and Courtnee Fenner
• Mykesha Jackson by Corey Reed and Lauren Barnes
• Corey Reed by Kevin Morris and Khadeidra Billingsley
• Lauren Barnes by Kevin Morris and Khadeidra Billingsley
• Khadeidra Billingsley by Mykesha Jackson and Courtnee Fenner
• Courtnee Fenner by Lauren Barnes and Mykesha Jackson
• Joycelyn Moody and the 2013 AALCI Fellows
• From UNCF/Mellon to AALCI
• 2013 AALCI Reading Materials
• Sonja Lanehart, The AALCI Book Benefactor
• Transformations of a course packet
• AALCI 2013

2012
Entries
• Art collector Harriet Kelley & AALCI
• Scholar Doveanna Fulton visits AALCI
• TCU scholars visit AALCI
• Kinitra Brooks visits AALCI
• UTSA Scholars Organize discussion of “Sweat” 
• Bryan Carter visits AALCI 2012 
• Two Fellows celebrate birthday
• 2012 Fellows Visit UTSA Library
• African American Literatures and Cultures Institute 2012

2011
Entries
• A Big Week for AALCI
• Technology and AALCI
• AALCI in New York
• Ask Emily: The AALCI Program Coordinator
• Map Maker Visits the Institute
• Studying Partial Chronologies
• Librarians Empowering Young Researchers
• AALCI and Second Life
• The Relentless Mission of Bryan Carter
• African American Literatures and Cultures Institute 2011

2010
Entries
• A Glimpse at AALCI
• Notes on the Civil Rights Exhibit
• Notes on the Strand Bookstore
• Notes on the Brooklyn Museum
• Notes on Harlem
• NYC photos
• Fellows offer impressions of NYC
• Photos from the AALCI Exhibit
• The AALCI Exhibit
• More Ways of Understanding the Academy
• Building Technological Consciousness
• Visiting Austin
• Becoming Professors and Scholars
• Understanding the Academy
• Lit. Prof. Dana Williams visits AALCI
• Negotiating the Academy
• Reading Black Poetry
• Researchers in Action
• No TV, No Problem
• From the Opening Event
• Addressing the Pipeline Problem
• Getting Started
• 100 Poems
• The AALCI Designs
• Welcome to the AALCI

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