PUBLIC LECTURES/PRESENTATIONS
December 2025 “Remembering Frantz Fanon”--Panelist. Old Dominion University, Norfolk, VA;
October 2024 “Writing as Praxis…and Let’s Not Forget the Inspiration and Fun.”--Plenary Speaker. UNCF/Mellon First Book Institute, Atlanta, GA;
https://uncfmellon.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-October-UNCF-Mellon-First-Book-Flyer.pdf
August 2024 “Promoting and Applying for an HBCU Residential Fellowship.” Webinar--Guest Speaker, National Humanities Center, Durham, NC—Virtual;
https://youtu.be/oJr78W8DsOw?si=l4XoWCk7wS73l0Eo [youtu.be]
March 2024 Tangled Roots-Keynote Address, “Nnedi Okorafor’s Sheroes and Their Extra-Ordinatry, Dreaded Hair.”--Suffolk Center for the Arts, Suffolk, VA; https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2024/03/21/tangled-roots-an-exploration-into-diversity-culture-and-identity/
February 15, 2024 - 7:00pm-8:00pm - “Exploring Women/Girls of African-Descent in 20th/21st Century Speculative Fiction."- VIRTUAL. Humanities in Class Webinar Series, National Humanities Center, Durham, NC.
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-material/exploring-women-and-girls-of-african-descent-in-twentieth-and-twenty-first-century-speculative-fiction/
November 25, 2023 - 1:30pm-4:30pm - "MOVIE TALKS: The Little Mermaid (2023), hosted by Hampton City's Citizen's Commission, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-the-little-mermaid-tickets-709441648067
October 26, 2023 - 12:15pm - 1:15pm - "'Sisterhood on the Screen and Behind the Scenes - Unique, Endearing, and Powerful Bonds Between Women in the Worlds of Black SF." Fellows' Workshop. National Humanities Center. [7 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256 USA]
October 25, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm - "Black Women and Girls in Speculative Fiction: Characters, Texts, and Creators."-VIRTUAL. Academics at Work Series. Department of English, Global Languages, and Film Studies [Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23661 / 757-727-5421]
October 18, 2023 - 11:15am-12:15pm - "Is She Going or Has She Already Been 'Where No One Has Gone Before'?!?" Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Colloquium. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. [170 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 / (919) 966-5496. Email [email protected]]
https://aaad.unc.edu/aaad-colloquium-series/
September 23, 2023 - 11:00am - 2:00pm - "Teen Docent Workshop 1-A Discussion of Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad (2016) with Amazon Prime Adaptation." - VIRTUAL. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH [50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202 / (513) 333-7500]
https://freedomcenter.org/teendocentprogram/
August 12, 2023 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm - "MOVIE TALKS: Fast Colors, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-fast-color-tickets-678064448017
June 24, 2023 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm - "MOVIE TALKS: A Wrinkle in Time, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd, Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-a-wrinkle-in-time-with-dr-karima-jeffrey-legette-tickets-633292794797
April 25, 2023 - 12:30pm-1:45pm - "Let's Chop It Up! with Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette." - VIRTUAL. Claflin University, Claflin, SC [400 Magnolia St., Orangeburg, SC, 29115]
April 9, 2023 - 2:15pm - 8:00pm - Swarthmore Black Alumni Network-DC (SBAN-DC) "Black to the Future" tour of The National Museum of African American History & Culture Exhibit (NMAAHC) on Afrofuturism, followed by dinner with a discussion led by Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette at Bronze [1245 H St, NE., Washington, DC]
March 31, 2023 - "Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction." - VIRTUAL. National Black Writers Conference, Center for Black Literature [Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY]
Panel 1: Horror & Hauntings 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Panel 2: Envisioning New Generations 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
MY PAPER: "...and 'Still We Rise,' or Do We?: The Promise and Problems
of Supergirls of African-Descent in Popular Contemporary American
Culture"
Panel 3: Speculative Dynamics 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
<https://centerforblackliterature.org/nbwc-2023-program/>
February 23, 2023 - 5:30pm-7:30pm - "'Black to the Future'? No, the Future is Black." Shaw University, Raleigh, NC [118 E. South St., Raleigh, NC 27601 Yancy Hall, Rm 126/ 919-719-5061].
https://news.shawu.edu/black-history-month/watch-it-black-women-girls-in-speculative-fiction/
November 28, 2022 - "12:15pm-1:15pm - "The Black Female Superhero: Does She Truly Reign?" - VIRTUAL. National Humanities Center. Fellow’s Workshop. [7 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256 USA]
October 2024 “Writing as Praxis…and Let’s Not Forget the Inspiration and Fun.”--Plenary Speaker. UNCF/Mellon First Book Institute, Atlanta, GA;
https://uncfmellon.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/2024-October-UNCF-Mellon-First-Book-Flyer.pdf
August 2024 “Promoting and Applying for an HBCU Residential Fellowship.” Webinar--Guest Speaker, National Humanities Center, Durham, NC—Virtual;
https://youtu.be/oJr78W8DsOw?si=l4XoWCk7wS73l0Eo [youtu.be]
March 2024 Tangled Roots-Keynote Address, “Nnedi Okorafor’s Sheroes and Their Extra-Ordinatry, Dreaded Hair.”--Suffolk Center for the Arts, Suffolk, VA; https://www.suffolknewsherald.com/2024/03/21/tangled-roots-an-exploration-into-diversity-culture-and-identity/
February 15, 2024 - 7:00pm-8:00pm - “Exploring Women/Girls of African-Descent in 20th/21st Century Speculative Fiction."- VIRTUAL. Humanities in Class Webinar Series, National Humanities Center, Durham, NC.
https://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/education-material/exploring-women-and-girls-of-african-descent-in-twentieth-and-twenty-first-century-speculative-fiction/
November 25, 2023 - 1:30pm-4:30pm - "MOVIE TALKS: The Little Mermaid (2023), hosted by Hampton City's Citizen's Commission, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-the-little-mermaid-tickets-709441648067
October 26, 2023 - 12:15pm - 1:15pm - "'Sisterhood on the Screen and Behind the Scenes - Unique, Endearing, and Powerful Bonds Between Women in the Worlds of Black SF." Fellows' Workshop. National Humanities Center. [7 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256 USA]
October 25, 2023 - 12:00pm - 1:00pm - "Black Women and Girls in Speculative Fiction: Characters, Texts, and Creators."-VIRTUAL. Academics at Work Series. Department of English, Global Languages, and Film Studies [Hampton University, Hampton, VA 23661 / 757-727-5421]
October 18, 2023 - 11:15am-12:15pm - "Is She Going or Has She Already Been 'Where No One Has Gone Before'?!?" Department of African, African American, and Diaspora Studies Colloquium. University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC. [170 E. Franklin Street, Chapel Hill, NC, 27599 / (919) 966-5496. Email [email protected]]
https://aaad.unc.edu/aaad-colloquium-series/
September 23, 2023 - 11:00am - 2:00pm - "Teen Docent Workshop 1-A Discussion of Colson Whitehead's Underground Railroad (2016) with Amazon Prime Adaptation." - VIRTUAL. National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati, OH [50 East Freedom Way, Cincinnati, OH 45202 / (513) 333-7500]
https://freedomcenter.org/teendocentprogram/
August 12, 2023 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm - "MOVIE TALKS: Fast Colors, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd., Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-fast-color-tickets-678064448017
June 24, 2023 - 1:00pm - 4:00pm - "MOVIE TALKS: A Wrinkle in Time, with Dr. Karima Jeffrey-Legette," Main Public Library, Hampton, VA [4207 Victoria Blvd, Hampton, VA 23669 / (757) 727-1154]
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/movie-talks-a-wrinkle-in-time-with-dr-karima-jeffrey-legette-tickets-633292794797
April 25, 2023 - 12:30pm-1:45pm - "Let's Chop It Up! with Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette." - VIRTUAL. Claflin University, Claflin, SC [400 Magnolia St., Orangeburg, SC, 29115]
April 9, 2023 - 2:15pm - 8:00pm - Swarthmore Black Alumni Network-DC (SBAN-DC) "Black to the Future" tour of The National Museum of African American History & Culture Exhibit (NMAAHC) on Afrofuturism, followed by dinner with a discussion led by Karima K. Jeffrey-Legette at Bronze [1245 H St, NE., Washington, DC]
March 31, 2023 - "Diasporic Visions: A Celebration of Black Speculative Fiction." - VIRTUAL. National Black Writers Conference, Center for Black Literature [Medgar Evers College, Brooklyn, NY]
Panel 1: Horror & Hauntings 10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m.
Panel 2: Envisioning New Generations 12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m.
MY PAPER: "...and 'Still We Rise,' or Do We?: The Promise and Problems
of Supergirls of African-Descent in Popular Contemporary American
Culture"
Panel 3: Speculative Dynamics 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
<https://centerforblackliterature.org/nbwc-2023-program/>
February 23, 2023 - 5:30pm-7:30pm - "'Black to the Future'? No, the Future is Black." Shaw University, Raleigh, NC [118 E. South St., Raleigh, NC 27601 Yancy Hall, Rm 126/ 919-719-5061].
https://news.shawu.edu/black-history-month/watch-it-black-women-girls-in-speculative-fiction/
November 28, 2022 - "12:15pm-1:15pm - "The Black Female Superhero: Does She Truly Reign?" - VIRTUAL. National Humanities Center. Fellow’s Workshop. [7 T.W. Alexander Dr., Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709-2256 USA]