Visiting Writer of the Lenoir-Rhyne Visiting Writers Series, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day Keynote and Reading.

American Studies Association: Presentation of original research on aesthetics and prison abolition and participation in a roundtable celebrating Christina Sharpe’s new book, In The Wake: On Blackness and Being 

A day-long conference held in partnership with Columbia University to celebrate the first year of the June Jordan Fellowship and the work of its fellows in poetry, songwriting and photography.