SUNDAY GENERAL SESSION EXPO HALL C (GCCC, MAIN LEVEL)
On Sunday, participants are invited to the NCTE presidential address by NCTE President María Fránquiz. Following the address, author Angie Thomas will close out the Convention.
ANGIE THOMAS
ANGIE THOMAS is the author of the award-winning, #1 New York Times bestselling novels The Hate U Give, On the Come Up, and Concrete Rose as well as Find Your Voice: A Guided Journal for Writing Your Truth. She is also a coauthor of the bestselling collaborative novels Blackout and Whiteout. Thomas divides her time between her native Jackson, Mississippi, and Atlanta, Georgia. You can find her online at www.angiethomas.com.
MARÍA FRÁNQUIZ
MARÍA FRÁNQUIZ is Professor of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Texas at Austin. She is currently member of the WestEd Board of Directors, co-editor of the Bilingual Research Journal, and has co-authored the books Inside the Latin@ Experience: A Latin@ Reader and Scholars in the Field: The Challenges of Migrant Education. Recognition of her work includes the NCRLL Distinguished Senior Scholar award, NCTE Advancement of People of Color Leadership Award, the AERA Div G Faculty Mentor Award. She is most proud of her 20 years as Mentor and 6 years as Director of NCTE’s Cultivating New Voices Among Scholars of Color program.