Robinson Symposium Program

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Department of Geography

Calvin Walds
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Research Interests: Black geographies, Africa and the diaspora, sound studies, carcerality and abolition, poetics, mobility studies
Advisor: Dr. Priscilla Pinto Ferreira
Degree: Ph.D.

Previous Degrees:

MFA, Cross-Genre Writing, University of California, San Diego
MA: Pan-African Studies, Syracuse University

Publications:

Flee (Split/Lip Press, 2021), Notes on Noise (BULK Space Detroit, 2022)

Awards:

Dean's Fellowship, School of Graduate Studies, Rutgers-New Brunswick

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Friday, September 11, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Friday, September 25, 2026
10:30 AM - 12:00 PM
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Friday, November 6, 2026
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