Chancellor's Fellowship Conferences
- 2007: Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr. in conversation with Dr. Gerald Early
- Keynote Speaker : Dr. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.Director, W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research Photos
- 2006: Meritocracy INC: How Wealth Became Merit, Class Became Race, & College Education Became a Gift from the Poor to the Rich
- Keynote Speaker : Lani Guinier, J.D.Bennett Boskey Professor of Law, Harvard Law School Photos
- 2005: Psychology, Educational Achievement, and the African American Community
- Keynote Speaker : Na'im Akbar, Ph.D.Professor of Psychology, Florida State UniversityPhotos
- 2004: The Evolving National Narrative: Dubois and Others
- Keynote Speaker : David Levering Lewis, Ph.D.Professor of History ; Julius Silver University Professor, New York UniversityPhotos
- 2003: Feminism, the Black Scholar, and the African American Community
- Keynote Speaker : Patricia Hill Collins, Ph.D.Charles Phelps Taft Professor of Sociology and Chair, University of CincinnatiPhotos
- 2002: Hip-Hop Culture and its Relationship to the African American Community
- Keynote Speaker : Michael Eric DysonProfessor of Religious Studies at DePaul University.Synopsis
- 2001: Challenges and Opportunities: African Americans in the New Millennium
- Keynote Speaker : Julian Bond Chairman of the Board of the NAACP Photos
- 1999: The Changing Nature of Religion in the African American Community
- Keynote Speaker : James Hal Cone, B.D., Ph.D., L.L.D.Charles A. Briggs Distinguished Professor of Systematic TheologyInterview
- 1998: Public Health, Private Morality, and the African American Community
- Keynote Speaker: Joycelyn Elders, M.D.Former U.S. Surgeon GeneralReview
- 1997: The African American Athlete and American Society
- Keynote Speaker 1: Bill WhiteFormer St. Louis Cardinals Baseball Player & Past President of the National Baseball LeagueKeynote Speaker 2: Jeffrey SammonsNew York University, Department of HistoryReview
- 1996: The Role of the Intellectual in the African American American Community
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Mae Jemison1st African American Female AstronautReview
- 1995: Race and Racism in the Criminal Justice System
- Keynote Speaker: Professor Angela DavisUniversity of California, Santa Cruz
Gerald Early
Merle Kling Professor of Modern Letters and Professor of English,
African and African American Studies and American Culture Studies ;
Director of Center for Humanities; Conference Coordinator for
Chancellor's Graduate Fellowship Program
