Black History Month Special Event

Black Music, Engineering, and Resilience

Co-Sponsored by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering and the Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African American Studies

Tuesday, February 22, 2022
5 p.m.–7 p.m.

Zoom Meeting ID: 922 8249 2661 Passcode: 297862

Jeffrey McCune

Moderated by Jeffrey Q. McCune Jr.
Frederick Douglass Associate Professor of African-American Literature and Culture
Director, Frederick Douglass Institute for African and African-American Studies


Fabian Taylor

Fabian Taylor
Plant Engineer
Thatcher Company
UR Alumni BS ME, Simon MBA

Kevin Simpson

Kevin Simpson
Manager, Supplier Quality and Engineering
UR Alumni BS EE, Simon MBA


Jennifer AllenJennifer Allen
Senior Project Engineer
L3Harris Technologies
UR Alumni, BS ChE

Cory HunterCory Hunter, PhD
Assistant Professor Musicology, ESM
Assistant Professor of Music, UR 


Maurice McGlshan-PowellMaurice McGlashan-Powell, PhD
Visiting Research Faculty
Electrical and Computer Engineering