Speaker
Mar 23, 2026: 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Watson Pavilion
Each academic year, the Delaney Center presents DeLaney Dialogues, a series of curated exchanges about Southern race relations, culture, and politics. During an hourlong session, an accomplished presenter offers fresh ideas about a regionally resonant topic. Afterwards, the audience converses with the speaker and their peers. Exhibiting innovative strategies for teaching, researching, and discussing Southern racial realities, these programs allow attendees to imagine how a protean region fits into broader professional and public possibilities. Our second dialogue will feature DeLaney Center Postbaccalaureate Fellow Caitlyn Thompkins. On Monday, March 23, from noon until 1PM in Watson Galleries, Caitlyn will share observations entitled “The Legacy of Segregated Medicine: An Oral History of Race and Healthcare in Rockbridge County, VA.” Her remarks will describe her Postbac project which features Black residents of Rockbridge County discussing their experiences with the local healthcare system before and after medical desegregation. Lunch will be provided. To create a richer exploration of Caitlyn’s work, the DeLaney Center will bundle this dialogue with a Reading Club Breakfast. This event will take place on Monday, 3/23/26 from 8-9AM in The Gin Hotel’s 1st Floor Banquet Room and will enable participants to view and discuss clips from Caitlyn’s interviews before they hear her presentation. For more details, visit https://my.wlu.edu/delaney-center.