by name is diana distefano. this is a roundtable called "reimagining expansion: some race, gender and violence." as you can see we are being found today. that is kind of exciting. c-span is here. prettyndtable is set up normally. we have two moderators today. than the rest of us are going to be talking briefly about our current research. then we will open it up for questions and discussion and we are hoping the audience is going to be participating a lot in these conversations. over on the end is dee garco. she is affiliated with the university of montana. is here from the north. and james brooks is from uc santa barbara. catherine franklin is from texas tech university. carol -- i always miss of your last name. from you into charlotte. -- unc charlotte. to my right is craig smith is from virginia commonwealth university. ka is frome mencha texas christian university. i think we are going to each talk briefly about our research and then open it up to questions. celeste, do you want to start? >> i prepared a few

by name is diana distefano. this is a roundtable called "reimagining expansion: some race, gender and violence." as you can see we are being found today. that is kind of exciting. c-span is here. prettyndtable is set up normally. we have two moderators today. than the rest of us are going to be talking briefly about our current research.