The Covered series highlights the remarkable contributions of UC Davis faculty who have published books across diverse fields, from scholarly research to creative works. Each program includes author presentations, Q&A and light refreshments. Covered is co-sponsored by the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum and UC Davis Library. The partnership is part of Elevate the Arts, a campus-wide initiative fostering collaboration among UC Davis faculty in the arts to support and amplify one another’s work.
Liza Grandia
Kernels of Resistance: Maize, Food Sovereignty and Collective Power
Carl Whithaus
Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local: Rhetorical Dynamics across Networked Publics
Tuesday January 13
5:30–7:30 PM
Join us for an evening with UC Davis faculty authors Carl Whithaus and Liza Grandia as part of Covered, a campus-wide collaboration celebrating recent books from the College of Letters and Science. Whithaus, professor of writing and rhetoric, discusses Swarms, Viral Writing, and the Local, which examines how emerging writing technologies and born-digital texts circulate, mutate and shape contemporary public discourse. Grandia, chair and professor of Native American Studies, shares insights from Kernels of Resistance, tracing how Mesoamerican farmers and food-sovereignty movements confronted corporate power to build more climate-resilient, community-driven agricultural systems.
