First Forum is the USC Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Association's Annual Conference. This year, we consider passing. We have 18 participants across 6 panels. The event concludes with a keynote roundtable beteen Sandra Harvey (UC Irvine), American Artist, Jian Neo Chen (Ohio State), and Zakiyyah Iman Jackson (USC).

For more information, visit our website at http://firstforum2020.com/. Register to attend and to receive a Zoom link at https://www.eventbrite.com/e/first-forum-2020-passing-tickets-123058381933. 

We thank the ZdC Cinema and Media Studies Graduate Association, the Department of Cinema and Media Studies, the Levan Institute for the Humanities, the Visual Studies Research Institute, the Sidney Harman Academy for Polymathic Study, the Department of American Studies and Ethnicity, the Division of Media Arts and Practice, and the Program in Comparative Studies in Literature and Culture for their crucial support of this conference.