SwatTalks
SwatTalks is an Alumni Council program that brings the talent and expertise of Swarthmore alumni, faculty, and staff to the greater College community through free, virtual seminars. Each SwatTalk lasts one hour and is available through Zoom. SwatTalk sessions will be recorded as permitted by the presenters.
Upcoming SwatTalks:
"Poetry, Black Mental Health, and Therapy as Reparations" with Morgan Parker, Author and Assistant Professor of English Literature
February 17 AT 8 P.M. ET
Morgan Parker is a Swarthmore English professor and an acclaimed poet, essayist, and novelist. The author of five books, her 2019 poetry collection, Magical Negro, won the National Book Critics Circle Award and her 2024 collection of essays, You Get What You Pay For, was a Lambda Literary Award finalist. Described by The New York Times as “a dynamic craftperson” of “considerable consequence to American poetry” and hailed by The Atlantic for her “expansive and gifted mind,” Parker’s writing addresses everything from respectability politics to mental health and Black liberation to the cultural significance of Beyonce.
As part of Black History Month and in partnership with the Swarthmore Black Alumni Network, please join Professor Parker for a conversation with National Book Critics Circle president Adam Dalva ’12 about her work.
Register for February's SwatTalk with Morgan Parker
SwatTalk with Joe McGinniss Jr. ’94 and Sam Sussman ’13
March 18 AT 8 P.M. ET
Program details and registration information coming soon.
Watch Recordings of Past SwatTalks
- Explore the full catalog of recorded SwatTalks.
- Watch recordings from the 2020–21 Racial Justice SwatTalks series.
- Looking for something shorter? Check out SwatTalk Shorts.
Accommodations & Questions
If you require accommodations to participate in this webinar, please contact alumni@swarthmore.edu at least 24 hours in advance for assistance.
If webinars are permitted to be recorded, they will be made available on the SwatTalks recordings page at a later time.
If you have any technical difficulties with Zoom, please contact help@swarthmore.edu.
Speaker Recommendations
To suggest a future panelist, please email swattalk@swarthmore.edu.
