Porshéa Patterson-Hurst

She/Her/Hers

Research Team Lead

The Harry Potter Alliance

Participates in 8 items

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst is the public opinion research associate for The Opportunity Agenda, a social justice communication lab in New York. She consults with allies in the field to identify and obtain pertinent research needs in the areas of immigration, criminal legal reform, and poverty. She also volunteers as the Research Team Lead for the Harry Potter Alliance, co-hosts the Castle Black podcast on the Loudspeakers Network, and is a frequent contributor to Black Girls Create. Follow her on Twitter @Porshea_obvi.

Sessions in which Porshéa Patterson-Hurst participates

Friday 11 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

Magical Laws and How to Found Them

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Panel

Maggie Brevig (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Robin Whittle (Participant)

Are the Principal Exceptions to Gamp’s Law truly immutable? Do magical beings actually have different limitations to their magic or are those taugh...

Saturday 12 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

11:30 AM

An Excess of "Phlegm" and the Lack of Femme

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport Hotel Boston - Seaport Ballroom

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Jasmine Rose Schmitt, University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

Heroines of Harry Potter are often presented as and praised for not being classically feminine, while "feminine" characters are seen as inhe...

12:45 PM

Hagrid, Half-bloods, and Squibs: One-Drop Rule?

1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Panel

Dr. Kishana Taylor Ph.D., University of California (Participant)

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Jasmine Rose Schmitt, University of Texas at Austin (Participant)

As a fandom, we talk a lot about pureblood and wizard supremacy, but how often do we investigate what lies between the extremes? Using the portraya...

2:00 PM

Stop. Howler Time!

1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Roundtable

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

If you're attending LeakyCon, there's a pretty good chance that you have a lot of feelings about Harry Potter and need the space to vent abo...

Sunday 13 October, 2019

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

10:15 AM

Ethnic Communities in the Wizarding World

1 hour, 10:15 AM EDT - 11:15 AM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Amphitheater

Roundtable

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Moderator)

AJ Solomon, Mischief Management (Participant)

Proma Khosla, Mashable (Participant)

Robyn Jordan, Black Girls Create (Participant)

In this session, panelists representing multiple ethnic backgrounds discuss the (mis)/representation of their communities within Harry Potter

11:30 AM

You Cannot Deny, the Wizarding World's Got Style

1 hour, 11:30 AM EDT - 12:30 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Cityview Ballroom

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Discussions of fashion in the Wizarding World are sorely lacking. We three fashion conscious witches want to know more about robes and dress robes,...

12:45 PM

The Origin of House-Elves

1 hour, 12:45 PM EDT - 1:45 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Harborview Ballroom

Panel

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

Bayana Davis, Black Girls Create (Participant)

This session will trace and speculate about the history and magic of house-elves. Join us as we talk about what their lives might have been like be...

2:00 PM

Beyond Ilvermorny

1 hour, 2:00 PM EDT - 3:00 PM EDT

Seaport World Trade Center - Beacon Hill Complex

Panel

Delia Gallegos, Black Girls Create (Moderator)

Constance Gibbs, Black Girls Create (Participant)

Ashley Hamel, Ashley Trix & the WZRDS (Participant)

Porshéa Patterson-Hurst, The Harry Potter Alliance (Participant)

In 2016 J.K. Rowling gave the American fandom what it had wanted for years—information on America's wizarding education system. For many fans, it i...