2026 SPE Annual ConferenceSpeakers

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Ken Marchionno

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 4:30pm, Atlanta 3

Social Practice: Navigating Academia

Ken Marchionno is a Los Angeles-based artist, writer, and curator whose internationally exhibited, socially engaged work blends photography, digital media, and community collaboration. He's taught and spoken globally, worked with leading fashion photographers, published widely,... read more

Elizabeth McGrady

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 12:00pm, Atlanta 5

Witching Hour

Elizabeth McGrady is a New England based artist whose work focuses on the intersection of the scientific and spiritual, drawing on her background in theoretical mathematics and the tenets of Celtic Paganism. She received her... read more

Nika McKagen

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 4:30pm, Atlanta 5

Photography as Invocation: Mysticism, Gender, and the Act of Self-Authorization

Nika McKagen works with traditional wet darkroom photography, sculpture, and textile. Her work explores the sublime experiences that tend to occur at the edges of worlds, cultures, and languages, focusing on the intersections between digital... read more

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Shanna Merola

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 12:00pm, Georgia 7

Reframing the Lens: Identity, Dialogue, and Digital Pedagogy in the Photography

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm, Georgia 7

Love Canal; Evidence of Injury

Shanna Merola is an artist, photojournalist and legal worker. In addition to her studio practice, she has been a human rights observer during political uprisings across the country - from the struggle for water rights... read more

Harrison Moenich

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm, Atlanta 5

Reflecting the Times: Image-Making and Education in the Shadow of Genocide

Harrison Moenich is an artist living and working in Richmond, Virginia. They received their BFA's from Virginia Commonwealth University in both Film Making and Photography in 2011 and their MFA in Photography from Cranbrook Academy... read more

Mariah Moneda

Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 1:00pm, Georgia 12

Catalysts for Community: Kapwa and the Banana Tree

Mariah Moneda (b.1997) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. She draws on her lived experience as a first-generation born, Filipino-American woman, and utilizes her practice as a tool to explore the liminal space between herself,... read more

Paolo Morales

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 3:30pm, Georgia 6

Exploring Racialization of Photographs through Encounters as an Asian-American

Paolo Morales received an MFA from Rhode Island School of Design and is an Assistant Professor of Practice at Moravian University. He was a participant at Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, and an artist-in-residence... read more

Keely Morgan

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 9:30am, Atlanta 1

We Wanted a Matriarchy

Keeley Morgan is an interdisciplinary artist from Houston, Texas, pursuing an MFA in Photography at the University of Arkansas. Her work explores intimacy, age, and home and has been exhibited at various venues across the... read more

Melissa Nunez

Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 9:00am, Atlanta 2

Reframing Collegiate Photography Education

Melissa Nuñez is a Lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin, teaching darkroom photography. Her work examines landscapes altered by human activity, hazardous waste, and climate change. Through her art practice and pedagogy, Nuñez... read more