"The Prodigal Son: A Womanist Perspective"
March 21, 2004
140 N. Warren Street
Trenton, NJ
10:15 am
St.
Michael's Episcopal Church
I am speaking there for Women's History
Month.
"On Being a Drum Major"
Lawrence Township Martin Luther King Day Celebration
January 19, 2004 9 a.m. Lawrence High School Lawrence Township, New Jersey
I have the honor of being the keynote speaker for this year's commemoration.
Small
Murders: Race, Class, Sex and News Coverage
Wednesday, November 20, 2003, 8 p.m.
The College of New Jersey
Bliss Hall Main Lounge
Mainstream Western journalists believe in an ethic
of objective reporting, but journalistic practices frequently devalue
members of historically marginalized groups and classes. Nowhere is this more apparent than in
murder stories, where race, class, gender and sexual identity demonstrably
affect coverage. This presentation draws upon black feminist thought and
journalism history to shed light on news coverage of such murder victims
as Newark teenager Sakia Gunn, and workers at the Imperial Foods poultry
plant in Hamlet, North Carolina.
Sponsored by the TCNJ Women's Center. Light Refreshments will be
served.
Fragments by Amy E. Stein
My former student, Amy Stein MSW (TSC '92), has an exciting new book: Fragments: Coping With Attention Deficit Disorder. (Haworth Press.) Amy has combined the lessons of her personal and professional experience to create an innovative and effective new approach to helping people diagnosed with ADD achieve academic and personal success. Her experiential approach to education merits the attention of the entire education establishment. Check it out Amazon.com, or at Barnes and Nobles.
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Spring,2004 |
Brown v. Board of Education Digital Archive: Student Constructivist Projects Coming Online This semester, students in my Introduction to Professional Writing class began work on a digital archive that will be part of the Association for the Study of African American Life and History's commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court's landmark decision in the case of Brown vs. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. ASALH's 2004 Black History Month theme is "Before Brown, Beyond Boundaries." In addition to the multimedia digital archive, the commemoration will include the publication of a resource kit for educators that consists of multimedia CD-ROM, a collection of essays by noted scholars, lesson plans and other curricular materials. The students' projects, with links to information about ASALH and its Black History Month activities, are available here. Racial Dictionary Updates Now Online One of the interesting projects I've undertaken with my students in the last couple of years is the compilation of what presumptuously named The Interactive Dictionary of Racial Language. It's an attempt to capture the evolving connotative and denotative use of words to create and re-create racial meaning. The project is coming along slowly, but we've learned some interesting things along the way that are beautifully captured in my former graduate student Eric Wolarsky's thoughtful and provocative introductory essay. I expect to get back to work on the project this summer when I teach a graduate course on the Rhetoric of Race, so I'm interested in thoughts and comments. Back to the Here and Now: Don Evans Tribute in the Works
The lights did not dim on Broadway on the evening of October 16, 2003, but the theater lost one of its stars when Don Evans died of a heart attack at the age of 65. Don was a playwright, educator and promoter of the arts who was known and respected throughout the theater world. In his honor, a tribute performance of his work will be held at The College of New Jersey on February 7, 2004. Proceeds from the benefit will endow the Donald Evans Memorial Fund, which will support enrichment activities for students in the College's African American Studies program. My contribution to the cause has been to create a website in Don's honor. If you are not familiar with Don or his work, I recommend going to the site and checking out the "Links and Sources" page. If anyone has memories or memorabilia to contribute to the effort, please fill out this form.
Back to Life, Back to Reality I'm back to teaching at The College this semester, and the new Interactive Multimedia Major is in full swing. I'm teaching two sections of Introduction to Professional Writing (IMM140/JPW250), Feature Writing (IMM 240/JPW251) and I'm team-teaching. This fall, I've participated in two academic conferences as well: the 88th Annual Convention of the Association for the Study of African-American Life and History in Milwaukee and the Fourth Biennial Feminism(s) and Rhetoric(s) Conference in Columbus, Ohio. On September 17, I gave a presentation on a portion of my sabbatical work at the Princeton University Women's Center. I'll be doing a similar presentation this coming November 20 at TCNJ. Details are in the announcements section in the left column. News Archives |
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