Wednesday, October 2, 2024 12:00pm to 1:00pm
About this Event
This lecture is part of a collaborative webinar series, Africana Studies: Renewing the Fight for Justice, which is co-sponsored by the Department of Africana Studies at the University of Pittsburgh, the W.E.B. Du Bois Department of Afro-American Studies at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and the Department of Africana Studies at Brown University.
Nadia E. Brown is a Professor of Government, director of the Women’s and Gender Studies Program and affiliate in the African American Studies program at Georgetown University.
She is the author or editor of several award winning books – including Sisters in the Statehouse: Black Women and Legislative Decision Making (Oxford University Press); Sister Style: The Politics of Appearance for Black Women Political Elites (with Danielle Lemi); Distinct Identities: Minority Women in U.S. Politics (with Sarah Allen Gershon, Routledge Press); The Politics of Protest: Readings on the Black Lives Matter Movement (with Ray Block, Jr. and Christopher Stout, Routledge Press); Approaching Democracy: American Government in Times of Challenge (with Larry Berman, Bruce Allen Murphy and Sarah Allen Gershon, Routledge Press). Her articles have been published in the American Political Science Review, Politics & Gender, Political Research Quarterly, and The Boston Law Review among other outlets. Professor Brown routinely provides analysis and political commentary to outlets such as The Washington Post, The New York Times, USA Today, CTV Television Network, and National Public Radio among others.
Please let us know if you require an accommodation in order to participate in this event. Accommodations may include live captioning, ASL interpreters, and/or captioned media and accessible documents from recorded events. At least 5 days in advance is recommended.