PCSC & PWN invite you to a special presentation, "Reconsidering Race & Politics in the Age of Obama" with reknown speaker Professor Melissa Harris-Lacewell. Click here to RSVP & buy tickets!!!
Melissa Harris-Lacewell is Associate Professor of Politics and African American Studies at Princeton University. Her writings have been published in newspapers throughout the country. She has provided expert commentary on U.S. elections, racial issues, religious questions and gender issues for many television, radio and print sources both in the United States and around the world. (More info) Her academic research has been published in scholarly journals and edited volumes and her interests include the study of African American political thought, black religious ideas and practice, and social and clinical psychology. Professor Harris-Lacewell's creative and dynamic teaching is also motivated by the practical political and racial issues of our time. For example, her course entitled Disaster, Race and American Politics explored the multiple political meanings of Hurricane Katrina. Professor Harris-Lacewell has taught students from grade school to graduate school and has been recognized for her commitment to the classroom as a site of democratic deliberation on race.
Professor Harris-Lacewell is the author of the award-winning book, Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk and Black Political Thought, (Princeton 2004). She is currently at work on a new book: Sister Citizen: A Text For Colored Girls Who've Considered Politics When Being Strong Wasn't Enough. Her academic research is inspired by a desire to investigate the challenges facing contemporary black Americans and to better understand the multiple, creative ways that African Americans respond to these challenges.
Professor Harris-Lacewell received her B.A. in English from Wake Forest University , her Ph.D. in political science from Duke University and an honorary doctorate from Meadville Lombard Theological School. She is currently a student at Union Theological Seminary in New York.
Advance RSVP & Payment Required. Space is limited.
Now thru May 15th,
$15.00 per person for PCSC Members & first two guests
$20.00 per person for Non-members & additional guests of PCSC members.
After May 15th & at the Door, $20 per person for all. Click here to RSVP & buy tickets!!!
Questions & RSVP info, send e-mail to Norma at princetonclub@prodigy.net *Cancellation Policy: Full or partial refunds are solely at the discretion of PCSC and a minimum cancellation fee of $5.00 per person will apply. No refunds for any no shows or cancellations made on day of event.
