Dr. Valerie Lee will be here on campus to discuss her new book: Sisterlocking Discoarse: Race, Gender, and the Twenty First Century Academy. Dr. Lee is Professor Emerita in English, is the former chair of three Ohio State academic departments: the Department of Women's Studies (now Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies); the Department of English (two terms); and the Department of African American and African Studies (Interim Chair). Also, she served a five-year term as the university's Chief Diversity Officer and Vice Provost of Diversity and Inclusion, and a three-year term as Vice President of Outreach and Engagement. As she writes in the introduction, "Sisterlocking Discoarse is about braiding and breathing and believing that a Black woman's journey through the academy is important."
The event will be held in the Bayley Room at Beeghly Library, Tuesday April 5th at 4pm. Please wear face masks for the event.
OWU Sponsoring Organization/Office: Diversity Equity and Inclusion Council, Department of English, Office of Multicultural Student Affairs and University Chaplain
Contact: Dawn Chisebe at dmchiseb@owu.edu