Monday, November 08, 2010

Renowned author Nicole Rousseau will give a presentation on her award-winning book Black Women’s Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction at 7p.m. Wednesday, Nov. 10 in the University of North Carolina Wilmington Computer Information Systems building room 1008.This event is free and open to the public.

Rousseau’s presentation will explore the ways in which the national agenda, long shaped by economic needs and the rhetoric of political leadership, has been sharply impacted by negative images and gender identities for black women.

Rousseau is an accomplished sociologist and author who earned her master’s degree from Loyola University Chicago and her doctorate from Howard University. She received the prestigious 2010 NCSA Scholarly Achievement Award for Black Women’s Burden and her work has been included in publications in the U.S. and South America.

Rousseau’s lecture is sponsored by the UNC Wilmington College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Sociology and Criminology and the Women’s Studies and Resource Center.

Media are invited to interview Rousseau at the event. A small reception will follow the presentation.

Media Contact

Joy Davis, UNCW Marketing and Communications, 910.632.3903 or davisjc@uncw.edu