Clik here to view.
UA Women Leaders in Action
Apply online for the UA Women Leaders in Action at wrc.ua.edu. Applications are due on Friday, February 24, 2012 at noon. For questions, please contact 205-348-5040.
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
The Unexpected Feminism of HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
Here is what I was expecting when I went to see HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS. A) There would be witches. B) Hansel and Gretel would hunt them. C) It would probably be a better movie than, say, VAN...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act
This Thursday, Representative Barbara Lee (California) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey) reintroduced the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act. This legislation would create the first federal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Billion Rising
On Valentine’s day this year, the Women’s Resource Center and students at the University of Alabama joined the One Billion Rising campaign. The One Billion Rising campaign was founded by Eve Ensler to...
View ArticleFall 2013 GRS Courses
In the Fall of 2013, In addition to introductory courses in African American Studies and Women’s Studies, Gender and Race Studies offered the following courses: AAST 352/WS 352 Social Inequality AAST...
View ArticleRace Survey Symposium
On Wednesday, November 6, our department co-sponsored an interesting and important symposium on campus race relations. The event was held from 1:00-4:00pm in Gorgas 205 and was titled “Student...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Unexpected Feminism of HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS
Here is what I was expecting when I went to see HANSEL AND GRETEL: WITCH HUNTERS. A) There would be witches. B) Hansel and Gretel would hunt them. C) It would probably be a better movie than, say, VAN...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Real Education for Healthy Youth Act
This Thursday, Representative Barbara Lee (California) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (New Jersey) reintroduced the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act. This legislation would create the first federal...
View ArticleClik here to view.
One Billion Rising
On Valentine’s day this year, the Women’s Resource Center and students at the University of Alabama joined the One Billion Rising campaign. The One Billion Rising campaign was founded by Eve Ensler to...
View ArticleFall 2013 GRS Courses
In the Fall of 2013, In addition to introductory courses in African American Studies and Women’s Studies, Gender and Race Studies offered the following courses: AAST 352/WS 352 Social Inequality AAST...
View ArticleRace Survey Symposium
On Wednesday, November 6, our department co-sponsored an interesting and important symposium on campus race relations. The event was held from 1:00-4:00pm in Gorgas 205 and was titled “Student...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Lester Spence- “It Don’t Stop: The Promise of Hip-Hop and Black Politics”
On November 8th, 2013, Dr. Lester Spence from Johns Hopkins University came to campus to speak on hip-hop and black politics. In addition to a campus-wide talk in the afternoon, he gave a research...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Black Politics in America: Voting Rights and Incarceration
On February 12th, 2014 Dr. Kareem Crayton and voting rights activist Jerome Gray came to campus to discuss black politics. Dr. Crayton spoke about felon disenfranchisement and Mr. Gray discussed voting...
View ArticleDr. Angela Lewis: “Conservatism in the Black Community”
On March 12th, the department of Gender and Race studies hosted professor, author, and political strategist Dr. Angela Lewis. Dr. Lewis, the author of “Conservatism in the Black Community” is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Michael Leo Owens: Racial Attitudes, Ideology, and the Restoration of...
On March 5th, Dr. Michael Leo Owens came to campus to speak about racial attitudes, ideology, and the restoration of ex-felons’ rights in the age of mass incarceration. Michael Owens
View ArticleClik here to view.
Keith Gilyard
In February 2014, GRS co-sponsored the event “A Life of Struggle: The Case of Louise Thompson Patterson” with speaker Keith Gilyard. In addition to speaking on campus, Dr. Gilyard presented...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dianne Pinderhughes Visit
“Presidential Leadership When the President Is African American” Dr. Dianne Pinderhughes Friday, October 17th 4:00-6:00 p.m. 125 ten Hoor Hall Dr. Pinderhughes is a member of the Department of...
View ArticleStefanie Fishel Announced as Women in Technology Assistant Professor
The Department of Gender & Race Studies would like to welcome Stefanie Fishel, PhD as a new assistant professor. Her area of speciality is Women and Technology. She will be starting this post...
View ArticleClik here to view.
AAST 302 The Black Church Course Fall 2014 Visitors
The students from AAST 302 The Black Church were visited by Rev. LC Hall, Associate Pastor of Elizabeth Baptist Church of Tuscaloosa, and Dr. Pamela Payne Foster. Dr. Foster lectured on The Black...
View Article
