UpDate - Vol. 14, No. 18, Page 4
February 2, 1995
Race, ethnicity and culture subjects of lecture series

     Race, ethnicity and culture are the subjects of a free, public
lecture series scheduled on Wednesdays during the spring semester at
the University.
     All lectures will take place from 12:20-1:10 p.m., Wednesdays, in
the Ewing Room of the Perkins Student Center. Those attending may
bring a bag lunch.
     Speakers and their topics include:
       Feb. 8 -   "The Studies of Black American Studies: Issues and
                  Controversies"  by Carole Marks, director of the
                  Black American Studies Program;
       Feb. 15 -  "Gender in Traditional China" by David Pong,
                  chairperson of the Department of History;
       Feb. 22 -  "Living for the City: Environmental Racism and Urban
                  America" by Bill Lawson, chairperson of the
                  Department of Philosophy;
       March 1 -  "Issues of American Immigration" by Mark Miller,
                  professor of political science and international
                  relations;
       March 8 -  "Race, Class and Gender in Perceptions of the
                  Workplace Among Professional Managerial Women" by
                  Lynn Weber, visiting professor of sociology;
       March 15 - "Undoing Domination: Or, What's a Straight White
                  Male Doing in the Feminist, Anti-Racist and
                  Lesbian/Gay Liberation Movements?" by Harry Brod,
                  assistant professor of philosophy;
       March 22 - "The Different Faces of Migration: A Cuban
                  Perspective" by neuropsychologist Pedro Ferreira;
       April 5 -  "Analysis of 'The Bell Curve'" by Brian Ackerman,
                  professor of psychology;
       April 12 - "The Economic Impact of California's Proposition
                  187," by Jack Carter, instructor in economics, and
                  Eleanor Craig, associate professor of economics;
       April 19 - "African American Women in Politics" by Zelma
                  Mosley, assistant professor of political science and
                  international relations;
       April 26 - "Black Culture, Black Consciousness: Some
                  Reflections on Black Nationalism" by William Rhines,
                  who teaches in the Department of Sociology and the
                  Black American Studies Program;
       May 3 -    "Definitions of African American Motherhood" by Kate
                  Conway-Turner, associate professor of individual and
                  family studies; and
       May 10 -   "Elder Abuse and Diversity: Cultural Factors" by
                  Karen Stein, chairperson of the Department of
                  Textiles, Design and Consumer Economics.

     The series has been coordinated by Suzanne Cherrin, assistant
professor of women's studies, and Mary Ruth Warner.
     For more information, call the Women's Studies Interdisciplinary
Program at 831-8474.