Oct. 23: 'Black Women in the Media'

Alpha Kappa Alpha chapter to host program on 'Black Women in the Media'

TEXT SIZE

9:18 a.m., Oct. 21, 2014--The University of Delaware’s Lambda Gamma Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. will host an event titled “Black Women in the Media: The Politics of Womanhood” at 7 p.m., Thursday, Oct. 23, in 205 Gore Hall.

The event will feature Emerald Christopher, a UD alumna who is now a professorial lecturer in the Georgetown University Women’s and Gender Studies Program and a doctoral candidate at the University of Maryland Baltimore County. 

Events Stories

June 5: Blue Hen 5K

University of Delaware graduates planning to attend Alumni Weekend are encouraged to register for the annual Blue Hen 5K walk and run, which will be held Sunday morning, June 5.

June 6-9: Food and culture series

The 20th annual June Lecture Series at the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute at UD in Wilmington will be held June 6-9. Titled 'June a la Carte,' this year's program focuses on great political documents, feminism, world politics and a Newark cuisine sampler.

Christopher is conducting research in women’s studies with a focus on black women in the media and various stereotypes. She also is examining black women in reality television shows and the struggle to navigate mixed messages of what it means to be a black woman in today's society.

The presentation will include a panel discussion, with the panel moderated by Carol Henderson, UD’s vice provost for diversity, and a member of the sorority.

The aim of the event is to generate in-depth debates on the social constructions of gender, which, a chapter representative said, “could be the first step toward impacting the black, female community starting here at the University of Delaware.”

News Media Contact

University of Delaware
Communications and Public Affairs
302-831-NEWS
publicaffairs@udel.edu

UDaily is produced by
Communications and Public Affairs

The Academy Building
105 East Main Street
University of Delaware
Newark, DE 19716 | USA
Phone: (302) 831-2792
email: publicaffairs@udel.edu
www.udel.edu/cpa