Black Studies

The Black Studies Program will cap off the year with a showcase of student work from across the program’s curriculum. Please join us to celebrate the work of our students.

The Black Studies Program will cap off the year with a showcase of student work from across the program’s curriculum. Please join us to celebrate the work of our students.

Michael Leo Owens, Ph.D., Department of Political Science, Emory University

Portions of the U.S. public focus on reducing police violence, particularly police shootings of civilians. Journalists and activists sustain that focus by documenting and publicizing annual numbers of police shootings. Does providing numeric information about police shootings influence public support for police reforms? The talk will address empirical challenges of answering the question and offer insights about numeric-based initiatives to reduce police shootings in the U.S.

Public Zoom lecture on bias and social impacts of artificial intelligence by Dr. Timnit Gebru of the Distributed AI Research Institute.

Kofi Bazzell-Smith will share his knowledge about manga techniques that he learnt under the tutelage of Japanese artists and will teach the audience how to draw Japanese comic books.

Kofi Bazzell-Smith will share his knowledge about manga techniques that he learnt under the tutelage of Japanese artists and will teach the audience how to draw Japanese comic books.

: Participants are encouraged to bring a pencil and ruler, if possible, and to sign up using this form.

Virginia Thomas’s talk, “Envisioning Reproductive Justice: The World-Building Power of Queer Feminist Aesthetics”
1:30-2:45 pm
Tuesday, Sept. 27, Axinn Center, Room 229

This exhibition on reproductive justice features art that focuses on crisis pregnancy centers.

The exhibit features art by Middlebury’s Public Feminism Fellows: Kamari Williams, Isabel Perez, Alexis Welch, Elissa Asch, Luci Bryson, Emily Ribeiro, and Meg Farley.

Location: Axinn Winter Garden Hallway

This exhibition on reproductive justice features art that focuses on crisis pregnancy centers.

The exhibit features art by Middlebury’s Public Feminism Fellows: Kamari Williams, Isabel Perez, Alexis Welch, Elissa Asch, Luci Bryson, Emily Ribeiro, and Meg Farley.

Location: Axinn Winter Garden Hallway