Wednesday, March 14
12 pm
Olpin Union Saltair Room
200 South Central Campus Drive
Booksigning Reception by King's English to follow.
Recognized for her provocative, progressive and insightful observations, Dr. Julianne Malveaux ~ an economist, author and commentator ~ has been described by Cornel West as "the most iconoclastic public intellectual in the country." Her contributions to the public dialogue on issues such as race, culture, gender ~ and their economic impacts ~ are helping to shape public opinion in 21st century America. Dr. Malveaux is well-known for her appearances on a variety of national network programs, as both a guest speaker and host. She has appeared on To The Contrary, Politically Incorrect, O'Reilly Factor and stations such as C-SPAN, MSNBC and CNBC. As a writer and columnist, her work appears regularly in numerous newspapers and magazines across the country.
Thursday, March 15
7 pm
Olpin Union Saltair Room
200 South Central Campus Drive
Booksigning Reception by King's English to follow.
Susan Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies at The University of Michigan and Chair of the Department. She has lectured at colleges and universities around the country, and is author of The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How it Undermines Women; Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination ~ which won the Hacker Prize in 2000 for the best popular book about technology and culture; Where The Girls Are; and Growing Up Female with the Mass Media. Where the Girls Are was widely praised, and chosen one of the top ten books of 1994 by National Public Radio, Entertainment Weekly and The McLaughlin Group. Dr. Douglas has written for magazines and newspapers across the country, and was media critic for The Progressive from 1992-1998. She has appeared on numerous television and radio shows.
