Mixed Race Influences on Personal and Professorial Life

Event details
When

Wednesday, December 4, 2024 from 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM

Where

Clark Presentation Space, Hatcher Library South

Event typeLecture/Discussion
SeriesExploring Mixed Race and Interracial Family Experiences

Bénédicte Boisseron talks about her experience in researching and navigating mixed race, and if/how identity has influenced her roles as scholar/teacher/author/mentor/parent, etc. 

Boisseron is chair of the Department of Afroamerican and African Studies, professor of Afroamerican and African Studies, and professor of Romance Languages and Literatures. Her related publications include Neither White nor Black but Some Sort of Freegan, and Creole Renegades Rhetoric of Betrayal and Guilt in the Caribbean Diaspora.

See the full list of events offered as part of the series Exploring Mixed Race and Interracial Family Experiences.

Eight book and magazine covers, including Esquire, Time, and Vogue.

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Karen E Downing · kdown@umich.edu

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