Dear colleagues, The African American Studies Program invites you to an upcoming event featuring guest speaker Dr. Elaine Richardson. Dr. Richardson is currently a professor of Literacy Studies at The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio. Her research interests include the liberation and critical literacy education of people of the Black African Diaspora. Dr. Richardson has published a number of books including her urban education memoir, PHD to Ph.D.: How Education Saved My Life, which chronicles her life from drugs and the street life to the award-winning scholar and university professor. She is the Director of The Ohio State University Hip-hop Literacies Conference, as well as the nascent non-profit Education Foundation for Freedom, focusing on educational empowerment of women and girls. Richardson, aka Dr. E is also a recording artist and performer, using her performance to reach souls on a deeper level. We are proud of having Dr. Richardson to our campus next week. She will present lecture "BlackGirlLinguistix and Discourse Practices around Ratchet Literacies" sharing her knowledge created by and with Black middle school girls in an urban afterschool context. We encourage your participation in this event and ask that you note the date and time on your calendars. Date & Time: Wednesday, April 5th, 2017, 6:00pm - 8:00pm Location: Southwest Conference Room, DB. 1.124, UTSA Downtown Campus [cid:image001.png@01D2A4AC.7C3A2040] Thank you! Dongdong (Carly) Liu Administrative Associate I Consortium for Social Transformation College of Education & Human Development (COEHD) University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX 78249-0654 Office: 210-458-8542 Fax: 210-458-8543