Co-star of The Color Purple joins Colorado governor, CU president and chancellor, along with a cadre of artists, to celebrate the Center for African and African American Studies and Black History Month.
Reiland Rabaka, a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä professor of ethnic studies, joins The Ampersand to discuss art, activism, the importance of building community and how his first-grade teacher introduced him to W.E.B. Du Bois and changed his life.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä PhD candidate Tracy Fehr’s research examines the intersecting identities limiting Nepali women’s access to disaster relief funds following the devastating 2015 earthquakes
At a talk Thursday evening, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher Karen Boyd spoke about two of her studies on American Sign Language (ASL) conducted with colleagues in linguistics and psychology.
In his new book lecture Tuesday, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä researcher Reiland Rabaka focuses on the relationship between the Black Women’s Liberation Movement and its music, heralding pioneers like Aretha Franklin.
²ÊÃñ±¦µä sociology instructor Laura Patterson details how feminism is influencing female roles in horror films, expanding them far beyond the ‘damsel in distress’ trope.
With help from Nat Geo, ²ÊÃñ±¦µä alumnus Markos Scheer expands kelp farm to include oysters, and he touts the economic and environmental benefits of the venture.