SPEAKER SERIES 2011
Spring/Summer:
Melissa Harris-Perry is professor of political science at Tulane
University, where she is founding director of the project on gender,
race, and politics in the South. She previously served on the faculty
of the University of Chicago and Princeton University. She is author
of the award winning book Barbershops, Bibles, and BET: Everyday Talk
and Black Political Thought and the upcoming book Sister Citizen:
Shame, Stereotypes, and Black Women in America. She is a columnist for
The Nation magazine. Harris-Perry is a contributor to MSNBC, appearing
as a bi-weekly guest on the Thomas Roberts Show and a frequent guest
on the Rachel Maddow Show and The Last Word. She is a regular
commentator for many print and radio sources in the U.S. and abroad. She lives with her family in New Orleans
What people are saying about Melissa:
"Whenever I finish listening to Melissa Harris-Perry on MSNBC or when I finish one of her Nation columns, I always feel like my consciousness has been raised about the human condition …"
"I admire and greatly appreciate Melissa Harris-Perry's intelligence, mind and creative expressions."
"Bravo! Melissa Harris-Perry hits the bull's-eye again."
Ms. Harris-Perry will be appearing at 7:00 PM at the Aberdeen High School for The Grays Harbor Institute on June 24, 2011.