Growth, Development, and Post-Racialism

Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture: Professor Cheryl Harris

The Center for Black Studies Research is proud to invite UCLA Law Professor Cheryl Harris to be the keynote speaker for the 10th Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture. Professor Harris's address, "Growth, Development, and Post-Racialism" addresses how colorblind racism impacts public services such as the University of California.
Cheryl Harris is the Rosalinde and Arthur Gilbert Foundation Chair in Civil Rights and Civil Liberties at the UCLA School of Law where she teaches Constitutional Law, Civil Rights, Employment Discrimination, Critical Race Theory, and Race Conscious Remedies.
Professor Harris is the author of groundbreaking scholarship in the field of Critical Race Theory, including the influential article, "Whiteness as Property." Her scholarship has also engaged the issue of how racial frames shape our understanding and interpretation of significant events like Hurricane Katrina, admissions policies, and anti-discrimination law.
Professor Harris has been active in leadership in the American Studies Association and has served as a consultant to the MacArthur Foundation. She has been widely recognized as a innovative teacher in the area of civil rights education and was the recipient of the ACLU Foundation of Southern California's Distinguished Professor Award for Civil Rights Education.
The Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture honors the memory of one of Santa Barbara's most outspoken advocates for women and people of color. Dr. Kennedy transformed the Santa Barbara community with her commitment to social justice, activism, and democracy. For additional information on this free event or the Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture Series, please call (805) 893-3914.
The 10th Shirley Kennedy Memorial Lecture is sponsored by the UCSB Center for Black Studies Research and co-sponsored by The Office of Equal Opportunity & Sexual Harassment/Title IX Compliance; Asian American Studies; Black Studies; Chicano/a Studies; Chicano Studies Institute; Feminist Studies/Hull Chair; Mbanefo Foundation; MultiCultural Center; University of California Center New Racial Studies; Office of Research; Office of the Executive Vice Chancellor and Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Equity, and Academic Policy; and the Division of Social Sciences.