Race, Media and Masculinity

Race, Media, and Masculinity at Claflin University

March 2, 2010

6:00 p.m. – 8:30 p.m.

W.V.M Fine Arts Building

400 Magnolia Street

Orangeburg, SC, 29115

Guest panelists Dr. Dawn-Elissa Fischer (San Francisco State University), Dr. Mark Anthony Neal (Duke University), Adam Mansbach (author of Angry Black White Boy), and Dr. Stephany Spaulding (Claflin University) will discuss constructions of Black masculinity within the media and literature.

Sponsored by Campus Progress, The Big Read Program, and the Claflin University Lyceum Committee.

This event is free and open to the public.

For more information, please email speakers@campusprogress.org

Teaching Through Hip-Hop

Wisconsin Public Radio
Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders

Teaching Through Hip-Hop
Wednesday, September 23, 2009 (3pm cst/4pm est)

Alex Kajitani was a struggling new teacher at a tough, inner-city school in San Diego. Fed up with students unable to remember simple math concepts but every word of the latest rap song, he began teaching math through hip-hop. It worked so well that his math rap is now a teaching tool used nationwide. We’ll talk with Alex and other educators about the pros and cons of hip-hop in the classroom.

Guest

* Mark Anthony Neal, Professor of African & African-American Studies, Duke University

* Dawn-Elissa Fischer, Assistant Professor in the Department of Africana Studies, San Francisco State University

* Alex Kajitani, 2009 California Teacher of the Year, Top 4 Finalist of National Teacher of the Year

Listen HERE