Stephanie Mitchem will lecture on “Praying for Answers: Race, Culture, Class, and Consumerism” at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 12, in the Denison University Burton D. Morgan Center Lecture Hall (150 Ridge Rd). Sponsored by the Black Studies Program and the Goodspeed Lecture Fund, this lecture is free and open to the public.

Mitchem is chair of Religious Studies and director of the African American Studies Program at the University of South California. She also works actively with the Women’s and Gender Studies Program. Mitchem teaches contemporary theology and women’s studies, emphasizing the experiences and perspectives of black women. She is contributing editor of Crosscurrents, a print and online journal and global network for people of faith and intelligence, and she is also co-editor of the Journal of Feminist Studies in Religion.

For more information, contact 740-587-6241, or visit www.denison.edu.

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CALENDAR LISTING: Denison University, Granville — Stephanie Mitchem lecture on “Praying for Answers: Race, Culture, Class, and Consumerism” at 4:30 p.m. on Thurs., Nov. 12, in the Burton D. Morgan Center Lecture Hall (150 Ridge Road). Free and open to the public. For more information, contact 740-587-6241, or visit www.denison.edu.

About Denison:

Denison University, founded in 1831, is an independent, residential liberal arts institution located in Granville, Ohio. A highly selective college enrolling 2,100 full-time undergraduate students from all 50 states and dozens of foreign countries, Denison is a place where innovative faculty and motivated students collaborate in rigorous scholarship, civic engagement and the cultivation of independent thinking.

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