Evelyn Hu-Dehart, Ph.D., professor and chair of ethnic studies at the University of Colorado-Boulder, will discuss "Black and White and Beyond: Race in the 21st Century" in a lecture at 1:10 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 17, in Brown Hall Lounge.
Hu-DeHart received a B.A. with honors in political science from Stanford University and a Ph.D. in Latin American history from the University of Texas at Austin. She has published three books on the Yaqui Indians of Northern Mexico and Arizona.
The lecture is part of the George Warren Brown School of Social Work's spring lecture series, which runs through April 13. Other lectures in the series are:
March 16: "Multicultural Practices in Social Work: What It Means and What It Should Look Like," by Lorraine M. Gutierrez, Ph.D., associate professor, Social Work Department, University of Michigan. Gutierrez received an A.M. in social service administration from the University of Chicago and both an A.M. in psychology and a Ph.D. in social work and psychology from the University of Michigan.
April 13: "Impoverished Children: A Societal Dilemma," by Ruth McRoy, Ph.D., director, Center for Social Work Research, University of Texas at Austin. McRoy received bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Kansas and a Ph.D. at the University of Texas at Austin. She has published seven books on adoption and adolescent development.
All lectures in the series are free and open to the public, and each begins at 1:10 p.m. in Brown Hall Lounge. For more information, call 935-4909.
