Join Marshall College for “Constructing Past and Present Identities: Evaluating Depictions of Angela Davis in Popular Culture,” a lecture by special guest Dr. Sharon Lynette Jones. Dr. Sharon L. Jones is currently a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at Wright State University in Dayton, Ohio. She earned a B.A. and an M.A. from Clemson University, and she earned a Ph.D. from the University of Georgia. She is editor of Conversations with Angela Davis (under contract with University Press of Mississippi) and has been collecting and compiling interviews of Angela Davis in magazines, academic journals, and/or newspapers published from the 1970s to the present. Register Here! Marshall College Speaker Series The Thurgood Marshall College Speaker Series (formerly the Scholar and Citizen Speaker Series) brings notable intellectuals, social activists, educators, and artists to campus who uphold the college philosophy of a more just society. Over the last ten years we have hosted Nobel Laureates (Derek Wolcott, Wole Soyinka) , Pulitzer authors (Nicholas Kristoff), MacArthur “Genius” Fellows (Dr. Henry Louis Gates) and Oscar Nominees (Gregory Nava). On occasion, the topic and the scheduled speakers can cover an entire week of symposia and master classes for our students. All events are free and open to the public.