Racial Inequality in the Classroom Subject of Nov. 19 Pitt Lecture

PITTSBURGH-Amanda Lewis, associate professor of sociology at Emory University, will deliver a lecture at the University of Pittsburgh titled "Despite the Best Intentions: Why Racial Inequality Persists in Good Schools."

The talk will take place from noon to 1:30 p.m. Nov. 19 at Pitt's Center on Race and Social Problems (CRSP), School of Social Work Conference Center, 20th floor, Cathedral of Learning, 4200 Fifth Ave., Oakland. It is part of the Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC Fall 2009 Speaker Series and is free and open to the public. Registration is not required, and lunch will be provided. For more information, call 412-624-7382.

Lewis' areas of expertise include race and ethnic relations, urban schooling, children and youth, gender, and urban ethnography. She has researched suburban school achievement and under-performing Black students in suburban schools.

Lewis coauthored "Challenging Racism in Higher Education: Promoting Justice" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2005) and coedited "Changing Terrain of Race & Ethnicity" (Russell Sage, 2004). She has published in many journals, lectured widely, and served as a consultant on a number of diversity and school-outcome initiatives.

At Emory University, Lewis is involved in the Race and Difference Initiative, which focuses on race and other forms of stigma.

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