In honor of Black History Month, R. L'Heureux Lewis, an activist and scholar of race and society in the post-Civil Rights era, will deliver Carleton College's weekly convocation address on Friday, Feb. 4. Convocation is held from 10:50-11:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel, and is free and open to the public.
According to Lewis, the changing national and international landscape necessitates deeper, more sustainable, and meaningful conversations and research. "In my work, I press to provide rigorous, historically grounded, context-rich analysis of problems facing the United States and the African Diaspora." He is currently finishing his forthcoming book, Inequality in the Promised Land, which seeks to examine the role of race and class in economically and ethnically diverse schools. Lewis hopes to move beyond discussions of achievement gaps and develop new policies to foster equality.
Lewis is a professor of sociology and Black studies at City College of New York (CUNY), with specialties in educational inequality, race-related public policy, and mental health. His commentaries and analyses have been featured on NPR, US News and World Report, Newsweek.com, Fox News, and the Detroit Free Press, among others. He also maintains a blog, UptownNotes.com, through which he seeks to expand and enrich dialogues about the social issues he studies. Lewis has a PhD in Public Policy and Sociology from the University of Michigan and a BA in Sociology from Morehouse College.
More information about Lewis can be found at www.professorlewis.com. For more information about this event or disability accommodations, contact kraadt@carleton.edu in the Carleton College Office of College Relations. The Skinner Memorial Chapel is located on First Street, between College and Winona Streets in Northfield.
