Iota, Iota, Iota (Triota) Women's Studies Honor Society
This organization strives to maintain feminist values of egalitarianism, inclusiveness, and the celebration of the diversity of women's experiences that are central to Women's Studies. Triota works to promote student research and activism in socio-political issues that effect all minority groups and aims to recognize and promote the academic achievements of Women's Studies students.
Membership shall be open to contract majors or minors, or certificate students in Women’s Studies or any student at the University of Maryland, College Park having a strong interest in Women’s Studies and having completed at least one Women’s Studies course with a GPA of at least 3.0 in this course.
For more informaiton contact Dr. Michelle Rowley: mrowley1@umd.eduIota, Iota, Iota (Triota) Women's Studies Honor Society
THIS TOO IS WOMEN’S STUDIES EVENTS
Masculinity and Memoir Writing: A Conversation with E. Ethelbert Miller
0102 Francis Scott Key
Wednesday 21st October
Time: 6:30
The 5th Inning is E. Ethelbert Miller’s second memoir following on his earlier publication of Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer (2000). In this latest memoir his poetic voice is unmistakable as he weaves a lyrical narrative about turning sixty, marriage, fathering, writing and family.
Join us as Miller reads from The 5th Inning and talks about the role of memoir in crafting his own understandings of masculinity.
E. Ethelbert Miller, highly respected Washington D.C. based poet, literary activist, blogger and, since 1974, the Director of the African-American Resource Center at Howard University.
He is the board chairperson of the Institute for Policy Studies (IPS) as well as a board member of The Writer's Center and editor of Poet Lore magazine. Mr. Miller is the former chair of the Humanities Council of Washington, D.C. and a former core faculty member of the Bennington Writing Seminars at Bennington College. He is also the author of the memoir Fathering Words: The Making of an African American Writer (2000).
His awards include the Columbia Merit Award (1993), the Mayor's Art Award for Literature (1982) and the O.B. Hardison Jr. Poetry Prize. In 1979, the Mayor of Washington, DC, proclaimed September 28, 1979 as "E. Ethelbert Miller Day.", an honor bestowed again on May 21, 2001 by the Mayor of Jackson, Tennessee.
Miller is the Founder and Director of the Ascension Poetry Reading Series, one of the oldest literary series in the Washington area. He and his wife live in Washington, D.C.