ISCORE Keynote Address on Race and Ethnicity
Evelyn Hu–DeHart
Friday, 02 Mar 2007 at 12:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Evelyn Hu-DeHart is a professor of history and director of the Center for the Study of Race and Ethnicity in America at Brown University. Previously, she was chair of the Department of Ethnic Studies and director of the Center for Studies of Ethnicity and Race in America at the University of Colorado at Boulder. Hu-DeHart was born in China and immigrated to the United States with her parents when she was twelve. She speaks several languages and describes herself as a multicultural person who moves easily among several cultures. She has written two books on the Yaqui Indians, and is now engaged in a large research project on the Asian diaspora in Latin America and the Caribbean.Cosponsored By:
- ISCORE
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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