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Speaker biographies
Jessica W. Luther is an Austin-based writer who
has emerged as a strong and compelling voice on
issues related to sport, gender and violence. Luther is the author of Unsportsmanlike Conduct:
College Football and the Politics of Rape, a forthcoming book for Akashic Books, and is a contributing writer for VICESports, SI.com and RH Reality
Check, a reproductive health website. Luther received a Master’s Degree from UT-Austin in 2004
and a Bachelor’s Degree, Summa Cum Laude, from
Florida State University in 2002. Her website is
www.jessicawluther.com.
Dr. Harry Edwards is Professor Emeritus of Sociology at the University of California, Berkeley and the
author of Sociology of Sport and Revolt of the
Black Athlete, among other works. Dr. Edwards is
the architect of the Olympic Project for Human
Rights, which begot the iconic Black Power salute
of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968
Olympics. He is a self-styled “scholar-activist,” revolutionizing both academic and public discourse on the substance of
sport and society, who has worked with numerous professional sports
teams and leagues to ameliorate issues of bigotry, prejudice and inequity. His website is www.edwardslecture.org.
(Men’s) Violence against Women
and the Culture of Privilege (in Sports)
Jessica Luther in conversation
with Dr. Harry Edwards
April 7, 2015 at 4:00 p.m. in BMC 5.208
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