Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in School
by
Monique W. Morris
April 24- Author Visit- Dr. Monique Morris
Description: Dr. Morris’ lectures and Q&A sessions on Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Education during the day. The evening event including lecture, book signing & reception is open to the entire community. All of Dr. Morris's talks will take place in the Large Theater, Fine Arts building.
Monique W. Morris, Ed.D. is an award-winning author and social justice scholar with nearly three decades of experience in the areas of education, civil rights, juvenile and social justice. Dr. Morris is the author of Pushout: The Criminalization of Black Girls in Schools (The New Press, 2016), Black Stats: African Americans by the Numbers in the Twenty-First Century (The New Press, 2014), and Too Beautiful for Words (MWM Books, 2012). She worked with Kemba Smith on her book, Poster Child: The Kemba Smith Story (IBJ Book Publishing, 2011) and has written dozens of articles, book chapters, and other publications on social justice issues and lectured widely on research, policies, and practices associated with improving juvenile justice, educational, and socioeconomic conditions for Black girls, women, and their families. Dr. Morris is currently completing a book on how schools can perform as locations for healing for girls of color (The New Press, forthcoming).