Erica Lawson examines Black women’s past, present as part of new course

Erica Lawson’s research and teaching interests are wide-ranging: from motherhood studies to maternal grief, bereavement, and activism; critical race studies and Black feminist studies. Now, the Western professor will use a range of tools drawn from these topics to teach a new course. 

Introduction to Black Studies is being offered as part of Western’s new minor in Black Studies through the department of gender, sexuality and women’s studies.

“I’m interested in Black liberation movements, going far back, and coming up to Black Lives Matter. We’ll be talking about Black intellectual traditions and looking at them in different ways – through poetry, music, sociology, feminist studies and literature,” Lawson said. 

“It’s an opportunity for students to think more deeply, in a critically informed way, about the world we live in.” 

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