Public Lecture: White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America Conference/Lecture Monday, March 9, 2020 The event started -1662 days agoMultiday event - 0 days 5:30 PM Wilson Hall Room 168 Dr. Margaret Hagerman, Assistant Professor of Sociology at Mississippi State University, will present a public lecture based on her recently published book, White Kids: Growing Up with Privilege in a Racially Divided America (NYU Press). In this book she uses ethnography to explore how white children learn about race in the context of their everyday lives. It was the winner of the 2019 William J. Goode Book Award awarded by the American Sociological Association’s Section on Family and was a finalist for the 2019 C. Wright Mills Book Award given by The Society for the Study of Social Problems. A pre-event reception will be offered at 5 PM. The lecture begins at 5:30 PM. This event is sponsored by the UAH Department of Sociology as part of the UAH Distinguished Speaker Series 2019-2020. Details Category Conference/Lecture department College of Arts Humanities and Social Sciences, Sociology Audience Public, Students, Faculty and Staff, Alumni Contact Kyle Knight 256.824.6190 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Venue Wilson Hall301 Sparkman DriveHuntsville, AL 35899View map More Dates SHARE