February 12, 2025, 6:30 pm - 8:30 pm
Sony Music Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
Sony Music Entertainment, 25 Madison Avenue, New York, NY
VCNY and AAAVC present:
We Haven't Come as Far as We Think: Black Women and Institutional Racism in American Education
Join the Vassar Club of New York and the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) at 6:30 p.m. ET as Dr. Jasmine Harris ’05 delves into the lived experiences of Black women navigating predominantly white academic spaces, exposing the persistent barriers of institutional racism and sexism. This discussion challenges common narratives of progress in education while spotlighting the resilience and resistance of Black women scholars.
This event is wheelchair accessible
Please feel free to bring food to eat during the discussion.
Dr. Harris’s book, Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education, will be available for purchase and she will be happy to to sign them after the event.
Jasmine L. Harris ’05, PhD, is Professor and Department Chair of Africana Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She completed her PhD at the University of Minnesota in 2013. Her research examines Black life in predominantly white spaces, including Black students at predominately white institutions, Black DI football and men’s basketball players at universities in the Power Five conferences, and Black sociologists producing knowledge in a white-dominated discipline. Dr. Harris has been published in major newspapers nationwide, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. In 2021 she was featured in the Vice News documentary College Sports, Inc. Her first book, Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education, was published by Broadleaf Books in 2024.
We Haven't Come as Far as We Think: Black Women and Institutional Racism in American Education
Join the Vassar Club of New York and the African American Alumnae/i of Vassar College (AAAVC) at 6:30 p.m. ET as Dr. Jasmine Harris ’05 delves into the lived experiences of Black women navigating predominantly white academic spaces, exposing the persistent barriers of institutional racism and sexism. This discussion challenges common narratives of progress in education while spotlighting the resilience and resistance of Black women scholars.
This event is wheelchair accessible
Please feel free to bring food to eat during the discussion.
Dr. Harris’s book, Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education, will be available for purchase and she will be happy to to sign them after the event.
Jasmine L. Harris ’05, PhD, is Professor and Department Chair of Africana Studies at Metropolitan State University of Denver. She completed her PhD at the University of Minnesota in 2013. Her research examines Black life in predominantly white spaces, including Black students at predominately white institutions, Black DI football and men’s basketball players at universities in the Power Five conferences, and Black sociologists producing knowledge in a white-dominated discipline. Dr. Harris has been published in major newspapers nationwide, including Newsweek, The Washington Post, the Houston Chronicle, and the Chicago Tribune. In 2021 she was featured in the Vice News documentary College Sports, Inc. Her first book, Black Women, Ivory Tower: Revealing the Lies of White Supremacy in American Education, was published by Broadleaf Books in 2024.