MAGNOLIA, Ark. – The spring installment of the Kathleen Mallory Distinguished Lecture Series will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, March 11, in the Grand Hall of the Donald W. Reynolds Campus and Community Center at Southern Arkansas University.
The lecture, “Overrepresentation of African-American Student Athletes in Division 1A Sport Programs: Route to Success or a System of Cordoning Off?” will be delivered by Dr. Earl Smith, professor of sociology and the Rubin Distinguished Professor of American Ethnic Studies at Wake Forest University. He is also director of the Wake Forest University American Ethnic Studies Program.
Dr. Smith is the former chairperson of the department of sociology, Wake Forest University, from 1997-2005. Prior to his appointment at Wake Forest University, Smith was dean of the division of social science at Pacific Lutheran University (PLU) in Tacoma, Washington. He also served as chairperson of the department of sociology at PLU. Professor Smith has numerous publications in the area of professions, social stratification, family, urban sociology, and has published extensively in the area of the sociology of sports. His most recent books are: “Race, Sport, and the American Dream” (2007) and “African American Families” (2007), which he co-authored with Dr. Angela J. Hattery. Dr. Smith will be the Lindsay O’Connor Professor of American Institutions at Colgate University in 2008-2009.
The lecture, sponsored by the Honors College and Multicultural Services, is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Dr. Linda Tucker, assistant professor of English at (870) 235-4210.
