Daphne Brooks

OPEN TO THE PUBLIC | As part of the Visual Arts lecture series, taking place every other Tuesday in the Tishman lecture hall from 7:00-8:30 pm, Professor Daphne Brooks will examine the intersection of race, gender and performance in our visual and musical culture. Professor of African American Studies and Theater Studies at Yale, Brooks writes about race, gender, performance and popular music culture. She is the author of two books and numerous articles. Her current project is Subterranean Blues: Black Women Sound Modernity.