The Women’s & Gender Studies Department welcomes Dr. Brittney Cooper for the 2018 Minx Auerbach Lecture, “In Defense of Rage: Black Feminist Political Resources for 21st-Century Struggle.” Dr. Cooper is a co-founder of the popular Crunk Feminist Collective blog and her columns and commentary have been featured by Melissa Harris-Perry, the New York Times, Ebony.com, the Washington Post, NPR, the Los Angeles Times, and Cosmopolitan. Reception and book signing to follow. Free and open to the public.