Professor Natalie Bullock-Brown, chair and assistant professor, Department of Film and Interactive Media, has been invited to participate in a roundtable discussion in the commemoration of the 30th anniversary of The Cosby Show’s debut. Sponsored by The Center for Arts, Digital Culture & Entrepreneurship (CADCE) at the Duke Consortium on Social Equity in conjunction with the John Hope Franklin Center, the roundtable discussion entitled, 30 Years After The Cosby Show: Reflections on Race, Education and Inequality, is scheduled for Thursday, September 18, 7 p.m. at the John Hope Franklin Center on the campus of Duke University.

The roundtable discussion is designed to discuss the significance of the series and its impact on the understandings of the intersections of race, class and gender. Among the themes that might be explored during the roundtable are black middle-class identity, the significance of HBCUs, representations of inequality on television, black parenting strategies, African-American art and performance and the role of black stereotypes.

Congratulations Professor Bullock-Brown!