Nicole Rousseau Will Speak at Eastern

Written by Sarah Swann

            Willimantic, CT - Nicole Rousseau, assistant professor of sociology at Kent State University, will speak about her book "Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction" at 3 p.m. on April 7 in the Student Center Theatre at Eastern Connecticut State University.  The public is invited.  Admission is free.

            "Black Woman's Burden: Commodifying Black Reproduction" focuses on the historical exploitation of Black Female sexuality and reproduction in the United States.   

            Rousseau's work on the structural and institutional roots of race, class and gender inequalities, has been cited in numerous publications in the United States and South America.