The GWS semester events are officially in swing so mark your calendars for this coming Monday, October 1st as we welcome Dr. Jim Ferris of the University of Toledo for poetry and performance.
Was Your Mama White? Excavating Hidden History
Poetry / Performance by Dr. Jim Ferris, Professor, Ability Center
Endowed Chair of Disability Studies, University of Toledo
MONDAY, OCTOBER 1ST, 5:00 PM
COMMUNICATION DEPARTMENT STUDIO GAREY HALL
Sponsored by: The Dept. of Communication, The Center for Peace and Justice Education, Gender and Women’s Studies, The Office of Disability Services, and Africana Studies
Jim Ferris is a poet and performance artist. He is author of
Slouching Towards Guantanamo, Facts of Life, and
The Hospital Poems, which won the Main Street Rag Book Award in 2004. Ferris, who holds a doctorate in performance studies, has performed at the Kennedy Center and across the United States, Canada and Great Britain; recent performance work includes the solo performance piece “Scars: A Love Story.” Past president of the Society for Disability Studies, he has received awards for performance and mathematics as well as poetry and creative nonfiction. His writing has appeared in dozens of publications, ranging from
POETRY to
Text & Performance Quarterly, from the
Georgia Review to weekly newspapers. He holds the Ability Center Endowed Chair in Disability Studies at The University of Toledo.
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