Brescia University will host a virtual presentation with Dr. Robin R. Means Coleman, an internationally prominent and award-winning professor of communication and Africana studies, to celebrate Black History Month. Coleman’s presentation will be based around her book Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present and will include a Q&A.
This event will take place at 7 p.m. Tuesday in Taylor Lecture Hall and is open to the public. Masks are required.
Coleman is Northwestern University’s vice president and associate provost for diversity and inclusion, chief diversity officer, and the Ida B. Wells and Ferdinand Barnett Professor in the Department of Communication Studies.
She is the author of Horror Noire: Blacks in American Horror Films from the 1890s to Present (2011, Routledge) and African-American Viewers and the Black Situation Comedy: Situating Racial Humor (2000, Routledge).
Her documentary film Horror Noire made its international premiere in 2019 to critical acclaim. To date, Horror Noire has won the 2020 Rondo Hatton Award for Best Documentary and the 2019 FearNyc Trailblazer Award.
“We are thrilled to welcome Dr. Coleman to Brescia University to share with us what will undoubtedly be a very interesting presentation,” said Dr. Jeff Barnette, Brescia University Vice President for Academic Affairs/Academic Dean. “These types of conversations are vital in fostering an open and collegial spirit for our learning community.”
