The College of Education and Women's Studies Program announces that Dr. Nirmala Erevelles, associate professor of Educational Leadership, Policy and Technology Studies at the University of Alabama, will serve as the second speaker in the Diversity and Social Justice lecture series. 

Erevelles will speak Wednesday, April 2, 2008 from 2 to 3 p.m. in 2352 Haley Center.  Embattled Bodies and the Terror of Invisibility: Understanding Race, Class, Gender, and Disability in Global Contexts will be the focus of the talk. 

Erevelles' teaching and research interests are in the area s of disability studies, sociology of education, critical social theory, third world feminist theory, multicultural education and qualitative research methodologies.  She has published articles in numerous journals and has authored several chapters in books on disability studies.  Erevelles is currently at work on a book that examines the intersection of post colonial studies, third world feminism and disability studies in the social contexts of health and education.