1/24/03

VANDERBILT AFRICAN-AMERICAN STUDIES DIRECTOR TO SPEAK AT AU

AUBURN -- Lucius T. Outlaw Jr., professor of philosophy and director of African-American Studies at Vanderbilt University, will speak at Auburn University on Monday (Jan. 27).

The subject of Outlaw's presentation will be "Models and Issues of African-American Studies Programs."

The lecture, sponsored by the AU Office of Diversity and Multicultural Affairs, will be at 4 p.m., in the auditorium of the Ralph Brown Draughon Library.

A native of Starkville, Miss., Outlaw holds a bachelor's degree in philosophy from Fisk University and a Ph.D. in philosophy from Boston College. His teaching and research concentrations include African philosophy, African-American philosophy and critical social theory.

Outlaw has published numerous articles and essays in several scholarly journals. A collection of his essays, "On Race and Philosophy," was published by Routledge.

In addition to Vanderbilt, Outlaw has taught at Haverford College, Morgan State University, Fisk University and Boston College, and has been a visiting professor at Spelman College, Howard University and Hamilton College.

There will be a reception for Outlaw immediately following his lecture.

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