From Intersectionality to Allyship: Bridging the Gaps

Authors

Tsedale Melaku, Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (CUNY)Follow

Document Type

Lecture

Publication Date

4-4-2024

Abstract

Professor Tsedale Melaku delivered the annual Leslie Devan Smith, Jr. Lecture at W&L Law on April 4, 2024. The title of her talk was “From Intersectionality to Allyship: Bridging the Gaps.” The lecture took place at 1:00 in the Millhiser Moot Court Room, Sydney Lewis Hall on the campus of Washington and Lee University. The event was free and open to the public.

Dr. Melaku is a sociologist and an assistant professor of management at the Zicklin School of Business, Baruch College (CUNY). She is the author of You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer: Black Women and Systemic Gendered Racism (2019). The book reflects the emphasis of her scholarly interests in race, gender, class, workplace inequities, systemic racism, intersectionality, organizations and diversity. You Don’t Look Like a Lawyer was selected for the 2020 Eastern Sociological Society (ESS) and Society for the Study of Social Problems (SSSP) Author Meets Critics book salons.

As part of her visit, Melaku also participated in a panel discussion with faculty and students about her book on April 3 in the main reading room of the law library.

Recommended Citation

Tsedale Melaku, Leslie Devan Smith Jr. Lecture, Washington and Lee University School of Law (Apr. 4, 2024).