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<span style="font-family: Times; color: black; line-height: 105%;">Please join us on April 9 from 11 a.m.-noon for a presentation by
<u>Patricia A. Matthew</u>, <b>Professor, of English at Montclair University.</b> The presentation will take place in Redfield Auditorium (45 Water St, Woods Hole MA) and streamed on Zoom (</span><span style="font-family: Times; color: rgb(33, 94, 153); line-height: 105%;"><b><a href="https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bp6KS96HR5yv-0GkOZzTIg" id="OWA93ee3c40-3180-56bd-15e6-7dfd70e15837" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://whoi-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_bp6KS96HR5yv-0GkOZzTIg" style="color: rgb(33, 94, 153); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly">RSVP</a></b></span><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif; color: rgb(33, 94, 153); line-height: 105%;"> </span><span style="font-family: Times; color: black; line-height: 105%;"><b>required</b> for
Zoom attendees). We will be following the <a href="https://www.mass.gov/info-details/mask-recommendations#mask-guidance-for-massachusetts-residents-" id="OWA406cc621-87d9-86ee-58d9-1ac1d9fec0c2" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mass.gov%2Finfo-details%2Fmask-recommendations%23mask-guidance-for-massachusetts-residents-&data=05%7C02%7Cjtromp%40whoi.edu%7C6ddfea45c10343fbe95208dc4dc8e893%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fd" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 105%;"><b><u>PATRICIA A. MATTHEW,</u></b><u> </u><b><u>ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH AT MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY</u></b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 105%;"><b>This talk will focus on what Black feminist thought can teach us about collaboration, intellectual inquiry, and inclusivity. It takes as its starting point the praxis developed
by Black women working on institutional change and community building.</b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; color: rgb(149, 79, 114); line-height: 105%;"><b><a href="https://www.patriciamatthew.com/" id="OWAb488be19-efe1-2645-0321-d1fd6bc5eb70" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://nam02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.patriciamatthew.com%2F&data=05%7C02%7Cjtromp%40whoi.edu%7C6ddfea45c10343fbe95208dc4dc8e893%7Cd44c5cc6d18c46cc8abd4fdf5b6e5944%7C0%7C0%7C638470772484985386%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIj" style="color: rgb(149, 79, 114); margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly">Patricia
A. Matthew</a></b></span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12pt; color: black; line-height: 105%;"><b> is associate professor of English at Montclair State University, where she specializes in the history of the British novel, British Romanticism
and British abolitionist culture. She co-edits the Oxford University Press Series Race in Nineteenth-Century Literature and Culture. An expert on diversity and equity in higher education, she is the editor of
<i>Written/Unwritten: Diversity and the Hidden Truths of Tenure</i> (University of North Carolina Press). </b></span></p>
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<span style="font-family: Times; color: black;">Please reach out to Natalie Nevarez (<a href="mailto:natalie.nevarez@whoi.edu" id="OWA5c94f31b-0f31-abdc-5c01-f3de18ca8d6f" class="OWAAutoLink" title="mailto:natalie.nevarez@whoi.edu" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-loopstyle="linkonly">natalie.nevarez@whoi.edu</a>),
Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer with questions. Please note, DEI Seminar Recordings can be accessed on the
<a href="https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/" id="OWA72cca937-cc93-f909-8414-f5a1002dd38a" class="OWAAutoLink" title="https://www.whoi.edu/who-we-are/about-us/diversity-equity-and-inclusion/" style="color: black; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;" data-auth="NotApplicable" data-loopstyle="linkonly">
WHOI Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion</a>webpage. </span></p>
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