Former SBU Professor to Speak About
Race, Class, Gender Oppression in Prison
Breea Willingham, a former St. Bonaventure University professor, will return to campus this month to speak about race, class and gender oppression of women in prison. Her talk, “Write On, Sister! How Incarcerated Women Use Writing to Reclaim and Define Their Power and Identity,” will be presented at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 27, in Dresser Auditorium of the John J. Murphy Professional Building. Willingham will examine how writing helps incarcerated women reclaim and define their power and identity, and clarifies the meaning of their prison experience. The program is free and open to all. Her talk is sponsored by St. Bonaventure’s Visiting Scholars Committee and by the university’s Russell J. Jandoli School of Journalism and Mass Communication. Willingham said, “As an African-American female scholar and educator, I allow my unique standpoint and background to ground and inform my research and teaching.” Her research has been presented at national conferences and also at international confer...