November 18th, 2021 7pm EST

FREE ADMISSION

An examination of the perceptions of women in popular culture through the lens of comic books.

To join the "Female Superheroes: What are Their Real Powers?"

special engagement video meeting visit: https://meet.google.com/pdd-zgtf-pne

You may also join by phone:

1 415-849-0323 and enter this PIN: 589 689 160#

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Magdalena Lamarre was a Full Professor of History and Sociology at Miami Dade College until her retirement in 2016.

She earned a BA in History and Secondary Education from Hunter College, MA in History from Stony Brook University, and did post-graduate work in Sociology and Education at Florida International University.

During her tenure at MDC, she co-produced three Oral History documentaries: Surviving and Thriving (2012) Holocaust Survivors experiences during and after the Holocaust; Crossing Bridges Towards Equality (2015) Civil Rights era integration of a high school in Alabama; Forging New Lives After Hurricane Maria: Puerto Rican Student Voices (2019) Experiences of Puerto Rican students who attended Miami Dade College after the hurricane; a project supported by a Florid Humanities Council Community Project grant.

She was awarded the prestigious Miami Dade College Alumni Association Endowed Teaching Chair in 2011, and the NISOD Excellence Award in 1994 and 2012.