Student presents at Eastern Sociological Association
Anthropology and Sociology student, Kimberly-Joy Walters, presented her research at the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Easter Sociological Society, held in Philadelphia from February 23-26, 2017.
Kimmie Walters had the honor of presenting her research druing the annual meeting of The Eastern Sociological Society. The Society is a non-profit organization with a mission of “promoting excellence in sociological scholarship and instruction.” It publishes a peer-reviewed journal (Sociological Forum) and holds a yearly academic conference, the Annual Meeting of Eastern Sociological Society.
Kimmies research examines how television shows and their portrayals of professional Black women impact the interpretation of marriage rates by race and perpetuate ideologies about the angry, unlovable Black woman. Using a content analysis of cable and network television shows with Black professional women as lead characters, this study connects an analysis of the characters’ lived experiences to normative expectations of Black women in relationships to call into question the prevailing narrative that Black women are in part personally responsible for their statistical plight.