Speakers


Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture 2024

Sabrina Strings, PhD, is the Emily Taylor Center's 2024 Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecturer. On Wednesday, November 13, she will discuss "How Pornographers Worked to Kill Romance: Playboy, Rap, and the Invention of Fuccboism" as part of the Heartland Campus Safety Summit organized annually by Jana's Campaign and KU's Sexual Assault Prevention & Education Center. This talk is based on research done for her most recent book The End of Love: Racism, Sexism, and the Death of Romance. Please see the KU Calendar for more event details.

Past Speakers

SpeakerDate
Akiko TakeyamaNovember 29, 2023
Alicia Bunyan-SampsonNovember 11, 2022
Sarah DeerNovember 4, 2021
Carmen Maria Machado November 4, 2020
Fatima Goss GravesFebruary 5, 2019
Tamika MalloryNovember 7, 2017
Connie BurkOctober 25, 2016
Leslie Morgan SteinerFebruary 8, 2016
Melissa Harris-PerryOctober 27, 2014
Urmi BasuApril 30, 2014
Lilly LedbetterNovember 12, 2012
Tony PorterOctober 24, 2011
Connie SchultzApril 28, 2010
Anne MunchOctober 26, 2010
Kim GandyApril 15, 2009

Bodily Sovereignty: Survivors and Justice

The 2021 Jana Mackey Distinguished Lecture featured Dr. Sarah Deer, a citizen of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma and University Distinguished Professor at the University of Kansas.

News Coverage

12/2/22, The University Daily KansanAlicia Bunyan-Sampson visits KU to talk polyamory, relationship abuse