The Miami University Libraries are hosting three lectures to honor Women’s History Month. The Walter Havighurst Special Collections and Archives welcomes speakers from far and near for this 2022 lecture series. Join us for conversations about diversity, advocacy, and the achievements of women. 

While women continue to be inadequately represented in corporate America on many levels, women of color are the most underrepresented. This discussion will focus on the lack of representation by women of color, the many disparities and barriers encountered in the workplace and the obstacle course that women of color must win to climb the corporate ladder in America. 

Alice Cato, is a Senior Analyst at Johnson & Johnson. Alice has worked in corporate America in various roles of increasing responsibility for more than twenty years. Her research interests include the lack of representation seen by women of color in organizational leadership. Rev. Alice earned her Master of Divinity Degree from Payne Theological Seminary and her BSME degree from the University of Alabama at Birmingham.

Presented by:
– Miami University Libraries
– Farmer School of Business

The Miami University Libraries are hosting three lectures to honor Women’s History Month. The Walter Havighurst Special Collections and Archives welcomes speakers from far and near for this 2022 lecture series. Join us for conversations about diversity, advocacy, and the achievements of women. 

This talk will examine some of the challenges and opportunities for women of color in higher ed settings and beyond, noting how the pandemic has affected how we approach these issues.

M. Cristina Alcalde, Vice President Institutional Diversity, Miami University Alcalde provides vision and leadership for university-wide diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, advancement and enhancement. Alongside the university’s DEI task force, she works across the university to fully integrate and advance DEI efforts, impacting students, faculty, staff and the Miami community.

Presented by:
– Miami University Libraries

he Miami University Libraries are hosting three lectures to honor Women’s History Month. The Walter Havighurst Special Collections and Archives welcomes speakers from far and near for this 2022 lecture series. Join us for conversations about diversity, advocacy, and the achievements of women. 

Melinda Dawson will discuss how the criminal justice effectively ripped her family apart through the wrongful conviction of her husband and her treatment as the daughter of a murder victim. Alison Cohen ’12, Director of Communications, Ohioans to Stop Executions, will present a summary of current death penalty legislation and a call to action. Dr. Yvette Harris, Professor of Psychology, Director of the MU Center for the Study and Support of Children and Families of the Incarcerated, will discuss how maternal imprisonment has an impact on mothering, how families adjust to maternal incarceration with a specific focus on mothers who are on death row. 

Allison Cohen ‘12, Ohioans to Stop Executions

Melinda Dawson, criminal justice advocate

Yvette R. Harris, Ph.D. Professor of Sociology Director of the Center for the Study and Support of Children and Families of the Incarcerated Miami University 

Presented by:
– Miami University Libraries
– Ohioans to Stop Executions
– Miami University’s – Department of Psychology, College of Arts and Science, Family Studies and Social Work and the Center for the Study and Support of Children and Families of the Incarcerated