Civil rights lawyer Lani Guinier, known for challenging conventional thinking on the issues of race and class, will speak at Penn State Great Valley, on Wednesday, Feb. 18, from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
Following the presentation, Guinier will do a signing of her latest book, Tyranny of the Meritocracy: Democratizing Higher Education in America, which will be available for sale. Guinier, the Bennett Boskey Professor of Law at Harvard Law School, will discuss how those who have been excluded (based on race or class) are like the canary in the mines: Their very vulnerability signals problems with the larger atmosphere affecting us all.
The event, sponsored by the campus’s Diversity Action Council, is free and open to public; registration is required at http://guinier.eventbrite.com.
In 1998, Guinier became the first African-American woman to be appointed to a tenured professorship at Harvard Law. The author of numerous articles on democratic theory, political representation, educational equity, and issues of race and gender, Guinier was first introduced to the public in 1993, when President Clinton nominated her to be the first black woman to head the Civil Rights Division of the Department of Justice.
She is the author of Lift Every Voice; The Tyranny of the Majority; Who's Qualified?; and The Miner's Canary. Guinier is also a visiting professor at Columbia Law School, a respected diversity speaker, and a leading advocate for political reform. Possessing a unique and arresting insight, Guinier offers audiences plausible and effective solutions to our often-ailing democratic system while embracing constitutional principles.
The event is sponsored by Penn State Great Valley, the graduate school of Penn State, as part of its community arts and culture series. The campus is located at 30 E. Swedesford Rd, Malvern, Pa.
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