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University of Connecticut
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On Wed, Apr 27, 2016 at 8:11 PM, Ek Daufin <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> ASU Professor Speaks at International Conference
>
> Release Date: Apr 22, 2016
>
> An ASU professor of communications recently presented her research during
> the Popular Culture Association’s annual conference.
>
>
> ***
> [image: DAUFIN]Rev. Dr. E-K Daufin, an Alabama State University professor
> of communication, recently presented research on “Fat Black Women, Pop
> Culture and Impact” at the Popular Culture Association (PCA) annual
> conference. The conference, which drew participants from around the world,
> was held on March 22-26 in Seattle, Wash.
>
> Daufin joined scholars from Canada, Norway and the U.S. in a discussion
> about the international stigma against higher weight women and explored the
> experience of higher weight gay men. She currently is writing a book about
> the representation of black women in the media according to a model of
> unearned privilege and social effect.
>
> Daufin, who also is a spoken word artist, performed a special poem titled
> “Only Women Bleed” during the conference. The performance was sponsored by
> the PCA Poetry Area and the research presentation by the PCA Fat Studies
> Area. She joined prominent national poets in performing “Embodied Poetry,”
> which is poetry that addresses the human body and its relation to the human
> condition.
>
> A native New Yorker, Daufin has been listed by the Alabama Arts Council
> Traveling Artists, is a founding member of the Central Alabama
> Storytellers’ Guild, and is the co-founder of the Southeast Poetry & Jazz
> Connection.  She regularly performs with the ASU Language and Literature
> Department students in their semi-annual Poetry on the Steps event, held in
> or in front of the Levi Watkins Learning Center.
>
> “I love performing with the students,” Daufin said, “Not only does it
> humanize me in their eyes, but we share a spiritual and creative bond that
> is ‘icing on the cake’ of the classroom connection.”
>
> As a national expert on ending media and cultural weight stigma, Daufin
> has appeared on CNN and has a strong online presence in the health at every
> size and fat activism communities.
>
> --
> Know Justice; Know Peace,
> Rev. Dr. E-K. Daufin
> Professor of Communications
> Alabama State University
> National Media Size Equity Expert
> Winner -- 2000 MaryAnn Yodelis-Smith
>   Research Award AEJMC CSW
> AEJMC MAC Membership Chair
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