Fantastic! Diana I. Rios, Ph.D. Communication/El Instituto Mail address: Dept. Communication, U-1259 337 Mansfield Rd. University of Connecticut Storrs, CT 06269 [log in to unmask] **Senate** **AAUP Chapter President** **AAUP National Council** *Privileged/Confidential Information may be contained in this message. This e-mail, and any attachments thereto, is intended only for use by the addressee(s) named herein and may contain legally privileged and/or confidential information. If you are not the intended recipient, you are not authorized to retain, disclose, copy or distribute the message.* 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 > 915 S. Jackson St., MTG, AL 36101-0271 > 334-229-6885 > *Follow me to my home country where the definitions are daufinations at:* > http://daufination.blogspot.com > http://pinterest.com/ekdaufin/ > and www.home.earthlink.net/~ekdaufin > *Your research and creative activity referrals are welcomed.* > *With all my heat & heart I want to work with and for kind, competent, > strong people who love and help me and I they. Ashe!* >