Woods Lecture Archives - Berea College Calendar

Dr. Rachael Pettigrew ’97

Dr. Pettigrew is a management professor at Mount Royal University in Calgary, Canada. Her research draws on her interdisciplinary educational background (i.e., Business, Sociology, and Child and Family Studies) to explore topics related to gender in the workplace, work-life balance, family-friendly policies, as well as diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Using an interdisciplinary lens, Dr. Pettigrew will discuss the urgency of building more inclusive workplaces. Rooted in her research and bolstered by demographic data, she will present her vision for future workplaces, including building inclusive spaces with fewer barriers for employees, de-gendering workplace policies, and increasing the visibility of all types of care responsibilities in the workplace. Woods Lecture

October 28, 2021 @ 3:00 pm

Dr. William Turner

The Harlan Renaissance is a heart touching, witty memoir by Dr. Turner, a Black Harlan County, Kentucky native and former Distinguished Professor of Black and Appalachian Studies at Berea College. In his book, Dr. Turner dispels the myth about the whiteness of Appalachia together with other creations, illusions, and untruths about the region. Growing up as the son and grandson of coal miners, Turner tells the story of how Black coal mining families built and maintained a supportive community structure in which people thrived despite the odds. He contends that the U.S. could draw lessons from their experience and believes that the nation has lost its sense of community to corrosive individualism and the cherishing self-seeking above common values, thereby imperiling democracy. Woods Lecture.