Author and Media Critic Susan Douglas Kicks-Off Carleton Convocation Series

Acclaimed author and media critic Susan Douglas will deliver Carleton College’s first convocation address of 2010 on Friday, Jan. 8 at 10:50 a.m. in the Skinner Memorial Chapel. Her newest book, “Enlightened Sexism,” to be released in March by Times Books, is a follow up for her widely praised “Where the Girls Are: Growing Up Female with the Mass Media” (Times Books, 1994).” Douglas’ newest release reflects her continued fascination with the media and its impact on the American public. Her address will discuss issues raised in both books, specifically the widening gap between the images of women in the mass media and the everyday lives of girls and women in the United States. This event is free and open to the public.

Douglas is the Catherine Neafie Kellogg Professor of Communication Studies and chair of the department at the University of Michigan. Her other books include “The Mommy Myth: The Idealization of Motherhood and How It Undermines Women” (Free Press, 2005); "Listening In: Radio and the American Imagination" (Crown Press, 1999), which won the Hacker Prize in 2000 for the best popular book about technology and culture; and “Inventing American Broadcasting, 1899-1922” (The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989).  Her work has also been published in The Nation, The Village Voice, Ms., The Washington Post, TV Guide, and normal">The Progressive, where she served as the media critic from 1992-1998. Her column “Back Talk” appears monthly in normal">In These Times. She has also appeared on “The Today Show,” “The CBS Early Show,” “The Oprah Winfrey Show,” CNBC’s “Equal Time”, NPR’s “Fresh Air,” Weekend Edition,” “Talk of the Nation,” and various other television and radio talk shows around the country.  “Where The Girls Are” was named one of the top ten books of 1994 by National Public Radio, Entertainment Weekly and The McLaughlin Group. 

The Skinner Memorial Chapel is located on First Street between College and Winona Streets in Northfield. For more information regarding the convocation, please contact the Carleton College Office of College Relations at (507) 222-4308.